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Historical Events
1814 - Norway's independence proclaimed
1929 - Eugene O'Neill's play "Dynamo" premieres in NYC
1989 - Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
1994 - Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands
1995 - Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
2020 - "The Hot Wing King" a play by Katori Hall premieres off-Broadway at Signature Theatre in New York (Pulitzer Prize 2021 for Drama)
Famous Birthdays
1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, Russian-Soviet composer (Ice and Steel), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1955)
1904 - Keith Holyoake, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (National: 1960-72), born in Pahiatua, New Zealand (d. 1983)
1923 - Sy Kattelson, American photographer, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2018)
1929 - Leonard Kastle, opera composer, librettist, director (The Passion of Mother Ann), and film maker (The Honeymoon Killers), born in New York City (d. 2011)
1930 - Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Olympic gold 1960)
1977 - Mike Shinoda, American musician (Linkin Park, Fort Minor), born in Agoura Hills, California
Famous Deaths
1755 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austro-Hungarian cellist, pianist, and composer, dies at 64
1944 - Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies
1997 - Don Porter, American actor (Gidget), dies at 84
1999 - Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist (Charlie Mingus), saxophonist, drummer, composer, arranger, and educator, dies from an unsolved gunshot at 76
2021 - Phil Horrocks-Taylor, English rugby union fly half (9 caps England, 1 British and Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers), dies at 86
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1763 - Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, France surrenders Canada to Great Britain
1842 - Moreton Bay Penal Colony abolished and opened for free settlement (modern city of Brisbane, Australia)
1931 - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "America's Sweetheart" premieres on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, NYC
1934 - Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
1953 - Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB
1970 - Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel at Val d'Isere, France, killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths
1989 - Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
2013 - 55th Grammy Awards: "Somebody That I Used To Know" (Goyte); "We Are Young" (fun); and "Babel" (Mumford and Sons) win
2014 - After winning Vancouver (2010) Olympic moguls title, Canadian freestyle skier Alexandre Bilodeau wins 2nd consecutive Olympic gold medal in Sochi; beats teammate Mikaël Kingsbury
2019 - 61st Grammy Awards: Childish Gambino first rapper to win Best Song and Best Record for "This Is America"; Best Album "Golden Hour" Kacey Musgraves -
Historical Events
1899 - -39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1931 - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "America's Sweetheart" premieres on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, NYC
1959 - Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
1971 - American Mensa Ltd incorporates in New York
1981 - 33rd NHL All-Star Game, The Forum, Inglewood: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 4-1; MVP: Mike Liut, St. Louis Blues, G
2014 - Canadian short track speed skater Charles Hamelin wins his 3rd career Olympic gold medal in the 1,500m in Sochi; Vancouver (2010) 500m and 5,000m relay champion
Famous Birthdays
1696 - Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia (now Germany) (d. 1765)
1846 - Mildred Childe Lee, American favourite daughter of confederate General Robert E. Lee, born at Arlington Plantation, Virginia (d. 1905)
1888 - Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, born in Alexandria (d. 1970)
1894 - Roy D'Arcy [Roy Giusti], American actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1969)
1913 - Ragnhild Marie Hatton, Norwegian historian, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1995)
1918 - Gordon Pirie, English Group Captain and politician, born in Oxford (d. 2003)
Famous Deaths
1543 - Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, dies a 56
1836 - Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), dies at 78
1927 - Laura Netzel (née Pistolekors), Finnish-Swedish pianist, composer, concert organizer, and humanitarian, dies at 87
1987 - Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, dies at 56
1995 - Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
2001 - Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show; Book of Love), dies at 65
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1941 - Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish café Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)
1945 - The Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-Boat 864 off the coast of Norway
1945 - WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1946 - Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1974 - "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1983 - Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1996 - WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
2014 - Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina retains her Olympic 7.5k sprint title (Vancouver 2010) at the Sochi Winter Games
2018 - XXIII Olympic Winter Games open in PyeongChang, South Korea -
Historical Events
1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1953 - WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1960 - AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1990 - Namibia's constitution ratified
2006 - 56th Berlin International Film Festival: "Grbavica" wins the Golden Bear
Famous Birthdays
1909 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese vocalist and actress (Copacabana; Date With Judy), born in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal (d. 1955)
1914 - Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1994)
1927 - Joe Maneri, American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player (Boston Microtonal Society), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2009)
1954 - Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
1997 - Catie Waters, American jazz and RandB singer-songwriter, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Famous Deaths
1875 - Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866), dies at 28
1964 - Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, bandleader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), dies of a heart attack at 55
2000 - Beau Jack, American boxer (NYSAC world lightweight champion 1942-44), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 78
2001 - Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978; Turing Award, 1975), dies at 84
2001 - Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2009 - Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, dies at 89
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1649 - Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649: Russia adopts new code of laws, consolidating serfdom (OS 29 Jan)
1750 - Minor earthquake in London
1924 - 1st US coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago
1929 - KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
1936 - German alpine skier Christi Cranz wins the inaugural Olympic women’s combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Käthe Grasegger
1943 - Red Army recaptures Kursk on the eastern front
1945 - Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach
1975 - Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
1990 - "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
2009 - 51st Grammy Awards: Best Album "Raising Sand" and Record of the Year "Please Read The Letter", both by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss win -
Historical Events
1750 - Minor earthquake in London
1776 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play "Stella" premieres in Hamburg
1923 - Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
1940 - Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland
1963 - AFL's Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
1971 - Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
Famous Birthdays
1810 - Norbert Burgmüller, German composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1836)
1817 - Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), born in Georgetown, Washington D.C. (d. 1872)
1888 - Edith Evans, British actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield), born in London, England (d. 1976)
1937 - David Montgomery, American born photographer known for his images of the 1960s, born in Brooklyn, New York
1943 - José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, Brazilian composer, born in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2010)
1989 - Julio Jones, American football receiver (First-team All-Pro 2015, 16; 7 × Pro Bowl; Atlanta Falcons), born in Foley, Alabama
Famous Deaths
1623 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician, dies at 80
1942 - Fritz Todt, German construction engineer, Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions Reichs minister and Head of the Organization Todt, dies in a plane crash at 50
2015 - Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81
2021 - Mary Wilson, American pop vocalist (Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go?"), dies at 76
2023 - Charlie Faulkner, Welsh rugby union prop (19 Tests Wales; British and Irish Lions 1977; Pontypool RFC, Barbarian FC) and coach (Newport RFC), dies at 81
2023 - Burt Bacharach, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again"; "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; "Promises, Promises"), dies at 94
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1668 - Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
1836 - "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
1904 - Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
1920 - Russian Imperial Navy Admiral Kolchak, leader of anti-communist "White Movement" executed by Bolshevik firing squad in Irkutsk, Russian SFSR
1974 - Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1987 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1993 - NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WR
1995 - Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"
2005 - Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world, taking 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 seconds
2019 - Measles cases in Europe highest in a decade, tripling in a year to 82,596 according to WHO -
1668 - Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
1836 - "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
1904 - Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
1920 - Russian Imperial Navy Admiral Kolchak, leader of anti-communist "White Movement" executed by Bolshevik firing squad in Irkutsk, Russian SFSR
1974 - Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1987 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
1993 - NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-20; MVP: Steve Tasker, Buffalo Bills, WR
1995 - Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"
2005 - Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world, taking 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes 33 seconds
2019 - Measles cases in Europe highest in a decade, tripling in a year to 82,596 according to WHO -
Historical Events
1653 - Nicolas Fouquet appointed France's Superintendent of Finances
1908 - Philadelphia Athletics' manager and owner Connie Mack sells future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000
1934 - 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Mississippi
1950 - Georges Bidault forms French government
1969 - Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
2021 - Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominate defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9; MVP: Tom Brady, TB Bucs, QB; Brady's record 7th SB win
Famous Birthdays
1825 - Cristóbal Oudrid, Spanish pianist, conductor, and orchestral and zarzuela composer (Rondeña; El molinero de Subiza), born in Badajoz, Spain (d. 1877)
1878 - Ossip Gabrilovich, Russian-American pianist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1918-36), and composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1936)
1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1958 - Michele Drake, playmate (May, 1979), born in La Jolla, California
1978 - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nigerian Nollywood actress, born in Lagos
1979 - Daniel Bierofka, German football player and coach, born in Munich, West Germany
Famous Deaths
1820 - Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer, dies at 57
1964 - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 59
1990 - Nathan Wartels, American publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
2020 - Steve Weber, American psychedelic folk guitarist, (The Holy Modal Rounders - "Bird Song"; "You've Got the Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo"),dies at 76
2020 - Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm over COVID-19, dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan at 34
2021 - Elliot Mazer, American audio engineer and record producer (Chubby Checker; Neil Young), dies of a heart attack at 71
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1904 - Japan notifies Russia that in view of Russia's delaying tactics and provocative military action, Japan is ending negotiations and recalling its members from Moscow
1953 - US controls on wages and some consumer goods lifted
1961 - KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 - Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer's musical "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 31 performances
1974 - US House of Reps begins determining grounds for impeachment of President Richard Nixon
1977 - 4th time New York Rangers shut-out New York Islanders, 4-0
1987 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1990 - Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
1995 - Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
2020 - Antarctica records high temperature of 64.9 F / 18.2 C at Esperanza, Argentina’s research station -
Historical Events
1920 - Saarland administrated by League of Nations
1941 - Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)
1971 - James Saunders (22), a member of the IRA, is shot and killed by the British Army during a gun battle near the Oldpark Road, Belfast
1973 - Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm
1974 - Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
1996 - Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
Famous Birthdays
1639 - Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar, born in Wismar, Germany (d. 1691)
1899 - Ramon Novarro [Jose Samaniegos], Mexican-American actor (Ben-Hur, Mata Hari), born in Durango, Mexico (d. 1968)
1925 - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa), born in Blora Regency, Indonesia (d. 2006)
1929 - Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier (Olympic gold 1956/60/64), born in Lima, Sweden (d. 2012)
1957 - Simon Phillips, English drummer and record producer (Toto), born in London
1983 - S. Sreesanth, Indian cricketer, born in Kothamangalam, India
Famous Deaths
1699 - Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies of smallpox at 6
1958 - Billy Whelan, Irish soccer forward (4 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United 79 games), dies Munich air disaster at 22
1985 - Charles Briggs, American actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
1989 - Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese equestrian, horse trainer, dressage instructor, author ('baroque' or 'classical' style), dies at 63
2001 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. 1953)
2012 - Antoni Tapies, Spanish painter, sculptor and theorist (Dau al Set), dies at 88
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1576 - Henry of Navarre (later Henry IV of France) abjures Catholicism at Tours
1943 - Jake LaMotta defeats future multi-weight world boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson by unanimous points decision in Detroit in the 2nd of their 6 meetings; his only win of their rivalry; Robinson’s first loss in his first 40 pro bouts
1945 - Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
1972 - Two IRA members are killed when a bomb they were planting exploded prematurely
1978 - Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1986 - Corazon Aquino and Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
1991 - All American Bowl ends after 14 years
2006 - Super Bowl XL, Ford Field, Detroit, MI: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks, 21-10; MVP: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, WR
2016 - Computer hackers try to steal 1 billion from Federal Reserve Bank of New York using Bangladesh banking codes, steal 81 million before a typo alerts authorities
2018 - A share market sell off starts on Wall Street with Dow Jones sinking 4.6%, spreads around the globe -
Historical Events
1597 - A group of early Japanese Christians, known as the 26 Martyrs, are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society
1927 - "The General", American silent film starring Buster Keaton and Marion Mack, co-directed by Keaton and Clyde Bruckman, premieres in New York City
1938 - Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec)
1948 - Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic ski slalom champion
1962 - Black and White parents stage an overnight sit-in after school board denies transfer requests of nine Black families for their children to be transferred to newer school facility in Englewood, New Jersey
1988 - 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs, André the Giant defeats Hulk Hogan
Famous Birthdays
1519 - René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
1921 - Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
1939 - Patric Standford, British composer (Taikayoku; Christus Requiem), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England (d. 2014)
1966 - Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1993)
1975 - Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Breda, Netherlands
1986 - Reed Sorenson, American stock car racing driver, born in Peachtree City, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1812 - Franz Schneider, Austrian composer, dies at 74
1926 - André Gedalge, French composer (le Petit Savoyard, Phoebé) and Mayor of Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, dies at 69
1961 - Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73
1975 - Åke Persson, Swedish bebop jazz trombonist (Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, 1963–71), dies at 42
1977 - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
2005 - Gnassingbé Eyadéma, General and President of Togo (1967-2005), dies of a heart attack at 69
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1922 - After boycotts and international pressure, Japan agrees to return Shantung Province to China
1933 - German President Paul von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
1937 - Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
1951 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
1964 - FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City
1972 - Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk wins the 5,000m at the Sapporo Winter Olympics; also wins the 1,500m and 10,000m gold medals
1974 - Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2½ months
1985 - 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
1997 - O.J. Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in a civil court action
1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. -
Historical Events
1600 - Astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler meet for the first time near Prague
1849 - University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1913 - National Institute of Arts and Letters founded
1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
2014 - Same-sex marriage is legalized in Scotland
Famous Birthdays
1889 - Walter Catlett, American actor (Climax, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1960)
1925 - Jutta Hipp, German-American jazz pianist and composer, born in Leipzig, German Weimar Republic (d. 2003)
1938 - Joe Beard, American blues guitarist (No More Cherry Rose), born in Ashland, Mississippi
1941 - Mike Deasy, American rock and jazz session guitarist (Beach Boys; Monkees; Randy Newman), born in Los Angeles, California
1958 - Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright and artist, born in Graz (d. 1994)
1958 - Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer
Famous Deaths
1847 - Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (discovered and named process of osmosis), dies at 70
1895 - Faustina Hasse Hodges, English-American composer, dies at 71
1961 - Piet[er] L. Kramer, Influential Dutch architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 79
1992 - Andries Antonie Rieu, Dutch conductor (Maastricht Symphony Orchestra, 1949-80), dies at 75
2005 - Peter Heine, South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's), dies at 76
2013 - Reg Presley [Reginald Ball], English rock vocalist (Troggs - "Wild Thing"; "Love Is All Around"), and songwriter, dies from lung cancer at 71
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1857 - Early ice hockey game played between teams from Swavesey and Over on Mare Fen, England
1863 - Samuel Clemens first uses the pen name Mark Twain in a Virginia City newspaper, the "Territorial Enterprise"
1870 - US state of Iowa ratifies the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution allowing suffrage for all races and colors
1907 - Josek Suk's "Asreal Symphony", dedicated to his late wife and father-in-law Antonin Dvořák, premieres at the Prague National Theatre, conducted by Karel Kovařovic
1930 - William Howard Taft resigns as US chief justice for health reasons
1971 - KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1987 - Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
1998 - Stamps commemorating Diana, Princess of Wales, go on sale in Britain
2019 - Rapper 21 Savage arrested by US immigration for overstaying his visa
2020 - First Democratic caucus in Iowa won narrowly by Pete Buttigieg (most delegates) and Bernie Sanders (most votes) after lengthy delays and irregularities in reporting the results -
Historical Events
1969 - Ibuprofen launched in the UK under brand name Brufen as prescription medicine - now world's most popular anti-inflammatory painkiller
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Dr Hook's "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" enters the top 40 and peaks at #6
1974 - "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances
1975 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game, Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa: East beats West, 123-109; MVP: Dave Bing, Washington Bullets, PG
Famous Birthdays
1883 - Clarence E. Mulford, American writer (Hopalong Cassidy), born in Streator, Illinois (d. 1956)
1900 - Mabel Mercer, British jazz and cabaret singer whose style and phrasing influenced Frank Sinatra ("Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Burton upon Trent, England (d. 1984)
1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer (Il prigioniero; Ulisse), born in Pisino d'Istria, Austrian Empire (now Pazin,Croatia) (d. 1975)
1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and Minister of Information (Free French forces), born in Montpellier, France (d. 1990)
1936 - Bob Simpson, Australian cricket batsman, captain and coach (62 Tests @ 46.81, 10 x 100s, HS 311, 71 wickets; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia
1966 - Jimmy Thunder, New Zealand boxer (IBO heavyweight title 1994-95), born in Apia, Samoa (d. 2020)
Famous Deaths
1116 - King Coloman of Hungary (1095-1116) (b. 1070)
1895 - Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist and writer (American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses), dies at 91
1964 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (Orkestgebouw Orchestra), dies at 49
1967 - Winifred Kingston, British silent screen actress (The Squaw Man, Davy Crockett), dies at 72
1984 - Ravindra Mhatre, Indian diplomat, murdered at 48 by Kashmiri terrorists in Birmingham, England
2022 - Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby union fullback (54 caps [captain 24]; British and Irish Lions 5 [captain 1968]; Munster RUFC), dies at 83
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1852 - Alexandre Dumas Jr's play, an adaptation of his novel "La Dame aux Camélias" premieres in Paris
1869 - American industrialist James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
1920 - Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
1922 - James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" first published by Sylvia Beach in Paris (1,000 copies)
1944 - Edward Chodorov's play "Decision" premieres in NYC
1956 - Despite a severe ankle injury Tenley Albright leads an American 1-2 in the women's figure skating at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics; Carol Heiss takes the silver medal
1977 - Toronto Maple Leafs Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL record for a defenseman
1980 - FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors
1980 - Mexican boxer Salvador Sánchez dethrones Danny “Little Red” Lopez as WBC world featherweight champion with a 13th-round TKO in Phoenix, AZ; Lopez champion since November 1976, 8th defense
1982 - Government troops and Muslim fundamentalists battle in Hamah, Syria -
Historical Events
1714 - Nicholas Rowe's play "The Tragedy of Jane Shore" premieres in London
1861 - The "Organized Incorporated Territory of Nevada" is created, lasting until October 31st, 1864
1888 - Frank Sprague opens the first successful U.S. electric street railway system, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia
1973 - Richard Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA; succeeded by James R Schlesinger (until July)
1992 - IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
2016 - First case of Zika contracted on US mainland (Texas) and second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas
Famous Birthdays
1873 - Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum, Dutch colonial administrator and diplomat (Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1916–1921), born in Zwelle, Netherlands (d. 1948)
1901 - Connie Gilchrist, American actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)
1927 - Richard Belmont Ray, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1983-93), born in Fort Valley, Georgia (d. 1999)
1949 - Brent Spiner, American actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation), born in Houston, Texas
1973 - Radka Bobkova, Czech tennis player (quarter Bournemouth), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1996 - Paul Mescal, Irish actor (Normal People), born in Maynooth, Ireland
Famous Deaths
1435 - Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
1491 - Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
1907 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor who devised the periodic table of the elements, dies at 72
1952 - Johann Babtist Thaller, German composer, dies at 79
1970 - Jaroslav Vogel, Czech composer and conductor (Brno Philharmonic, 1959-62; Ostrava Orchestra 1919- 43), dies at 76
1993 - Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), dies at 84
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1814 - Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
1892 - Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
1918 - Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar (making the day February 14)
1937 - Stapleton, Staten Island, becomes a customs-free port
1951 - 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
1972 - Reprise Records releases "Harvest", the 4th studio album by Neil Young; becomes best selling album in US, 1972
1979 - American publishing heiress Patty Hearst is released from prison for bank robbery
1987 - NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 10-6; MVP: Reggie White, Philadelphia Eagles, DE
2005 - Arsenal’s English Premier League record 33-game unbeaten streak at home ends when the Gunners go down, 4-2 to Manchester United at Highbury
2013 - The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people -
Historical Events
1957 - 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
1959 - Swiss men vote against voting rights for women
1965 - Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1973 - Outfielder Monte Irvin is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues; fourth inductee through the committee
1981 - French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
2013 - John Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State
Famous Birthdays
1710 - Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor and theatre director (Die Oberpfalz), born in Schwerin, Germany (d. 1771)
1934 - Bob Shane, American folk vocalist (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), born in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii (d. 2020)
1967 - Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician, born in Bhandara, India
1972 - Geoff Sanderson, Canadian ice hockey left wing (NHL All Star 1994, 97; World C'ships gold 1994, 97; Hartford Whalers, Columbus Blue jackets), born in Hay River, Canada
1989 - Hurricane Chris [Dooley], American rapper, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1994 - Julia Garner, American Actress (Ozark), born in New York City
Famous Deaths
1922 - Yamagata Aritomo, Japanese soldier and statesman (Prime Minister of Japan 1889–91,1898–1900), dies at 83
1957 - Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and highest-ranking German officer to surrender, dies at 66
1967 - Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), dies at 54
2000 - Dick Rathmann, American auto racer (first Indy pole-sitter to complete no laps), dies at 74
2007 - Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader, dies at 60
2017 - Étienne Tshisekedi, Congolese opposition leader, dies at 84
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1849 - Corn Laws abolished in Britain
1854 - Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)
1901 - Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Winnipeg Victorias edge Montreal Shamrocks, 2-1 to sweep challenge series, 2-0
1906 - Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
1945 - Soviet troops reach the Oder River, less that 50 miles from Berlin
1948 - Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway
1955 - RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1966 - Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith wins her 7th consecutive Australian singles title; beats American Nancy Richey in a walkover, Richey injured
1978 - "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 101 performances
2001 - In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 -
Historical Events
1958 - "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host
1966 - Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers
1978 - "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 101 performances
2003 - The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
2016 - Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković retains Championship for his record-equaling 6th Australian title; beats Andy Murray 6-1, 7-5, 7-6
2021 - Widespread protests in Russia against detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the government with 5,000 people arrested
Famous Birthdays
1865 - Henri Desgrange, French cyclist, journalist and founder of the Tour de France, born in Paris, France (d. 1940)
1900 - Betty Parsons, American artist and art dealer, born in New York City (d. 1982)
1911 - Christina Foyle, English book seller (Foyles), born in London, England (d. 1999)
1941 - Richard Gephardt, American politician (Rep-D-MO, 1977-2005), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1952 - Rosanne Musgrave, English headmistress (Blackheath HS, 1989-2000)
1974 - Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player, born in Cuba
Famous Deaths
1865 - Aristide Farrenc, French flautist, music publisher, and musicologist (Trésor des pianistes), dies at 70
1922 - Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer, dies at 56
1955 - John Mott, American theologist and founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89
1983 - Lorraine Ellison, American soul singer ("Stay with Me"; "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)"), and songwriter, dies of ovarian cancer at 51
2012 - Tristram Coffin, American folklorist, dies from pneumonia at 89
2015 - Lizabeth Scott [Emma Matzo], American actress (Desert Fury, Dark City), dies of heart failure at 92
Historical Events for 11th February 2024
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1543 - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and English King Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
1897 - White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC
1929 - Vatican City, the world's smallest country, is made an enclave of Rome
1945 - 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
1948 - John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
1951 - Kwame Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party wins 1st legislative general election in the Gold Coast (Ghana) in a landslide
1953 - J Styne and Bob Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
1956 - British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean deny working as spies for Soviet Russia after reappearing in the Soviet Union after going missing 5 years earlier
1979 - Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
1992 - Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
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