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====[ Today In History for 02/08/2011: ]====
In 421 Flavius Constantine becomes emperor C III of Westromeinse
In 1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
In 1575 University of Lead opens
In 1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
In 1690 French troops set indian settlement in Schenectady NY on fire
In 1735 1st US opera performance in Charleston SC (Colley Cibbers "Flora")
In 1744 French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
In 1750 Minor earthquake in London
In 1807 Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
In 1837 1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)
In 1856 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #39 Laetitia
In 1861 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala
In 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
In 1862 Opera "Lily of Killarney" is produced (London)
In 1865 1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany
In 1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #183 Istria
In 1883 Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen
In 1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)
In 1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #283 Emma
In 1889 Flood ravages Dutch coast
In 1894 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks
In 1904 Outbreak of hostilities in Russo-Japanese war
In 1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #636 Erika
In 1909 France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco
In 1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated
In 1911 US helps overthrow Pres Miguel D vila of Honduras
In 1912 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla
In 1914 General Zamon becomes president of Haiti
In 1915 "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA
In 1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #816 Juliana
In 1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
In 1921 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #947 Monterosa
In 1922 Radio arrives at the White House
In 1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
In 1923 Germany: NSDAP V”lkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
In 1925 Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta
In 1926 Germany questions its membership in League of Nations
In 1926 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
In 1926 Walt Disney Studios form
In 1927 Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
In 1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1154 Astronomia
In 1928 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
In 1928 Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
In 1929 KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
In 1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
In 1933 -23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)
In 1933 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
In 1934 Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC
In 1934 Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt
In 1935 S Arend discovers asteroid #3228 Pire
1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles)
He never plays in league
In 1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn
In 1936 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers
In 1936 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
In 1941 NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
In 1943 Red army recaptures Koersk
In 1944 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
In 1945 Allies air attack Goch/Kleef/Kalkar
In 1946 Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
In 1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
In 1948 5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
In 1949 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
In 1953 WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
In 1955 Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him
In 1957 SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
In 1958 Edgar Whitehead follows Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
In 1958 French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
In 1958 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
In 1960 Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)
In 1960 Congress begins looking into payola
In 1962 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
In 1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
In 1963 Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
In 1965 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84
In 1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"
In 1967 French Diadšme D-1C satellite launches into Earth orbit
In 1967 Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)
In 1967 Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down
In 1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg)
In 1969 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
In 1969 Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, M‚xico
In 1971 Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
In 1971 South Vietnamese troops capture Laos
In 1974 Ringo releases "You're 16"
In 1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land
In 1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
In 1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea
In 1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
In 1976 Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
In 1976 Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
In 1977 Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
In 1977 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
In 1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait
In 1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroids #2556 Louise & #2764 Moeller
In 1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days
In 1983 T Seki discovers asteroid #2880 Nihondaira
In 1983 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found
Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
In 1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
In 1984 Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
E Bowell discovers asteroid #3031 Houston, #3032 Evans, #3065
Sarahill, #3315 Chant, #3354 McNair & #3355 Onizuka
In 1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot
In 1985 Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
In 1986 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
In 1988 NASA launches DOD-2
In 1989 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
In 1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
In 1989 US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
In 1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
In 1992 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
In 1992 Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
In 1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
In 1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120.
In 1965 Eastern Airlines DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach,
New Jersey killing 84.
====[ Happy birthday to ]====
In 412 St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
In 1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
In 1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
In 1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer
In 1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
In 1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
In 1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, French general in America
In 1741 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
In 1764 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer
In 1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
In 1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
In 1795 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/writer
In 1807 Franciscus J van Vree, Catholic foreman
In 1810 Norbert Burgmuller, composer
In 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1883
In 1813 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
In 1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872
In 1818 Austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894
In 1819 John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafa‰liet)
In 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
In 1822 Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
In 1824 Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
In 1828 Antonio Cagnoni, composer
In 1828 Jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)
In 1859 John H Been, Brielle archivist
In 1859 John H Leg, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
In 1878 Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du)
In 1880 Franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter)
In 1882 Burt Mustin, actor (Ichabod & Me, Phyllis)
In 1882 George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist)
In 1883 Joseph A Schumpeter, Austria/US economist/minister of finance
In 1885 Dame Edith Evans, England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield)
In 1886 Charlie Ruggles, LA Calif, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show)
In 1888 Matth˜s Vermeulen, composer/music critic
In 1890 Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino nationalist, opponent of US colonialism
In 1891 Edgar Palm, Cura†aian pianist/composer
In 1892 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt)
In 1894 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher
In 1895 King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)
In 1896 Orville Caldwell, actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning)
In 19-- Alice Kramden, fictional character on Honeymooners
In 19-- Louis Giambalvo, Bkln NY, actor (Robert-Oh Madeline)
In 19-- Tara Aire, XXX actress (Babysitter, Lingerie, Lust Weekend)
In 1900 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer
In 1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
In 1902 Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor (Glen or Glenda)
In 1903 Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
In 1904 Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer
In 1905 Truman Bradley, narrator (Science Fiction Theater)
In 1906 Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopy)
In 1906 Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep)
In 1908 Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer
In 1908 Myron McCormick, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again)
In 1911 Anne Aitken, [nee Hopkins], Chicago, co-found (Diamond Sangha)
In 1911 Elizabeth Bishop, US poet (North & South)/Pulitzer Prize (1956)
In 1911 Henri Handsome, journalist/writer
In 1912 Simon Jurovsky, composer
In 1913 Betty Field, actress (Bus Stop, Butterfield 8)
In 1914 Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music)
In 1919 Buddy Morrow, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
In 1920 Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
In 1922 Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
In 1924 Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners)
In 1925 Alvin Brehm, composer
In 1925 Jack Lemmon, Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing)
In 1925 Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76)
In 1927 John T Myers, (Rep-R-IN, 1967- )
In 1927 Stanley Baker, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu)
In 1927 Zdenek Zouhar, composer
In 1930 Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)
In 1930 Arlan Stangeland, (Rep-R-MN, 1977- )
In 1930 Catherine Hardy, Carollton Ga, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
In 1930 Manuel Castillo, composer
In 1931 James Dean, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
In 1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party (CDA)
In 1932 John Towner Williams, Flushing, NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops)
In 1933 Jack Larson, LA Calif, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman)
In 1934 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
In 1934 Galina Bystrova, USSR, pentathelete (1957, 58)
In 1934 Nick Nolte, Omaha Nebr, actor (Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man)
In 1936 Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees)
In 1939 Barry Mann, singer (Who put the Bump)
In 1940 Susan Clark, Ontario, actress (Katherine-Webster)
In 1940 Talib Rasul Hakim, composer
In 1940 Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
In 1941 Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
In 1942 Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
In 1943 Creed Bratton, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
In 1943 Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
In 1946 Adolfo De La Parra, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money)
In 1946 Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
In 1948 Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, singer (Seals & Crofts-You Still Move Me)
In 1949 Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
In 1949 Julia Barr, Ft Wayne Ind, actress (Brooke-All My Children)
In 1949 Scott Allen, USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964)
In 1950 Dan Seals, rocker (England Dan & John Ford Coley-Tell Her Hello)
In 1950 Michael Goodroe, bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
In 1952 Hans Van de Lubbe, bassist/singer (Dike)
In 1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate (1992)
In 1954 "Sensational/Sensous" Sherri Martel, [Russell], wrestler (WWF/AWA/ECW)
In 1955 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary)
In 1958 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, [Russell], New Orleans, WCW/WWF wrestler
In 1959 Irina Kalinina, USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980)
In 1959 Pamela Jean Bryant, Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978)
In 1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing (Minn North Stars, Wash Caps)
In 1961 Vince Neil, Calif, rock vocalist (M”tley Cre-Girls Girls Girls)
In 1965 Mathilda May, Paris France, actress (Lifeforce)
In 1966 Gary Coleman, Zion Ill, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes)
In 1967 Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing (Wash Caps)
In 1971 David Proper
In 1981 Tommy Michaels, Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)
====[ The following people died on this day ]====
In 1124 Stefanus van Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
In 1245 Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
In 1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
In 1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Cura†ao & Bonaire), dies
In 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded
In 1611 John H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
In 1650 John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 74?
In 1676 Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
In 1686 Fran†ois Branch, diplomat on Java, murdered
In 1691 Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
In 1709 Giuseppi Torelli, composer, dies at 50
In 1725 Peter I Aleksejevitsj, the Great, Russian tsar (Zaandam), dies at 52
In 1740 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
In 1749 John van Huysum, still life painter, dies at 66
In 1797 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
In 1801 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
In 1821 Paul Anton Wineberger, composer, dies at 62
In 1824 Rhijnvis Feith, mayor/writer (Zwolle), dies at 71
In 1849 France Preseren, Slavic poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48
In 1849 Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer, dies at 68
In 1874 David F Strauss, German theologist, dies
In 1878 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies
In 1909 Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 81
In 1909 Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32
In 1911 Gustaf Fr”ding, Swedish poet (Grabst„nk), dies at 50
In 1921 Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
In 1924 Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber (Nevada), dies
In 1935 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies
In 1937 Scato Gocko de Vries, paleographer/librarian, dies
In 1942 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
In 1946 Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
In 1947 Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
In 1949 Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
In 1949 Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54
In 1953 Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63
In 1954 Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
In 1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
In 1961 William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81
In 1963 Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (1958-63), assassinate in Baghdad at 48
In 1963 George Dolenz, actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55
In 1963 Kassem, premier of Iraq, killed by military coup
In 1968 J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies
In 1974 Fern Andra, dies at 80
In 1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
In 1975 Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75
In 1979 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer, dies at 82
In 1982 John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76
In 1985 Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire) dies at 71
In 1985 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
In 1987 Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
In 1987 Henry Cuckoo, founder Dutch Boer party, dies at 74
In 1988 Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies
In 1989 Mauritius Mok, writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies
In 1990 Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 55
In 1992 Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies
In 1993 Casper Van Der Berg, poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
In 1993 Douglas Heyes Sr, [Matthew Howard], US playwright, dies
In 1993 Douglas Heyes, director/writer, dies
In 1993 Eliot Janeway, financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
In 1993 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
In 1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies
In 1994 Jacob Firet, theologist (Agogisch Moment), dies at 70
In 1994 Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
====[ Holidays On This Day ]====
[Iraq] Ramadan Revolution
[Norway] Narvik Sun Pageant Day
In 1997 [China] New Years-Year of Ox (4695)
====[ Religious Observances On this Day ]====
[Christian] Feast of Bl Jacoba (Bl Jacqueline)
[Methodist] Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
In 1213 [RC] Comm of St John of Matha, confessor/ransomer of captives
In 1537 [RC] Memorial of St Jerome Emiliani (opt)
====[ Wit and wisdom for today: ]====
The wise shepherd never trusts his flock to a smiling wolf.
====[ Don't forget... ]====
[Ancient Rome] a d vj Id Feb
====[ Special Reminders for today... ]====
1934 -7øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
1965 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
39th day of the year with 326 days left (Numerology = 1)
====[ Days Till ]====
There are 146 days until 4th of July.
There are 320 days until Yule.
There are 327 days until New Years.
There are 682 days until End Of The World.
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