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1417 Louis IX Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
1484 Joachim I Nestor elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
1556 Sethus Calvisius composer
1674 Johann Augustin Kobelius composer
1684 Justus van Effen writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
1690 Christoph Stoltzenberg composer
1710 Willem van Haren Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life)
1728 Peter III Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherine
1730 Charles L Fournier Flemish writer/painter
1744 Eise J Eisinga Frisia, built planetarium Franeker
1776 Vincenzo Lavigna composer
1779 Friedrich C von Savigny German lawyer
1785 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense German officer/author (Die Sterner)
1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna President of México (1833-36)
1795 Francisco Manuel da Silva composer
1800 John Henry Winder Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
1801 John Henry Newman England, cardinal/churchman/author (Dream of Gerontius)
1801 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda composer
1802 George Douglas Ramsey Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1882
1805 David Tod US diplomat/(Governor-R-OH, 1861-63)
1814 Nicolo Gabrielli composer
1815 Ernest Meissonier French painter/sculptor
1817 José Zorrilla y Moral Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
1821 Charles Scribner US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
1829 Johnson Hagood Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1831 Eduard Rappoldi composer
1836 Léo Delibes Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Coppélia)
1836 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes composer
1836 Emil Hartmann composer
1837 Rosalía de Castro Spanish writer (Canteres Gallegos, Follas Novas)
1844 Charles-Marie Widor Lyons France, composer/professor (Paris Conservatory)
1852 [James] Burner Matthews US playwright/critic (New York Times)
1855 Alice Freeman Palmer educator (Hall of Fame)
1856 Hendrik P Berlage architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
1857 Jules de Trooz baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
1861 Pierre Breville composer
1867 Otto Hermann Kahn Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Company
1875 Jeanne Louise Calment France, world's oldest woman (died at 122)
1876 Constantin Brancusi Romanian/French sculptor (Princesse X)
1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius] South African poet/theologist
1878 Fritz Cortolezis composer
1880 Frank Orth Philadelphia PA, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers)
1881 Savilly Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1883 J M M "Mick" Commaille cricketer (dual South African cricket/soccer representative)
1885 Sacha Guitry France, actor/playwright (Story of a Cheat)
1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1888 Florence Bates Texas, actress (Moon & Sixpence, Love Crazy, San Antonio)
1888 Willem Banning Dutch theologist/sociologist (Religious Build Up)
1889 Felix Aylmer actor (Anastasia, Hamlet, Iron Duke, Macbeth, St Joan)
1893 Andrés Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist
1893 Vsevolod Pudovkin Soviet film director/theorist (Mother, Deserter)
1896 Sylvain Poons Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)
1897 Celia Lovsky Vienna Austria, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)
1898 Vassily Vainonen Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh)
1900 Madeleine Renaud French actress/theater director (Plaisir)
1900 Sydney Arnold English comic/actor (Miss Jones & Son)
1902 Arthur D Nock English/US historian (St Paul)
1902 Bob [Hijman] Scholte Dutch vocalist
1902 John Smallenbroek Dutch minister of Internal Affairs
1903 Anaïs Nin Paris, novelist (Winter of Artifice, House of Incense)
1903 Thomas Yawkey baseball owner (Boston Red Sox)
1903 Eric Fogg composer
1903 Madeleine Renaud Paris France, actress (Helene, Longest Day)
1903 Raymond Queneau [M Presle], French author (Un Enfant a Dit)
1904 Armand Preud'homme Flemish organist/poet
1907 Wystan Hugh Auden US, poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948)
1909 George G F van Renesse Dutch pianist/music director
1909 Hans Erni Switzerland, painter/sculptor
1909 Helen O Dickens [Henderson], US physician/gynaecologist
1910 Douglas R S Bader British pilot (WWII)
1912 Arline Judge actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent)
1912 Nikita Magaloff Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert)
1912 Patrick Murphy English multi-millionaire
1913 Glenn M Anderson (Representative-D-CA, 1969- )
1914 Arnold S Denker New York, US chess champion (1944-46)
1914 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder Dutch journalist (Parool/VARA)
1915 Ann Sheridan Denton TX, actress (Dodge City, Good Sam, Another World)
1915 Godfrey Brown England, 4 X 400 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1936)
1917 Victor G M Marijnen Dutch premier (1963-65)
1922 Murray "the K" Kaufman NYC DJ (5th Beatle)
1922 Uros Krek composer
1923 Zvi Zeitlin Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/professor (Eastman School)
1923 Lola Flores entertainer
1923 Lucille Bremer dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies)
1924 Robert G Mugabe Premier/President of Zimbabwe
1925 Al Fann Cleveland OH, actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor)
1925 Jack Ramsay NBA coach
1925 Sam Peckinpah Fresno CA, film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs)
1926 Hans Andreus [Johan W van der Zant], Dutch poet (Animal Language)
1927 Erma Bombeck Dayton OH, humorist (The Grass is Always Greener...)
1927 Hubert de Givenchy Beauvais France, fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn)
1927 Patricia Benoit Ft Worth TX, actress (As The World Turns, Nancy-Mr Peepers)
1927 Pierre Mercure composer
1930 Elizabeth Adams madame
1931 Larry Hagman TV actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas)
1932 Harald V King of Norway (1991- )
1933 Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, singer/pianist ("I Loves You Porgy")
1934 Rue McClanahan Healdton OK, actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
1935 Mark McManus actor (Taggart, Nightstick, 2000 Weeks, 12th Night)
1936 Barbara Jordan Houston TX, (Representative-D-TX, 1972-78)
1937 Gary Lockwood Van Nuys CA, actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant)
1937 Ron Clarke Australia, runner (held 19 world records)
1938 Beryl F Anthony Jr (Representative-D-CA, 1979- )
1939 Richard Beymer Avoca IA, actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank)
1939 Ron Nagle rock producer (Riding with the King)
1940 Peter McEnery England, actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners)
1940 John Lewis (Representative-D-GA)
1941 Charlie Shelburne English earl/large landowner
1942 Margarethe Von Trotta Berlin Germany, actress/director (Marianne)
1943 David Geffen Brooklyn NY, record producer (Geffen, Asylum)
1943 Duncan Swift jazz pianist
1943 Roberto Faenza director (Cop Killers, Corrupt)
1944 Kitty Winn Washington DC, actress (Beacon Hill)
1944 Herman de Coninck Flemish writer/poet (Impossible Work)
1945 Paul Newton rock bassist
1945 Sudhir Naik cricketer (Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974)
1946 Tricia Nixon Cox Richard Milhaus Nixon's daughter (or 0202)
1946 Tyne Daly Madison WI, actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained)
1946 Alan Rickman actor (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves)
1946 Desmond Lewis West Indies cricket batsman/keeper (average 86.33 in 3 Tests)
1947 Jill Eikenberry actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law)
1947 Olympia J Snowe (Representative-R-ME, 1979- )
1948 Larry Ragland Richmond VA, comedian (Keep on Truckin')
1949 Jerry Harrison Milwaukee WI, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-And She Was)
1951 John Parker cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 70s)
1951 Michael Cotten rock synthesizer (Tubes)
1951 Vince Welnick rock keyboardist (Tubes)
1952 Jean-Jacques Brunel rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1953 Christine Ebersole Park Forest IL, actress (Saturday Night Live, Barbara-Valerie, My Favorite Martian, Tootsie)
1953 William L Petersen actor (Return to Lonesome Dove)
1954 Ivo van Damme Belgium, 800/1500 meter dash (Olympics-silver-1976)
1956 Woody Brown Dayton OH, actor (Cliff-Facts of Life, Flamingo Road, Dominion)
1958 Jack Coleman Easton PA, actor (Steven Carrington-Dynasty)
1958 Jake Steinfeld exercise expert (Body by Jake)
1958 Alan Trammell Garden Grove CA, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter Princeton NJ, country singer (This Shirt, Shooting Straight in the Dark)
1961 Christopher Atkins Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon)
1961 Ranking Roger rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning)
1961 Yobes Ondieki Kenya, 10K runner (world record)
1963 Greg Turner Dunedin New Zealand, Australasia golfer
1963 Michael Gostigian Newtown Square PA, pentathlete (Olympics-16th-88, 92, 96)
1964 Alana Soares Redondo Beach CA, playmate (March 1983)
1964 Mark E Kelly Orange NJ, Lieutenant USN/astronaut
1964 Scott J Kelly Orange NJ, Lieutenant USN/astronaut
1964 Willie Pless CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
1965 Jayson Meyer Regina Saskatchewan, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
1965 Keith Arthurton cricketer (Charlestown, Nevis West Indies lefty bat)
1966 Bronwen Booth London, actress (Andy-One Life to Live, Glory & Honor)
1966 Chris Donnels US baseball infielder (Houston Astros)
1966 Edie Boyer St Paul MN, discus thrower
1966 Tommy Hendricks rocker
1966 Wendy James London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1967 Bas Roorda Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, NEC)
1967 Leroy Russel Burrell Philadelphia PA, long jumper (Olympics-96)
1967 Patrick Lodewijks Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
1968 Todd Ferich computer language expert
1968 Pellom McDaniels NFL defensive end (Kansas City Chiefs)
1968 Terry Allen NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins)
1969 Dean Noel CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1969 Petra Kronberger Austrian alpine skier (Olympics-gold-1992)
1970 Javier De La Hoya Mexican/US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1970 Marc Woodard NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1970 Michael Slater cricketer (devastating Australia opening bat since 1993)
1970 Patrick Pilloni hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
1970 Will Moore NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Arco Jochemsen Dutch soccer player (SVDB, Vitesse)
1971 Jeff Schmidt US baseball pitcher (California Angels)
1971 Jey Phillips WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Jose Solano actor (Baywatch)
1971 Terry Mickens NFL wide receiver (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Karl DeWolf hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1973 Brian Rolston Flint, NHL left wing (Olympics-1994, New Jersey Devils)
1973 Les Gutches Medford OR, 180½ lbs freestyle wrestler (Olympics-1996)
1974 Alexei Lojkin NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1974 Rohsaan Griffin Texas City TX, 200 meter runner
1975 Troy Slaten actor (Jerry-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
1975 Scott Miller Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1976 Robin Confer soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1976 Ryan Smyth Banff, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1979 Jennifer Love Hewitt Waco TX, actress (Party of Five, Time of Your Life, The Audrey Hepburn Story, I Know What You Did Last Summer)
1986 Amedeo Belgium, son of princess Astrid/arch duke Lorenz


Deaths which occurred on February 21:

0556 Maximianus van Ravenna bishop (Basilica S Stefano), dies
1513 Julius II [Giuliano dellea Rovere], Roman Catholic Pope (1503-13), dies at 69
1554 Hieronymus Bock German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies
1595 Robert Southwell English Jesuit/poet, hanged
1624 Dirck van Baburen Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28
1648 Christian IV king of Denmark/Norway, dies
1653 Adriaen Pauw master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71
1677 [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza philosopher, dies at 44
1684 Pieter van den Abeelen Dutch jeweller, dies at about 75
1689 Isaacus Vossius Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies
1711 Joan van Hoorn Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1707-09), dies at 57
1730 Benedict XIII [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
1790 Johann Friedrich Kloffler composer, dies at 64
1803 Edward Despard last person drawn & quartered in England
1842 Wojciech Zywny composer, dies at 85
1852 Nikolai Gogol Russian playwright (Dead Souls), dies
1862 Justinus A C Kerner German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
1864 Jeffery Forrest US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle
1872 Pavel P Gagarin Russian monarch/politician, dies at 82
1876 Henry John Gauntlett composer, dies at 70
1879 Peter P van Bosse Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
1884 John Pike Hullah composer, dies at 71
1894 Gustave Caillebotte French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45
1919 Giovanni Bolzoni composer, dies at 77
1919 Habib Ullah Chan emir of Afghanistam (1901-19), murdered at 46
1919 Karl von Hohenzollern Prince of Belgium, dies
1919 Kurt Eisner premier Bayern (socialist), murdered at 51
1924 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi composer, dies at 78
1925 Alfred Baldwin Sloan composer, dies at 52
1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72
1938 George Ellery Hale astronomer, dies
1938 Albert Huybrechts composer, dies at 39
1945 Eric Liddell Scottish runner (Olympics-gold 1924), dies at 43
1948 Frederick Archibald Lamond composer, dies at 80
1949 Ernest Walker composer, dies at 78
1951 Anton Roemer Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63
1956 Edwin Franko Goldman composer, dies at 78
1961 Blaise Cendrars [Frédéric Sauser-Hall], Switzerland, poet, dies at 73
1965 Malcolm X [Little], black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York NY at 39
1968 Anthony Asquith British director (Court Martial), dies at 65
1969 José de Capriles Mexican-born US Olympics fencer, dies
1971 Adolph Weiss composer, dies at 79
1976 Frieda Inescort Scottish actress (Meet Corliss Archer), dies at 74
1979 Glendon Gibbs cricketer (Test Cricket West Indies vs Australia 1955), dies
1979 Ray Whitley composer, dies
1980 Chester H Lauck actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1984 Michail A Sholochov Russian writer (Ocean Don, Nobel 1965), dies
1985 Louis Hayward actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75
1985 Eric Herfst Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47
1985 Ina Claire actress/comedienne (3 Broadway Girls), dies of stroke at 92
1991 Dame Margot Fonteyn ballerina, dies of cancer at 71
1991 Roger Swaybill actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at 47
1992 Eva A Jessye US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97
1992 Franc Holden British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
1992 Jane Pickens Langley Hoving singer, dies at 83
1992 Kate A ter Horst-Arriëns Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies at 85
1992 Roberto D'Aubuisson El Salvadorian founder (ARENA), dies
1992 William S Magginetti dies at 98
1994 Frederick Edward Nicklin architect, dies at 68
1994 William Elgin Swinton child Psychiatrist, dies at 54
1995 Robert Bolt British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
1996 Horace Leonard Gold science fiction writer/editor, dies at 81
1996 Jean Burroughs educationalist, dies at 67
1996 Morton Gould composer, dies at 82
1996 Terence Edward Armstrong polar geographer, dies at 75
1997 Kenneth Rowntree painter, dies at 81
1997 Michael Hollings catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75

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On this day...

1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc
1564 Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comté
1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders
1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar
1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar
1613 Michael Romanov, son of the Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar
1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed Lieutenant-Admiral-General of Dutch fleet
1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland
1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women"
1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag
1782 US congress resolves the establishment of a US mint
1792 Congress passes Presidential Succession Act
1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution
1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to the British
1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales
1828 1st American Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia
1842 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington DC
1846 1st US woman telegrapher, Sarah G Bagley, Lowell MA
1853 US authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces
1857 US issues flying eagle cents
1857 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
1858 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston MA)
1861 Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico
1862 Confederate Constitution & Presidency are declared permanent
1864 1st US Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore MD
1864 Battle at Okolonam MS
1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree
1874 Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication
1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier
1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued (New Haven CT)
1882 NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours
1883 2nd French government of Ferry begins
1885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington DC)
1887 Oregon becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
1887 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
1895 North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass
1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation
1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington DC
1904 National Ski Association formed, Ishpeming MI
1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)
1909 John Galsworthy's "Strife" premieres in London
1910 John Galsworthy's "Justice" premieres in London
1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique)
1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders
1916 Battle of Verdun (WWI) begins (1 million casualties)
1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die
1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die
1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine
1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss incorporation of Austria
1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona
1920 Darius Milhaud & Jean Cocteau's ballet, "Le Train Bleu" premieres in Paris
1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions
1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die
1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence
1923 André Charlot's musical "Rats" premieres in London
1925 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published
1925 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg
1927 Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch" premieres
1930 Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures" premieres in New York NY
1931 Alka Seltzer introduced
1931 Chicago White Sox & New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game
1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin
1932 André Tardieu becomes premier of France
1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard
1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms
1941 US Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General
1942 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn
1942 US male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht
1943 Dutch Roman Catholic bishops protest against persecution of Jews
1943 German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia
1944 "The War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC (NYC only)
1945 Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties
1945 British Army captures Goch
1945 US 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line
1946 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt
1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
1947 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"
1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champion
1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated
1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)
1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage (Michael Wilding)
1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances
1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
1957 Dodgers (Ft Worth) & Cubs (Los Angeles) "trade" minor league franchises
1958 "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 3 performances
1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser President (99.9% vote)
1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km
1961 Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Die Physiker" premieres in Zürich
1961 Gabon adopts constitution
1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands
1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
1966 Indonesia's President Sukarno fires General Nasution
1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin
1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes)
1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117
1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US President to visit China
1972 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren" premieres in New York NY
1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out
1974 Silver hits record $5.96½ an ounce in London
1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution
1975 John Lennon's "Rock 'n' Roll" album is released
1975 John Mitchell, H R Haldeman & John D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2½-8 years
1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 7 performances
1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period
1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite & Corsa-B (550/580 km)
1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olympics gold (giant slalom)
1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 1500 meter in 1 55.44
1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)
1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4
1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured
1982 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 performances
1982 "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 36 performances
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)
1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race
1985 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut
1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane
1988 During a live TV broadcast, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart (age 52) admitted to visiting a prostitute, then announced he would be leaving his ministry for an unspecified length of time. (Defrocked in April by the Assemblies of God, he was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but returned after only three months)
1988 Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13:48.20)
1989 US bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value)
1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
1990 32nd Grammy Awards Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time win
1991 Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers" premieres at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York NY for 780 performances
1991 USSR announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War US calls the plan unacceptable
1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's fig skating
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 meters)
1995 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado
1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit
1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition" premieres
1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands
1998 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open





Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Bangladesh : Bangladesh Martyrs Day/National Mourning Day (1952)
World : Brotherhood Day (1934) - - - - - ( Sunday )
US : Presidents' Day (formerly Washington's Birthday)-legal holiday - - - - - ( Monday )

Religious Observances

Christian : Feast of Bl Noel
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Peter Damian, bishop of Ostia, confessor/doctor
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Robert Southwell, English Jesuit, martyr
Christian : Shrove (Quinquagesima) Sunday
Christian : 1st Sunday in Lent

Religious History

1109 Death of Anselm of Canterbury, 76, priest and theologian. Best remembered for his 1099 classic, "Cur Deus Homo" ("Why God Became Man"), Anselm is regarded as the most original thinker in the Catholic Church since Augustine. His most often quoted saying was: 'I believe, in order that I may understand.'
1173 Pope Alexander III canonized Thomas Becket (1118-70). As Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket had been martyred three years earlier on orders of English King Henry II a former friend until Becket was elevated to Archbishop in 1162.
1795 Freedom of worship was established in France under the constitution that came out of the French Revolution of 1789.
1945 Death of Eric Liddell, 43, Scottish Olympic champion runner. Later a missionary to China, Liddell was captured by the Japanese during WWII and died of a brain tumor while still imprisoned. (His college running days were portrayed in the 1981 British film, "Chariots of Fire.")
1988 During a live TV broadcast, televangelist Jimmy Swaggert, 52, admitted to visiting a prostitute, then announced he would be leaving his ministry for an unspecified length of time. (Defrocked in April by the Assemblies of God, he was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but returned after only three months.)

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

Thought for the day :

" Make new friends but keep the old, One is silver the other gold. "

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