This Day in History
February 14

What happened in history on this day: February 14? On February 14 in ... 842 - Charles II and Louis the German sign treaty. 869 - Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies. 1014 - Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor. 1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV. 1130 - Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II. 1349 - 2,000 Jews burned at the stake in Strasbourg France. 1400 - Richard II British King (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle. 1405 - Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk" [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about age 68. 1462 - Birth of Edzard I Cirksena the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528). 1466 - First recorded lottery to involve buying of tickets and distribution of prize money, held in Bruges, Belgium, run to raise money for the poor of the town. 1483 - Birth of Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah prince/founder Mogols-dynasty. 1487 - Birth of Henry II of Bavaria bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising. 1513 - Birth of Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer. 1515 - Birth of Frederick III the Pious, elect of the Palts. 1528 - Edzard I the Great count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at age 66. 1533 - Birth of Christianus Adrichomius Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi). 1540 - Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels. 1546 - Birth of Johann Pistorius German theologist/historian. 1556 - Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic. 1571 - Benvenuto Cellini Italian sculptor/metalsmith/author (Perseus), dies at age 70. 1571 - Odet de Coligny Cardinal of Châtillon/count of Beauvais, dies at age 53. 1572 - Birth of Hans Christoph Haiden composer. 1602 - Birth of Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer. 1610 - Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 and Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki. 1613 - King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik. 1630 - Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil. 1638 - Birth of Sybilla Schwarz writer. 1670 - Birth of Georg Gabriel Schutz composer. 1670 - Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna. 1679 - Birth of Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer. 1681 - Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at age 77. 1689 - English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne. 1707 - Birth of Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha). 1711 - Händels opera Rinaldo, premieres. 1746 - Henry Pelham appointed English premier. 1760 - Birth of Richard Allen Philadelphia Pennsylvania, first black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church. 1760 - François Collin de Blamont composer, dies at age 69. 1766 - Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels. 1778 - "Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for first time (France). 1778 - Birth of Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer. 1779 - James Cook British explorer, murdered by natives in fracas with Hawaiians. 1780 - William Blackstone English lawyer, dies at age 56. 1790 - Capel Bond composer, dies at age 59. 1794 - First US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 1803 - Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington Pennsylvania. 1806 - Birth of Lajos Count Batthyány, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49). 1813 - Birth of Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer. 1813 - Birth of John McNeil Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891. 1817 - Birth of Frederick Douglass African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor. 1818 - John C Hespe Dutch journalist/politician, dies at age 61. 1819 - Birth of James Green Martin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1878. 1820 - Charles F Duke of Berry, murdered at age 42. 1824 - Birth of Winfield Scott Hancock Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886. 1829 - Birth of Alfred Iverson Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1911. 1831 - Vincente Guerrero Mexican revolutionary hero, dies. 1835 - Birth of François Haverschmidt Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes). 1838 - Birth of Margaret Knight inventor, "the female Thomas Edison". 1841 - Antun Sorkocevic composer, dies at age 65. 1845 - Birth of Cecil De Vere first official British chess champion (1866). 1846 - Cornelis F van Maanen Dutch supreme court justice, dies at age 76. 1847 - Birth of Anna Howard Shaw US, suffragette. 1848 - James K Polk became first President photographed in office (Matthew Brady). 1853 - Birth of Jan van Rijswijck Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp). 1856 - Birth of Frank Harris England, journalist/writer (My Life and Loves). 1857 - Johannes B van Bree Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at age 56. 1858 - Birth of Charles Beach Hawley composer. 1858 - Birth of Joseph Thomson Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle). 1859 - Birth of George Washington Gale Ferris engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel). 1859 - Oregon admitted as 33rd state of the USA. 1862 - Galena, first US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, in Connecticut. 1864 - Birth of Israel Zangwill England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto). 1864 - Birth of Robert E Park US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man). 1867 - Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company issues first policy. 1867 - Morehouse College organizes (Augusta, Georgia). 1868 - Birth of Henricus A Poels Dutch Roman Catholic theologist/social foreman. 1869 - Birth of Charles Wilson English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel). 1872 - First state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA). 1873 - Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, dies at age 52. 1876 - A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor. 1879 - Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta. 1880 - Birth of Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome). 1880 - Birth of Edgar Leslie Bainton composer. 1881 - Birth of Otto Selz German psychologist. 1881 - Birth of William John Gruffydd Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud). 1882 - Birth of George Jean Nathan US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury). 1882 - Birth of Ignaz Friedman composer. 1883 - First state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions. 1886 - Birth of Theodor Werner German painter. 1887 - Chicago Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000. 1889 - First trainload of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for the east. 1890 - First New South Wales vs South Australia first-class cricket game. 1891 - William Tecumseh Sherman Union Civil War General (captured Atlanta), dies at age 71. 1892 - Birth of Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin). 1893 - Birth of Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen). 1894 - Birth of Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Illinois, "Oh! Rochester!". 1894 - Venus is both a morning star and evening star. 1895 - Birth of Max Horkheimer German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice). 1895 - Birth of Nigel Bruce Baja Mexico; actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman). 1895 - Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London. 1896 - George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs South Africa, 8-7 for inning. 1896 - South Africa all out for 30 vs England - their lowest ever. 1896 - Stanley Cup: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montréal Victorias, 2-0. 1896 - Theodor Herzl publishes "Der Judenstaat". 1897 - Birth of Jorgen Bentzon composer. 1898 - Birth of Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (super nova). 1899 - Birth of John Randall Jr Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man). 1899 - US Congress begins using voting machines. 1900 - Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock". 1901 - Edward John Hopkins composer, dies at age 82. 1902 - Birth of Fred Scott Fresno California, singer/actor (Vincent Lopez). 1902 - Birth of Ray "Crash" Corrigan Milwaukee Wisconsin, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch). 1902 - Birth of Stu Erwin Squaw Valley California; actor (Stu Erwin Show). 1902 - Birth of Valentin Ruiz Azner composer. 1903 - US Dept of Commerce and Labor established. 1904 - Birth of Charles William Oatley electrical engineer. 1904 - Birth of Hanning Phillips Lord Lieutenant (Dyfed). 1904 - Birth of Hertha Kuusinen Finnish communist. 1905 - Birth of Thelma Ritter Brooklyn New York, actress (Miracle on 34th Street). 1907 - First US fox hound association forms in New York City, New York. 1907 - Birth of Johnny Longden jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame). 1908 - Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, dies at age 72. 1909 - Birth of A Moses Klein Montréal, poet (Hath Not a Jew...). 1911 - Birth of Florence Rice Cleveland Ohio, actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air). 1911 - Birth of Willem J Kolff Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney). 1912 - First US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton Connecticut. 1912 - Arizona becomes 48th state. 1912 - Birth of Edmund George Love US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest). 1912 - Birth of Juan Pujol Garcia [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent. 1912 - Birth of Oliver Wendell Harrington cartoonist. 1913 - Birth of Ab [Albert] Visser Dutch poet/writer (Man Without a Head). 1913 - Birth of James Pike Oklahoma City Oklahoma, bishop (Beyond Anxiety). 1913 - Birth of Jimmy Hoffa Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975. 1913 - Birth of Mel Allen Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of the New York Yankees). 1914 - High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands. 1915 - Birth of A W H Stewart-Moore CEO (Gallaher). 1915 - Birth of Irving Gordon songwriter. 1916 - Birth of Edward Platt Staten Island New York; actor (Chief-Get Smart). 1916 - Birth of Masaki Kobayashi Japanese director (Joi-uchi). 1916 - Birth of Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer. 1916 - Petko J Todorov Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at age 36. 1917 - Birth of Herbert A Hauptman New York City, New York, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel Prize 1985). 1918 - H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad" premieres in New York City, New York. 1918 - Russia adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar. 1919 - United Parcel Service forms. 1920 - Birth of Arnold Elton consultant surgeon. 1920 - League of Women Voters forms in Chicago. 1921 - Birth of Albert Sloman Vice-Chancellor (Essex U). 1921 - Birth of Hugh Downs Akron Ohio, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration). 1921 - Birth of Jeanne Demessieux composer. 1921 - Birth of Piet Kraak Dutch soccer player. 1921 - Birth of Skeezix of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep. 1921 - Canadian 5-cent nickel coin is authorized. 1921 - Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses", New York. 1923 - Birth of Derrick Holden-Brown CEO (Allied-Lyons). 1923 - Birth of Jay Herbert golfer (1960 PGA winner). 1924 - Birth of Arghyris Kounadis composer. 1924 - Birth of Countess Mountbatten of Burma. 1924 - IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson. 1925 - Birth of Elliot Lawrence Philadelphia Pennsylvania, orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell). 1925 - Birth of Peg Murray Denver Colorado, actress (Me and Mrs C). 1925 - State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed. 1926 - Birth of John Clark CEO (Plessey Company). 1927 - Birth of Lois Maxwell Kitchener Ontario, actress (Miss Moneypenny). 1928 - Birth of Ben Garrido Blaz (Representative-Republican-Guam, 1985-). 1928 - Birth of Juan García Hortelano Spanish author (Tormenta de verano). 1929 - Birth of Matthew G Martinez (Representative-Democrat-California, 1982-). 1929 - Birth of Vic Morrow Bronx New York; actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie). 1929 - Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago Illinois, 7 gangsters killed. 1930 - Birth of Duncan Montgomery Stewart principal (Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford). 1931 - Birth of Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion NHL right wing (Canadiens, New York Rangers). 1931 - Birth of Lord Rossmore. 1931 - Birth of Phyllis McGuire Middletown Ohio, singer (McGuire Sisters). 1931 - Bradman scores 152 Australia vs West Indies, 154 minutes, 13 fours two fives. 1931 - Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls. 1932 - Birth of Alexander Kluge writer. 1932 - Birth of Brian Kelly Detroit Michigan; actor (Flipper, Straightaway). 1932 - Birth of Jack Hibbert director (Central Statistical Office). 1932 - Birth of Jocelyn Stevens CEO (English Heritage). 1932 - Birth of Michael Ball Bishop (Truro). 1932 - Birth of Peter Ball Bishop (Gloucester). 1932 - South Africa all out for 36 in first innings vs Australia (Ironmonger 5-6). 1933 - Birth of Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky composer. 1933 - Birth of Bertram Jay Turetzky composer. 1933 - Birth of Evelyn Ebsworth Vice-Chancellor (Durham U). 1934 - Birth of Florence Henderson Dale Indiana, actress/singer (Carol-The Brady Bunch). 1934 - Birth of Marlene Matthews Australia, sprinter (Olympics-2 bronze-1956). 1934 - NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto. 1935 - Birth of Christine Connecticut "Christel" Adelaar Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown). 1935 - Birth of David Wilson British Governor (Hong Kong). 1935 - Birth of Lord Wilson of Tillyorn. 1935 - Birth of Mickey Wright San Diego California, LPGA golfer (4 times LPGA champion). 1935 - Birth of Peter Phillips printer. 1936 - Birth of Andrew Pine Jennings Florida; actor (V, WEB, Wide Country). 1936 - Birth of Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella], Argentina, (Wilbur Mills affair). 1936 - National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago. 1936 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson. 1936 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee. 1937 - Birth of John MacGregor British Member of Parliament. 1937 - Birth of Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman). 1937 - Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, dies at age 62. 1938 - Birth of Lee Chamberlin New York City, New York, actress (Electric Company, Viper). 1939 - Birth of Chris Pyne trombonist. 1939 - Birth of Michael Rudman English theater director/producer (Donkeys' Years). 1939 - Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind. 1939 - The German battleship Bismarck is first launched, at Hamburg. 1940 - Birth of Porpoise first born in captivity in US (Marineland, Florida). 1940 - British merchant vessel fleet is armed. 1941 - 1,000,000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel. 1941 - Birth of John Butterfill Member of Parliament. 1941 - Birth of Paul Tsongas (Senator-Democrat-Massachusetts). 1941 - Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published. 1941 - Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street. 1941 - German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya. 1942 - Birth of Margaret Wright chief commissioner (Guide Association). 1942 - Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra. 1942 - Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens. 1943 - Birth of Eric Anderson Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, singer (Avalanche, Be True to You). 1943 - Birth of Ischa Meijer journalist/critic/actor (Boezemvriend). 1943 - Birth of Maceo Parker US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots). 1943 - Birth of Robert J Murphy Jr Brooklyn New York, PGA golfer (1968 Philadelphia Classic). 1943 - David Hilbert German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at age 81. 1943 - Frieda Reiss French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz. 1943 - German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia. 1943 - Soviets recapture Rostov. 1944 - Anti-Japanese revolt on Java. 1944 - Birth of Alan Parker English actor (Bugsy Malone, Evita). 1944 - Birth of Bruce Summerhays Saint Louis Missouri, PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 91 93). 1944 - Birth of Carl Bernstein Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate). 1944 - Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial and Sport Fishing. 1945 - Birth of Gregory Hines New York City, New York; actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps). 1945 - Birth of Hans Adam prince of Liechtenstein. 1945 - Birth of K M Jenkins British director of personnel (Royal Mail). 1945 - Birth of Vic Briggs England, rocker (Animals). 1945 - Birth of William Hill Boner (Representative-Democrat-TN, 1979-). 1945 - Perú, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador join the United Nations. 1946 - Bank of England nationalized. 1946 - Birth of David Green English TV/video producer. 1946 - Birth of Tim Buckley Washington DC, rocker (Blood, Sweat and Tears-When I Die). 1946 - Birth of Tina Aumont Hollywood California, actress (Master of Love, Casanova). 1947 - Birth of Heidemarie Rosendahl German Federal Republic, long jumper (Olympics-gold-1972). 1947 - Birth of Judd Gregg (Representative-Republican-New Hampshire, 1981-). 1947 - Birth of Pham Tuan Vietnam, cosmonaut (Soyuz 37/36). 1947 - Birth of Salah-ud-Din cricketer (played five Tests for Pakistan 1965-69). 1948 - Birth of Jackie [Jr John Coger] Martling "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian (Howard Stern Show). 1948 - Birth of Pat O'Brien reporter (Entertainment Tonight). 1948 - Birth of Raymond Joseph Teller Philadelphia Pennsylvania, magician (Penn and Teller). 1948 - Birth of Wally Tax Dutch guitarist. 1949 - First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem. 1949 - Birth of Ewa Aulin Stockholm Sweden, actress (Candy, Fiorina LeVacca). 1949 - Birth of Jimmy Randell rocker. 1949 - Birth of Richard E Neal (Representative-Democrat-Massachusetts). 1949 - Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses. 1950 - Birth of Raymond van het Groenewoud Belgian vocalist/actor (Brussels by Night). 1950 - Eduard Hermann German linguist (Homer), dies at age 80. 1950 - Karl G Jansky Czechoslovakian discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at age 44. 1950 - Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg. 1950 - USSR and China sign peace treaty. 1951 - Birth of Kevin Keegan British soccer player/manager (Newcastle United). 1951 - Birth of Michael Doucet singer/musician (Beausoleil). 1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title. 1952 - (to February 25) The 6th Olympic Winter Games are held in Oslo, Norway. 1952 - Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller. 1953 - Birth of Wayne Siegel composer. 1954 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. 1954 - Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press". 1955 - Birth of R Jeremy H Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary. 1955 - Charles Cuvillier composer, dies at age 77. 1956 - 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow. 1956 - Birth of Dave Dravecky pitcher (San Francisco Giants), had arm amputated. 1956 - Birth of Howard Edward Davis Jr Glen Cove New York, lightweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1976). 1956 - Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union. 1956 - Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference. 1956 - Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate. 1957 - Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites. 1958 - Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms. 1958 - Birth of Perry Stephens in Frankfurt, Germany; actor (Loving, All My Children). 1959 - US$3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City, New York. 1960 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open. 1960 - Birth of Jim Kelly; NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills). 1960 - Birth of Meg Tilly [Margaret] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Big Chill, Impulse). 1960 - Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan. 1960 - Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedräktens Barn), dies at age 77. 1961 - Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley, California, USA. 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational. 1961 - Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at age 78. 1962 - First lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV. 1963 - Birth of D'Wayne Wiggins; singer ("Tony! Toni! Tone!"). 1963 - Birth of Jeff Dellenbach; NFL center (New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31). 1963 - Birth of John Marzano in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; catcher (Seattle Mariners). 1963 - Birth of Zach Galligan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Gremlins). 1963 - US launches communications satellite Syncom 1. 1964 - Birth of Darrick Brilz; NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals). 1965 - Birth of Jessie Tuggle; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons). 1965 - Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer/conductor, dies at age 84. 1966 - Australia introduces first decimal currency postage stamps. 1966 - Birth of Clark Sherwood Dennis in Houston, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1990 Hawaiian Open-third). 1966 - Birth of Petr Svoboda in Most, Czechoslovakia; NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers, Olympics-gold-1998). 1966 - Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points. 1967 - Birth of Calle Johansson in Göteborg, Sweden; NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals). 1967 - Birth of Laura Martin in LaJolla, California, USA; WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1994). 1967 - Birth of Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere in Sofia, Bulgaria; tennis player (1984 US Open Mixed Doubles). 1967 - James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at age 85. 1967 - Latin American nuclear-free zone proposal drawn up. 1967 - Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz - Life With Luigi), dies at age 82. 1968 - Birth of Chris Lewis; cricketer (in Guyana England all-rounder). 1968 - Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Pennsylvania Central. 1969 - Birth of Chad Magee in Tyler, Texas, USA; Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open-36th). 1969 - Birth of Harry Colon; NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions). 1969 - Birth of Jeff Graham; NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, New York Jets). 1969 - Birth of Roy Barker; NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers). 1969 - Birth of Shana Zadrick in Grand Junction, Colorado, USA; model (Guess Jeans). 1969 - Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at age 71. 1969 - Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at age 72. 1970 - Birth of David Podlich in Brisbane, Queensland; Australasia golfer. 1970 - Birth of Elaine Youngs in Orange, California, USA; volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-1996). 1970 - Birth of Guillaume Raoux in France; tennis star. 1970 - Birth of Kelly Stinnett; US baseball catcher (New York Mets). 1970 - Birth of Richard Smehlik in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia; NHL defenseman (Team Czechoslovakian Republic, Buffalo Sabres). 1970 - Birth of Sean Hill in Duluth, Minnesota, USA; NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators). 1971 - Birth of Derrick Witherspoon; NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles). 1971 - Birth of Gheorghe Muresan; NBA center (Washington Bullets/Wizards). 1971 - Birth of Kenny Shedd; WLAF receiver (Barcelona Dragons, Oakland Raiders). 1971 - Birth of Lonnie Johnson; NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills). 1971 - Movie Ben Hur first shown on television. 1971 - US President Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House. 1972 - Birth of Bruno Heppell; Canadian Football League full back (Montreal Alouettes). 1972 - Birth of Drew Bledsoe; NFL quarterback (New England Patriots). 1972 - Birth of Erika Rachael Schwarz in Folsom, Louisiana, USA; Miss Louisiana-America (1996-second). 1972 - Birth of Mayne One; rocker (Young Nation). 1972 - Birth of Raymond Beerens; Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen). 1972 - Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at age 65. 1972 - Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit and soft landing on Moon. 1973 - Birth of George Hegamin; NFL/WLAF tail back (Dallas Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy). 1973 - Birth of Michael "Mike" Theodore Lambert IV in Thomaston, Georgia, USA; rower (Olympics-1996). 1973 - Birth of Steve McNair; NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers). 1973 - Birth of Tyus Edney; NBA guard (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings). 1974 - Birth of Michael Lowery; NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears). 1974 - Birth of Rob Jahrling; Australian rower (Olympics-1996). 1974 - C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for New Zealand, 723 runs), dies. 1975 - Birth of Jennifer Michelle Roberts in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA; Miss North Carolina-America (1996). 1975 - Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station, Netherlands. 1975 - Heintje Davids [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at age 87. 1975 - Julian S Huxley, English scholar/director-general (UNESCO), dies at age 87. 1975 - Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at age 93. 1976 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1977 - Birth of Nathan Osmond in Utah; vocalist (Osmond Boys). 1978 - First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments. 1978 - Birth of Laurie Schwoy; soccer forward (Olympics-1996). 1978 - In girls' US high school basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard Saint George. 1979 - Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered. 1980 - US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares. 1980 - Death of Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor. 1980 - Birth of Michelle Ye; Hong Kong actress. 1980 - West Side Story opens at Minskoff Theater in New York City for 341 performances. 1981 - Australia withdraws recognition of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia. 1981 - Birth of Erin Torpey; American actress. 1981 - Stardust fire: a fire at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours killed 48 and injured 214 1982 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic. 1982 - Birth of Marián Gáborík; Czechosovakian hockey player (Minnesota Wild). 1982 - Night of 100 Stars takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall. 1982 - Henk Schaer [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at age 79. 1983 - Death of Lina Radke, German athlete (born 1903). 1984 - Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney, Australia. 1984 - British ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean score 12 perfect 6.0s for their interpretation of Ravel's Bolero in the 1984 Winter Olympics. They win the gold medal for ice dancing. 1985 - Birth of Natsume Sano; Japanese gravure idol. 1985 - Birth of Jacob Parker; actor (Evening Shade). 1985 - Birth of Miki Yeung; Hong Kong singer and actress. 1985 - Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut, Lebanon. 1987 - 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons. 1987 - Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at age 63. 1987 - Death of Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, Russian composer (born 1904). 1988 - 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player. 1988 - Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay. 1988 - Bobby Allison at age 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500. 1988 - Birth of Eliska Amor, Spanish American actress. 1988 - Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at age 84 in Palm Springs, California (born in Vienna, Austria). 1988 - General Hospital TV star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden. 1988 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic. 1989 - African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers US$1-3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, The Satanic Verses. 1989 - Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic. 1989 - Union Carbide agrees to pay US$470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopol disaster. 1989 - The first of 24 Global Positioning System satellites is placed into orbit. 1989 - World's first satellite Skyphone opens. 1989 - Death of Vincent Crane, British musician (Atomic Rooster). 1990 - Birth of Emily Mae Young, American child actress. 1990 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies. 1990 - Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at age 66. 1990 - Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some. 1990 - Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system. 1991 - Mule Bone opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York City for 67 performances. 1991 - Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at age 90. 1991 - John A McCone, head of US Central Intelligence Agency (1961-65), dies (born 1902). 1991 - National League Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record US$3 million salary arbitration. 1992 - Andre Cason runs world record 60 metre indoor (6.41 seconds). 1992 - Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at age 48. 1992 - Cease fire in Somalia begins. 1992 - Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at age 61. 1992 - Kieren John Perkins, swims world record 800 metre freestyle (7 minutes 46.60 seconds). 1992 - Merlene Ottey runs world record 60 metre indoor (6.96 seconds). 1992 - Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympics-bronze-1948/silver-1952), dies at age 67. 1992 - Birth of Freddie Highmore, British actor. 1993 - Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at age 70. 1993 - Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79. 1994 - Alexander Golubev skates Olympics record 500 metre (36.33). 1994 - Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at age 61. 1994 - Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at age 47. 1994 - Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons. 1994 - Birth of Paul Butcher Jr., American actor. 1994 - Birth of Allie Grant, American actress. 1994 - Death of Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (born 1936). 1995 - Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/painter, dies at age 79. 1995 - Ischa Meÿer, journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at age 52. 1995 - Michael Vincent Gazzo, US actor/playwright (Godfather II), dies at age 71. 1995 - Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at age 45. 1995 - Patricia Highsmith, writer, dies at age 74. 1995 - Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at age 76. 1995 - Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas. 1995 - Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at age 58. 1995 - U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-56, 1957-58, 1960-62), dies (born 1907). 1995 - Wellington 2-498d and 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 and 2-476d. 1996 - Bob Paisley, English football manager, dies at age 77 (born 1919). 1996 - Caroline Blackwood, writer, dies at age 64. 1996 - Eva Hart, Titanic survivor, dies at age 90. 1996 - Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at age 64. 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film That Darn Cat to theaters in the USA. The film is a remake of the 1965 film. 1998 - Birth of Arpad Flynn Busson New York City, New York, son of model Elle MacPherson. 2002 - Death of Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (born 1922). 2003 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advance SP in Japan. New features include rechargeable battery and flip-up 2.9-inch color LCD screen with built-in front lighting. Size is 3.33 x 3.23 x 1 inches; weight is 5 ounces. 2003 - Death of Dolly the sheep at age 6, first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell (born 1996). 2004 - Riots break out between New South Wales Police and Aboriginal residents of Redfern, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. 2004 - The roof of the Transvaal water park in Moscow collapses, killing 25 and injuring more than 100. 2004 - Death of Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (born 1970). 2005 - A massive suicide bomb blast in central Beirut kills the former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri and at least 15 other people. At least 135 other people are also hurt. 2005 - Around 59 people are killed and 200 injured in a fire at a mosque in Tehran, Iran. 2006 - Death of Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (born 1923). 2008 - At Northern Illinois University, former student Stephen Kazmierczak fires over 50 shots, killing five students and himself, injuring 16 others. 2008 - Swiss bank UBS announces a fourth quarter 2007 loss of 12.5 billion Swiss Frances (US$11.3 billion). You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. Bookmark this URL:   http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/thisday/   and revisit each day. (this URL will automatically re-direct to the file containing the current day's events) Or, visit my Timelines of History page. Other web pages of interest: Chronology of World History