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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of February 02:
1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith Ft Worth TX, gossip columnist (New York Daily News, NBC-TV)
1923 James Dickey Atlanta GA, author/poet/actor (Deliverance)
1923 Peter Fowler physicist
1924 Tine Balder [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress (Antigone)
1925 David Abell Wood priest
1925 Michel Paul Philippot composer
1926 Elaine Stritch Detroit MI, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company)
1926 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
1926 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing President of France (1974-81)
1926 Wanda Lewis Struther OH, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show)
1926 Nydia M E Ecury Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera)
1927 Stan Getz Philadelphia PA, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey)
1927 Friedrich K Flick German industrialist
1927 Richard Ray (Representative-D-GA, 1983- )
1927 Richard Vance Maxfield composer
1928 Howard Caine Nashville TN, actor (Californians)
1928 Alan Fluck musical educationalist
1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita PM of Italy (1988-89)
1929 Reiner Bredemeyer composer
1931 Andreas "Andries" van Agt Dutch premier (CDA, 1977-82)
1932 Robert Mandan Clever MO, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd)
1934 [Clyde] Skip Batten Los Angeles CA, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
1937 Martina Arroyo New York NY, operatic soprano (New York Met)
1937 Tom Smothers New York NY, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial)
1939 Rachel English London, author (My 1st 500)
1940 Alan "Tea" Caddy rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
1940 Thomas M[ichael] Disch US, sci-fi author (The Man Who Had No Idea, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs)
1941 Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer
1942 Bo Hopkins Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files)
1942 Graham Nash rocker (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross, Hollies)
1942 Barry Diller founder (Fox-TV)
1943 Peter MacBeth rocker (Foundations)
1944 Andrew Davis Ashbridge England, conductor (New Philharmonic Orchestra-London)
1944 Katherine Crawford Los Angeles CA, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & the Kings)
1944 Ursula Oppens New York NY, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
1945 Ronnie Goodson rocker
1946 Howard Bellamy Darby FL, vocalist (Bellamy Brothers-Let Your Love Flow)
1947 Aleksandr Medved USSR, wrestler (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1947 Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett Corpus Christi TX, actress (Charlie's Angels, Burning Bed)
1947 Peter Lucia rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1947 Derek Shulman rocker
1948 Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland)
1948 Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)
1948 Jessica Savitch Kennett Square PA, news anchor (NBC)
1949 Sherry Mathis Memphis TN, actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1949 Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1949 Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai)
1949 Ross Valory San Francisco CA, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms)
1949 Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1950 Barbara Sukowa German Federal Republic, actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola)
1950 Osamu Kido wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
1951 Kim Zimmer Grand Rapids MI, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live)
1951 Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist
1953 James Mndaweni South African worker's union leader/president (NACTU)
1953 Penny Pulz LPGA golfer
1954 Christie Brinkley [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (Sports Illustrated, Vacation)
1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1983)
1955 Michael Talbott Waverly IA, actor (Stan-Miami Vice)
1955 Brent Spiner Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation)
1957 Laurie Mann current DPS curator/geek
1957 Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwaukee WI, playmate (February 1980)
1958 Dexter Manley NFLer (Washington Redskins)
1958 Holly Hunter Conyers GA, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around)
1960 Eric Shea actor (Castaway Cowboy)
1960 Lee Chill Cleveland OH, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr)
1961 Joey Benjamin cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
1962 Ben Testerman Knoxville TN, tennis star
1962 Michael T Weiss Chicago IL, actor (Jarod - Pretender, Dr Michael Horton-Days of our Lives)
1963 Pebbles Flintstone fictional character on "The Flintstones"
1963 Stephen McGann Liverpool England, actor (Catherine the Great)
1965 Harry Swayne NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1966 Andrei Chesnokov Russia, tennis star
1966 Bob Alan Estes Graham TX, PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open)
1966 Tony Plourde Chibougamau Québec Canada, sabre (Olympics-96)
1966 Victor Muhammad WLAF running back (London Monarchs)
1968 Paul McKenzie Australian Finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
1968 Sari Krooks ice hockey right wing (Finland, Olympics-98)
1968 Scott Erickson Long Beach CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twin, Baltimore Orioles)
1968 Sean Elliott NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1968 Steve Henson NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1968 Ventson Donelson CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 Ijaz Ahmed Jr cricketer (one Test Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1995)
1969 Jeff Christy corner (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 Jody Hull Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1970 Chris Luneburg WLAF tackle (London Monarchs)
1970 Diego Martos WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 Erik ten Hag soccer player (FC Twente, RKC, FC Utrecht)
1970 Ivan Vukov soccer player (FC Volendam)
1971 Ken Dilger NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 Tony Miller Mount Pleasant TX, 400 meter runner
1972 Charlie Williams NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 Ivan Droppa Liptovsky Mikulas Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Chicago)
1972 Lance Brown NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals)
1973 Sergio Gonzalez rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1973 Dan Brandenburg linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1973 Jose White WLAF/NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 Patrick Jeffers NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973 Radka Bobkova Prague Czechoslovakian Republic, tennis star (quarter Bournemouth)
1973 Tim Denton NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 David Buck Honolulu HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
1974 J R Conrad offensive tackle/guard (New York Jets)
1974 Jeff Cassar soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96)
1975 Macey Brooks wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
1975 Todd Bertuzzi Sudbury Ontario Canada, NHL right wing (New York Islanders)
1976 Steven Dewick Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 Annabel Ellwood Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
1979 Brandee Dawn McCoskey Miss Alaska Teen-USA (1996)
1979 Lindsay Langston Modesto CA, archer (Olympics-1996)
1979 Petra Cada Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player (Olympics-96)
1992 Rebop Rundgren son of Michelle Gray & Todd Rundgren

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In 1536,the Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain.

In 1653,New Amsterdam--now New York--was incorporated.

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1949 Oscar Benton Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij)
1950 Lizzie Borden director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
1950 Michael Dickinson British reorganizer
1950 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], Dallas TX, actress (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
1951 Felipe Munoz México, 200 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1968)
1952 Fred Lynn Chicago IL, baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore)
1952 Jack Fields (Representative-R-TX, 1981- )
1956 Pamela Cossey England, model/sister of transsexual Tula
1956 Nathan Lane Jersey City NJ, actor (Birdcage, Timon-Lion King, Mouse Hunt, One of the Boys, Frankie & Johnnie)
1957 Tony Butler rocker (Big Country-Wonderland)
1958 Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
1958 Joe Frank Edwards Jr Richmond VA, Commander USN/astronaut (STS 89)
1959 Loi Tolhurst rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1959 Molly Killingbeck Jamaica, 4X400 meter relayer (Olympics-silver-1984)
1959 Thomas Calabro Brooklyn NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place)
1960 B J Jefferson Dallas TX, actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World)
1960 Richard Kotzen rocker
1961 Keith Gordon New York NY, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean)
1962 Michele Greene Las Vegas NV, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law)
1962 Joe Handle US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 Dorcas Wonsavage Madison WI, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1965 Kathleen Kimont Los Angeles CA, actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade)
1965 Maura Tierney Boston, actress (Lisa-Newsradio)
1966 Freedom Williams
1966 Danny Morrison cricket pace bowler (New Zealand since 1987)
1966 Gillian Bonner Athens GA, playmate (April 1996)
1966 Sean Patrick Wade Houston TX, New Zealand marathoner (Olympics-96)
1967 Aurelio Vidmar soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord)
1967 Jason Morris Scotia NY, half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1967 Natalie Hunter Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1968 Frantisek Kucera Prague Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks, Olympics-gold-98)
1968 Leroy Thompson NFL running back (Kansas City Chiefs)
1968 Mark Koevermans Netherlands, tennis star
1968 Vlade Divac Yugoslavia, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers)
1969 Casey Weldon NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1969 Jeff Christy NFL center (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 Robert Pack NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks)
1969 Terry Bradshaw US baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 Alonza Barnett WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 Eric Curry NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1970 Jason Muzzatti Toronto, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
1970 Keith Carney Providence, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US)
1971 Eric Owens Danville VA, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1971 Marcus Buckley NFL linebacker (New York Giants)
1971 Roman Cechmanek NHL goaltender (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998)
1971 Sean Dawkins NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 Jermaine Smith NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Keith Elias NFL running back (New York Giants)
1972 Tyrone Poole NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1973 Jim Campbell Worcester, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1973 Kyle Richardson WLAF punter (Rhein Fire)
1976 Dwayne Rudd linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1976 Karen Bradley Miss Rhode Island-USA (1996)
1977 Maitland Ward Torrance CA, actress (Jessica-Bold & Beautiful)
1984 ? Long Beach CA, 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant
1990 Cody Newton Gifford son of Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford
1994 Tallulah Belle Willis 3rd daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore

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In 1887,Verdi's opera "Otello" premiered at La Scala.

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Birthdates which occurred on February 07:

1924 Hattie Jacques Kent England, actress (Carry on Doctor)
1924 Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
1925 Arthur Berry artist
1925 H Eisenreich writer
1925 Marius Constant Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost)
1925 Romolo Valli actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia)
1926 Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
1927 John Buller composer
1928 Al "Fuzzy" Smith baseball player
1932 Alfred M Worden Jackson MI, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
1932 Gay Talese author (Honor Thy Father)
1934 Earl King [Solomon Johnson], rocker
1934 King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], Forth Worth TX, US saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew)
1934 Piet Bukman Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA)
1935 Herb Kohl (Senator-D Wisconsin)
1938 Juan Pizarro baseball player
1938 Robert Frank Baksa composer
1940 Gary Bond England, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days)
1942 Ton [ACHM] de Kok Dutch MP (CDA)
1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst Dutch foreign state secretary (CDA)
1944 Berry [AH] Esselink Dutch MP (CDA)
1944 Michael A Andrews (Representative-D-TX, 1983- )
1945 Gerald Davies British rugby player
1945 Pete Postlethwaite actor (The Boxer)
1946 Hector Babenco director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
1946 Lawrence Ascott rocker (Isotope)
1946 Sammy Johns rocker (Politics, Religion & Her)
1948 Jimmy Greenspoon Los Angeles CA, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1949 Alan Lancaster bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
1949 Sunil Wettimuny cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
1950 Marilyn Cochran Burlington VT, skier (Olympics-1972)
1950 Burt Hooton baseball player
1950 Dan Quisenberry baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
1951 Manfred Schumann German Federal Republic, bobsled (Olympics-silver/bronze-1976)
1951 Benny Ayala baseball player
1953 Robert Brazile NFLer
1954 Miguel Ferrer Santa Monica CA, actor (Robocop)
1955 Rolf Benirschke Boston MA, NFL place kicker/Wheel of Fortune host
1955 Charlie Puleo baseball player
1957 Carney Lansford baseball player
1957 Damaso Garcia baseball player
1958 Manuel Mijares Mexico, Spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita)
1958 Michele Drake La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
1959 Brian Travers rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
1959 Sammy Lee British soccer player
1960 James Spader New York NY, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin)
1960 Steve Bronski rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
1962 David Bryan rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
1962 Garth Brooks Tulsa OK, country singer (No Fences, Ropin' the Wind)
1962 Alan Sippy cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)
1963 Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper St Paul MN, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut
1963 Jason Adams Los Angeles CA, actor (Ryan's Hope, Nightmare on Elm Street)
1963 Roland Lefebvre cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland)
1964 Dona L Speir Norwalk CA, playmate (March, 1984)
1964 Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead Riverside CA, swimmer (Olympics-silver-84)
1964 Gretchen Magers Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
1965 Jason Gedrick Chicago IL, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96)
1965 Kristal Parker-Gregory Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)
1965 Reginald Thal soccer player (MVV)
1966 Chris Rock comedian (Saturday Night Live, CB4, Boomerang)
1967 Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene Dayton OH, long jumper (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
1968 Ashely Allen San Antonio TX, playmate (August 1992)
1968 Martin Sinner Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
1968 Michael Stich German Federal Republic, tennis star
1968 Peter Bondra Lutsk Ukraine, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
1969 Bucky Richardson US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1969 Fiona Robinson Collie Western Australia, basketball player (Olympics-bronze-96)
1970 Chris Gardocki NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 Denis Chasse Montréal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1970 Stanley Roberts NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
1971 Andrew Currey Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
1971 Marvin Graves CFL quarterback (Montréal Alouettes)
1972 Aftab Habib cricketer (Leicestershire right-handed batsman 1996)
1972 John Slaney St John's, NHL defenseman (Los Angeles Kings)
1973 Billy Baumhoff St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 Juwan Howard NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1973 Kristin Godridge Traralgon Australia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
1973 Leanne Schuster Mesa AZ, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995)
1973 Sonia Paquette St-Janvier Québec Canada, hurdler (Olympics-96)
1973 Tim Bowens NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1974 Ryan Phillips linebacker (New York Giants)
1974 Steve Nash NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1975 Alexandre Daigle Montréal, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
1975 Marika Lehtimaki ice hockey center (Finland, Olympics-98)
1976 Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir Miss Iceland-Universe (1996)
1976 Terry Battle running back (Detroit Lions)
1977 Christine Scheels New Berlin WI, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1977 Hillary Wolf Chicago IL, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1979 Cerina Vincent Miss Nevada Teen-USA (1996)
1985 [Alber]Tina Marie Majorino actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)

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In 1906,Pu Yi, the last emperor of China,was born in Beijing.

In 1974,the island nation of Grenada won independence fron Britian.

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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of February 08:


1925 Alvin Brehm composer
1927 John T Myers (Representative-R-IN, 1967- )
1927 Stanley Baker Ferndale Wales, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu)
1927 Zdenek Zouhar composer
1928 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher lawyer
1930 Alejandro Rey Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)
1930 Arlan Stangeland (Representative-R-MN, 1977- )
1930 Catherine Hardy Carollton GA, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1952)
1930 Manuel Castillo composer
1931 James Dean Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
1932 Jan H Christiaanse president Dutch political party (CDA)
1932 John Towner Williams Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops)
1933 Jack Larson Los Angeles CA, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman)
1933 Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
1934 Elly Ameling Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
1934 Galina Bystrova USSR, pentathlete (1957, 58)
1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth Scottish shipping magnate
1936 Cletis Boyer 3rd baseman (New York Yankees)
1936 Larry Verne singer (Custer)
1936 Manohar Hardikar cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India vs West Indies 1958-59)
1937 Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
1937 Manfred Krug Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer)
1938 Ray Sharpe singer
1939 Gerrit Lakmaaker sculptor/painter (Leidsepleingroep)
1940 Nick Nolte Omaha NB, actor (Under Fire, Lorenzo's Oil, Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40)
1940 Susan Clark Ontario, actress (Katherine-Webster)
1940 Ted Koppel Lancashire England, newscaster (ABC Nightline)
1940 Averil Cameron British historian
1940 Talib Rasul Hakim composer
1941 Tom Rush New Hampshire, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
1942 Robert Klein Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
1942 Fritz Peterson baseball pitcher (New York Yankees)
1942 Terry Melcher Rip Chords, Doris Day's son
1943 Bob Oliver baseball player
1943 Creed Bratton California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
1943 Jose de Almeida Prado composer
1944 Bunky Henry golfer
1944 Jim Capaldi rocker (Traffic)
1946 Paul Wheatbread rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
1946 "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra Los Angeles CA, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money)
1947 Sam Gannon cricketer (Australia lefty quick, 3 Tests vs India 1977-78)
1948 Dan Seals McCamey TX, vocalist (England Dan & John Ford Coley-I'd Really Love to See You Tonight, Nights Are Forever Without You, Meet Me in Montana)
1949 Brooke Adams New York NY, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
1949 Scott Allen USA, skater (Olympics-bronze-1964)
1949 Julia Barr Fort Wayne IN, actress (Brooke-All My Children)
1950 Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon Cuba, cosmonaut
1950 Michael Goodroe rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1950 Ted Turner rocker (Wishbone Ash)
1951 Camille LaPierre NHLer
1952 Nancy Lord Libertarian Vice-President candidate (1992)
1952 Hans Van de Lubbe Dutch bassist/singer (Dike)
1953 Mary Steenburgen Newport AR, actress (Parenthood, Time After Time)
1954 "Sensational" Sherri Martel [Russell], New Orleans LA, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
1955 Ethan Phillips actor (Neelix-Star Trek Voyager)
1955 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary)
1955 John Grisham writer (Client, Firm, Pelican Brief)
1958 Barry Miller New York NY, actor (Joe & Sons, Szysznyk)
1959 Irina Kalinina USSR, springboard diver (Olympics-gold-1980)
1959 Pamela Jean Bryant Indianapolis IN, playmate (April, 1978)
1959 Heinz Gunthardt Switzerland, tennis star
1960 Dino Ciccarelli Ontario, NHL right wing (Minnesota North Stars, Washington Capitals)
1960 Alex Scott British horse trainer
1960 Linda Fratianne Los Angeles CA, figure skater (Olympics-silver-1980)
1961 Sammy Llanas rocker (Bodeans)
1961 Vince Neil [Wharton] California, rock vocalist (Mötley Crüe-Girls Girls Girls)
1963 Mohammad Azharuddin cricketer (elegant Indian batsman 1984-)
1963 Raleigh McKenzie NFL center/guard (Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers)
1964 Dennis Gibson NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1965 Carmen Savy Brisbane Queensland, golfer (1990 Brisbane & District)
1965 Jim Thornton NFL tight end (Houston Oilers)
1965 Lee Knight CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1965 Mathilda May Paris France, actress (Lifeforce)
1965 Rod Bernstine NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
1965 Terry McDaniel NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders)
1966 Gary Coleman Zion IL, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes)
1966 Kirk Muller Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1967 Yvon Corriveau Ontario, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals)
1968 Joy Fawcett Inglewood CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1968 Ron Goetz CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 Herb Hohenberger hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1969 Mary McCormack actress, (Murder One, Private Parts)
1970 Alonzo Mourning NBA center (Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets)
1970 Cameron Cuffy cricketer (St Vincent & West Indies fast bowler 1994-)
1971 Heidi Mark Columbus OH, playmate (July 1995)
1972 Adrian Rollins cricketer (Derbyshire batsman, brother of Robert of Essex)
1972 Marcus Pollard NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Andreas Gliatis soccer player (NEC)
1973 Dave Dopek Bolingbrook IL, 200 meter runner
1973 Eric Kresser quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Michelle Brogan Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973 Tom King Australian 470 class yachtsman (Olympics-96)
1975 Damon Denson guard (New England Patriots)
1975 Joshua Morrow Juneau AK, actor (Nicholas Newman-Young & Restless)
1976 Holly Manthei Edina MN, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
1976 Jim Parque Norwalk CA, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1978 Christa Williams Houston TX, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
1979 Tara Tucker Miss Alabama Teen-USA (1997)
1981 Tommy Michaels Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)

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Religious History

1693 The College of William and Mary was founded in Williamsburg, Virginia for the purpose of educating Anglican clergyman. After Harvard, it is the second oldest institution of higher learning in America.
1744 Colonial missionary to the American Indians, David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'I find that both mind and body are quickly tired with intenseness and fervor in the things of God. Oh that I could be as incessant as angels in devotion and spiritual fervor.'
1851 Death of Alexander Haldane, 83. In 1797 he founded the Society for Propagating the Gospel at Home, after discovering that the Church of Scotland was as little interested in home missions as it was in foreign missions.
1865 Birth of Lewis E. Jones, American YMCA director. Jones was also a writer of hymns, and his most enduring contribution (which he both wrote and composed) was "Power in the Blood."
1950 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Sin in a Christian makes God seem distant, deaf. In the body, sin saps animation, as cancer. In the soul, sin stifles the affections; as corrosion in the spirit, sin solidifies the attitudes, as a callous.'

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In 1904,the Russo-Japanese War,a conflict over control of Manchuria and Korea,began as Japanese forces attacked Port Arthur.

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1962 Martin D Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary
1963 Bonnie Levin Miami Beach FL, WPVA volleyballer
1963 Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
1963 Mike Rindel cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs Pakistan 1995)
1963 Travis Tritt Marietta GA, country vocalist (Country Club)
1964 Rachel Bolan rocker (Skid Row)
1965 David Brandon NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons)
1965 Lennox Lewis London England, Super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1988)
1966 James "Rachel" Bolan Point Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1966 Amanda Roocroft opera singer
1967 Kate Golden Beaumont TX, LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th)
1967 Stevon Moore NFL safety (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 Todd Pratt US baseball catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1968 Derek Strong NBA forward (Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic)
1968 Marcus Meloan Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amateur Champion)
1968 Paul Claxton Vidalia GA, Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th)
1969 Jeff Pahukoa NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1969 Jimmy Smith NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 Peta Edebone Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1969 Thomas Brandl Bad Tolz Germany, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1969 Todd Lyght US football quarterback (St Louis Rams)
1970 Glenn McGrath cricketer (New South Wales & Australian fast bowler 1993-)
1970 Grant Moorhead New Plymouth New Zealand, Australasia golfer
1971 Gonzalo Floyd CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1971 Jason Mathews NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 Jim Miller NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Atlanta Falcons, Jaguars)
1971 Ken Felder US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
1971 Pat O'Neill NFL punter/place kicker (New England Patriots)
1971 Sharon Case Detroit MI, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless)
1972 Jason George actor (Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach)
1972 Norbert Rosza Hungarian swimmer (100 meter freestyle record)
1973 Amber Valletta Phoenix AZ, model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar)
1974 Brad Maynard punter (New York Giants)
1974 John Wallace NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
1974 Orlando Bobo guard (Minnesota Vikings)

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1899 George Morgan 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1901 Milan I king of Serbia, dies at 56
1903 Henryk Szulc composer, dies at 67
1907 Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
1911 Albert von Rothschild baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1922 Gerardus J P Bolland Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
1931 Charles Algernon Parsons British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
1939 Franz Schmidt Austrian composer, dies at 64
1940 John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies
1941 Rudolf Hilferding German economist/Minister of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
1944 Ivan Sollertinski friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies
1945 Al Dubin Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1945 J S H Lokerman Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
1948 Sergy Eisenstein film director, dies at 50
1961 Eduard R Verkade Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
1961 Patrice Lumumba 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
1963 Sylvia Plath poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
1968 Howard Lindsay US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 James Lanphier actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 Emil Abranyi composer, dies at 87
1971 Whitney Young Jr National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 Jan Wils architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1973 Hans D Jensen German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1974 Anna Q Nilsson actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
1976 Lee J Cobb actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1976 Alice Allen actress (Call of the Hills), dies
1976 Charlie Naughton actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
1977 Louis J M Beel Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
1978 James B Conant headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1982 Eleanor Powell tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies of cancer at 69
1982 Takashi Shimura Japan, actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
1985 Heinz Eric Roemheld composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 Henry Hathaway actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1985 Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, dies at 68
1986 Frank [Patrick] Herbert sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
1989 George O'Hanlon actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 Oscar Nitzchke German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
1992 Ray Danton US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1993 George A Stephen inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
1993 Joy Garrett actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 Oksana Kostina Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident
1994 Antonio Martin Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1994 Sorrell Brooke actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
1994 William Conrad actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
1996 Amelia Rosselli poet, dies at 65
1996 Bob Shaw science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
1996 Cyril Poole cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
1996 Kebby Musokotwane prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
1996 Phil Regan actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
1997 Don Porter actor (Gidget), dies at 84

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Deaths which occurred on February 12:

1128 Toghtekin slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
1242 Hendrik VII Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
1538 Albrecht Altdorfer German painter, dies at about 57
1554 Lord Guildford Dudley Jane Grey's husband, beheaded
1590 François Hotman/Hotomanus French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65
1616 John Drusius of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at 67
1728 Agostino Steffani Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1738 James Sherard composer, dies at 71
1762 Laurent Belissen composer, dies at 68
1771 Adolf Frederik king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
1787 Ruggiero Boscovich Italian physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75
1799 Frantisek Xaver Dusek composer, dies at 67
1804 Immanuel Kant German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies in Königsberg, Prussia at 79
1820 Guillaume Albert Teniers composer, dies at 71
1834 Friedrich Schleiermacher German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65
1837 Ludwig Börne writer, dies at 50
1861 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard composer, dies at 72
1886 P J Edvard Backström Swedish writer, dies at 44
1889 Andrew Greenwood cricketer (batted in England's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
1896 Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
1896 Isaac Murphy jockey, 628 win on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
1901 Ramón de Campoamor bon Campoosorio Spanish poet (Colón), dies at 83
1905 Marcel Schwob French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
1915 Charles Emile Waldteufel composer, dies at 77
1916 J W Richard Dedekind German mathematician, dies
1920 Emile Sauret composer, dies at 67
1920 Jean Allemane French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
1920 Ottalee Baker Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
1921 Charles Leslie cricketer (4 Tests England vs Australia 1882-83), dies
1929 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing German para-psychologist, dies at 66
1933 Henri Duparc French composer, dies at 85
1942 Grant Wood US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49
1945 ... de Jong Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
1945 Henrietta Szold founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah), dies
1945 Walraven [Wally] van Hall Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
1947 Sidney Toler actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72
1954 Dziga Vertov [Kaufman], Russian director (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
1955 Tom Moore actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
1957 Johannes Anker Larsen Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
1958 Marcel Cachin 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
1959 George Antheil US pianist/composer (Ballet Mécanique), dies at 58
1960 Bobby Clark vaudevillian (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71
1965 Henry Kulky actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53
1969 Johanna EFG Tourniaire actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80
1970 Andre Souris composer, dies at 79
1971 George Shelton actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
1971 James Cash Penney US founder (J C Penney), dies at 95
1973 Benjamin Frankel composer, dies at 67
1976 James Clifton Williams composer/band master (Sinfonians), dies at 52
1976 Sal Mineo actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
1979 Jean Renoir French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
1980 Floyd Taliaferro Alderson actor (Crossing Trails), dies
1981 Jean Dixon actress (Joy of Living, You Only Live Once), dies
1982 Victor Jory Dawson City Yukon Territory Canada, actor (Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79
1982 Cornelis Rijnsdorp Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
1982 Hal Hooker cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
1983 Eubie Blake ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
1984 Anna Anderson Manahan [claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia] dies in Virginia
1984 Julio Cortázar Argentine writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
1985 Nicholas Colssanto actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
1986 Sid Stone comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
1986 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack composer, dies at 86
1987 Lang Jeffries Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue , dies at 55
1989 Mauritius Balfoort French/Flemish director, dies at 83
1989 Thomas Bernhard Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies at 58
1991 Edward A Blatt director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
1991 Robert Wagner mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies
1992 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren boxing champion (Olympics-gold-1928), dies
1992 Dorothy Tree actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
1992 Ton Brandsteder CEO (Sony Netherlands BV), dies at 74
1993 James Bulger English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 year old boys
1994 Donald Judd US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65
1995 Earring George Mayweather blues harmonica player, dies at 66
1995 L Jansma Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
1995 Rachid Mimouni Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at 49
1995 Terence Beckles pianist/teacher, dies at 82
1995 Tony Secunda rock band manager, dies at 54
1996 Roger Omond journalist, dies at 51
1997 Nora Beloff journalist, dies at 78
1997 Walter Ritchie sculptor, dies at 77

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In 1818,Chile officially proclaimed its independence,more than seven years after initially renouncing Spanish rule.

In 1912,Pu Yi,the last emperor of China,abdicated,making the end of the Qing Dynasty.

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Birthdates which occurred on February 14:
1462 Edzard I Cirksena the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)
1483 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
1487 Henry II of Bavaria bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising
1513 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer
1515 Frederick III the Pious, elect of the Palts
1533 Christianus Adrichomius Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)
1546 Johann Pistorius German theologist/historian
1572 Hans Christoph Haiden composer
1602 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer
1638 Sybilla Schwarz writer
1670 Georg Gabriel Schutz composer
1679 Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer
1707 Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha)
1760 Richard Allen Philadelphia PA, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church
1778 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer
1806 Lajos Count Batthyány, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)
1813 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer
1813 John McNeil Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1817 Frederick Douglass African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor
1819 James Green Martin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1878
1824 Winfield Scott Hancock Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1829 Alfred Iverson Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1835 François Haverschmidt Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)
1838 Margaret Knight inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
1845 Cecil De Vere 1st official British chess champion (1866)
1847 Anna Howard Shaw US, suffragette
1853 Jan van Rijswijck Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp)
1856 Frank Harris England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves)
1858 Joseph Thomson Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle)
1858 Charles Beach Hawley composer
1859 George Washington Gale Ferris engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
1864 Israel Zangwill England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
1864 Robert E Park US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
1868 Henricus A Poels Dutch Roman Catholic theologist/social foreman
1869 Charles Wilson English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel)
1880 Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome)
1880 Edgar Leslie Bainton composer
1881 Otto Selz German psychologist
1881 William John Gruffydd Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud)
1882 George Jean Nathan US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury)
1882 Ignaz Friedman composer
1886 Theodor Werner German painter
1892 Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1893 Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen)
1894 Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan IL, "Oh! Rochester!"

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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of February 16:
1075 Ordericus Vitalis French monk/historian/poet
1497 Philipp Melanchthon Germany, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)
1514 Rhäticus [Rheticus] Austrian astronomer/mathematician
1519 Gaspard de Coligny Huguenot leader/French Admiral
1620 Frederick William Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
1669 Arnold Boonen Dutch portrait painter
1684 Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czechoslovakian monk/composer
1698 Pierre Bouguer French mathematician (heliometer)
1709 Charles Avison composer
1740 Giambattista Bodoni Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer
1746 Johann Heinse German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic
1774 Pierre Rode composer
1787 Andreas Schelfhout Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer
1788 Juan van Halen Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer
1790 Chretien Urhan composer
1807 Lysander Cutler Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1812 Henry Wilson (R) 18th Vice-President (1873-75)
1813 Joseph Reid Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) died in 1892
1813 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky composer
1821 Heinrich Barth Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)
1822 Francis Galton Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist
1822 James Patton Anderson Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1823 Brigadier General John D Imboden organized 1st Virginia Partisan Rangers
1826 Franz von Holstein composer
1826 Joseph V von Scheffel German writer (Gaudeamus)
1831 Nikolai Leskow writer
1832 Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac Major General (Confederate Army)
1834 Ernst Heinrich Haeckel Potsdam Germany, biologist (Causes of Evolution)
1836 Benjamin Edward Woolf Dutch composer
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis South African ship's doctor/linguist
1838 Henry Adams Boston MA, US historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
1847 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka German composer (Album polonaise)
1848 Hugo de Vries Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
1850 Octave Mirbeau France,

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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of February 17:

1444 Rudolf Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
1490 Charles de Bourbon officer/governor (Lombardy)
1519 François de Guise [Balafré], French general strategist (Calais)
1583 J Henry Alting Dutch theologist
1653 Arcangelo Corelli Fusignano Italy, violinist/composer (Concerto Grosso)
1667 Georg Bronner composer
1675 Johann Melchior Conradi composer
1696 Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer
1697 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer
1699 Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff German architect (Sanssouci)
1723 Tobias Mayer "method of lunars" for longitude determination
1740 Horace B de Saussure Swiss physicist/geologist
1747 Narciso Casanovas composer
1752 Friedrich M Klinger German playwright (Wirrwarr)
1754 Jan Jachym Kopriva composer
1758 John Pinkerton Scottish historian
1774 Raphaelle Peale US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
1781 René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laënnec France, inventor (stethoscope)
1796 Giovanni Pacini composer
1804 Samuel Read Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1816 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull composer
1817 Frederick Douglass famous African-American
1820 Henri Vieuxtemps Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
1831 Francisco Salvador Daniel composer
1837 Francis Jay Herron Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1837 Sam[uel] van Houten Dutch (Liberal) minister (child labor laws)
1844 A Montgomery Ward founded mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
1849 Selwyn Image Bodiam Sussex, painter
1850 Anton Urspruch composer
1850 Ludwig Bonvin composer
1853 Jaroslav Vrchlicky [Emil Frída], Czechoslovakian poet (1 night on Karlstein)
1854 Friedrich A Krupp German arms manufacturer
1855 Otto Liman von Sanders German general in Turkey (WWI)
1857 Samuel Sidney McClure Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
1858 Ernest Ford composer
1862 Edward German (Jones) Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
1862 Mori Ogai [Mori Rintarô) Japanese author (Maihime/Gan)
1864 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson New South Wales Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
1867 William Cadbury England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
1870 Louis de Raet Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
1874 Thomas J Watson Sr US, representative/founder (IBM)
1877 Henri Vandeputte Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)

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1980 Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history
1982 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs England
1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
1983 Netherlands adopts constitution
1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 1st class postage rises from 20¢ to 22¢
1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
1985 1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia vs England
1985 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1985 Laffit Pincay Jr is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita
1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
1986 Johnson & Johnson announces it no longer sells capsule drugs
1986 Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM)
1986 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
1987 Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
1988 US Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists & later killed
1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
1989 Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia & Libya form common market
1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
1989 Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
1989 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1991 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50 meter free style (21.60 seconds)
1995 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards
1995 Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the Long Island Railroad in New York
1995 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked
1995 Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands vs New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena CA
1997 Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter
1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
1998 Larry Wayne Harris & Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax

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Birthdates which occurred on February 18:
1404 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura)
1516 Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary] Greenwich, (1553-58), 1st reigning queen of Great Britain
1559 Isaac Casaubon naturalized English classical scholar, theologian
1609 Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English lord chancellor/PM (1660-67)
1632 Giovanni Battista Vitali composer
1677 Jacques Cassini French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1716 Gaspard Fritz composer
1745 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta physicist/inventor (battery)
1751 Karl Haack composer
1770 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer
1771 Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer
1775 Thomas Girtin London, artist/watercolorist
1776 John Parry composer
1781 Henry Martyn Truro, missionary
1790 Marshall Hall Basford Nottinghamshire, physician
1795 George Peabody South Danvers MA, merchant/philanthropist
1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Rear Admiral (Union Navy)
1815 Henri Leys Flemish painter
1817 Lewis Addison Armistead Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1817 Walter Page Lane Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1819 Joseph Philbrick Webster composer
1829 Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1833 James Deshler Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1836 Ramakrishna Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of all religions)
1836 Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji] Indian mystic/Hindu leader
1838 Ernst Mach Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
1841 Samuel Prowse Warren composer
1844 Willem Maris Dutch painter (Hague School)
1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany glassmaker (stained glass windows)
1849 Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse)
1850 George Henschel composer
1853 August Belmont Jr breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (New York Jockey Club)
1857 Max Klinger German graphic artist/painter/sculptor
1858 Louise M A princess of Belgium
1859 Sholem Aleichem [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof)
1860 Anders Zorn Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa)
1875 Walter Andrae German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur)
1877 Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)
1880 Eric De Lamarter composer
1883 Tom Walls Kingsthorpe England, actor/producer (Undercover)
1884 Burt Mustin Pittsburgh PA, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show)
1887 Nikos Kasandsakis writer
1888 Gladys Cooper England, actress (Margaret-The Rogues)
1889 Sybold van Ravesteyn architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)
1890 Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh PA, actor (Front Page, Star is Born)
1890 Edward Arnold New York NY, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
1890 Boris L Pasternak Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago)
1890 Lauri SA Haarla Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja)
1891 Chester Clute New Jersey, actor (Niagra Falls)
1892 Wendell Wilkie Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)
1895 George "The Gipper" Gipp Notre Dame football star

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Holidays


China : Chinese New Year-The Year of the Boar (2007/4705)
Gambia : Independence Day (1965)
Iceland : National Bun Day
Iran : Mohammed's Death
Israel : Mother's Day
Nepál : Constitutional Day (1951)
US : Presidents' Day (formerly Washington's Birthday)-legal holiday