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What happened in history on this day: February 18?
On February 18 in ...
- 999 - Gregory V [Bruno] first German Pope, dies.
- 1129 - Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II.
- 1217 - Alexander Neckum de Sancto Albano English encyclopedist, dies at age 59.
- 1397 - Enguerrand VII French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at age 56.
- 1404 - Birth of Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura).
- 1455 - Fra Angelico Italian monk/painter, dies.
- 1478 - Duke of Clarence forced drowning in a wine barrel.
- 1503 - Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII).
- 1516 - Birth of Mary I Tudor [Bloody Mary] Greenwich, (1553-58), first reigning queen of Great Britain.
- 1535 - Agrippa von Nettesheim German royal astrologer, dies at age 48.
- 1535 - Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim physician/theologian, dies.
- 1536 - France and Turkey sign military/trade agreement against King Karel.
- 1546 - Martin Luther biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at age 62.
- 1559 - Birth of Isaac Casaubon naturalized English classical scholar, theologian.
- 1563 - Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Méré shoots General François De Guise.
- 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian sculptor/painter/architect/poet (David), dies at age 88.
- 1574 - Zeeland falls to Dutch rebels.
- 1587 - Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at age 44.
- 1609 - Birth of Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, English lord chancellor/Prime Minister (1660-67).
- 1632 - Birth of Giovanni Battista Vitali composer.
- 1634 - Ferdinand II orders execution of commander Albrecht von Wallenstein.
- 1660 - Judith Jansdochter Leyster Dutch painter, buried.
- 1677 - Birth of Jacques Cassini French astronomer (rings of Saturn).
- 1678 - John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published.
- 1683 - Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem Dutch landscape painter/etcher, dies at age 62.
- 1688 - Quakers conduct first formal protest of slavery in Germantown Pennsylvania.
- 1712 - Duke of Bourgondië French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies.
- 1713 - French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curaçao.
- 1716 - Birth of Gaspard Fritz composer.
- 1735 - First opera performed in America, "Flora", in Charleston South Carolina.
- 1745 - Birth of Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta physicist/inventor (battery).
- 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness Scotland.
- 1745 - Nicola Fago composer, dies at age 67.
- 1751 - Birth of Karl Haack composer.
- 1753 - Eleven days (February 18 to March 1) are removed from the Swedish calendar, to bring Sweden in line with the rest of Europe. The Julian lunar calendar is replaced with the Gregorian calendar based on the solar year.
- 1770 - Birth of Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck composer.
- 1771 - Birth of Friedrich Christian Ruppe composer.
- 1775 - Birth of Thomas Girtin London, artist/watercolorist.
- 1776 - Birth of John Parry composer.
- 1781 - Birth of Henry Martyn Truro, missionary.
- 1787 - Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under eight from labor.
- 1790 - Birth of Marshall Hall Basford Nottinghamshire, physician.
- 1790 - Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle composer, dies at age 67.
- 1795 - Birth of George Peabody South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist.
- 1799 - Maurus Haberhauer composer, dies at age 52.
- 1803 - J W L Gleim writer, dies.
- 1804 - First US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered.
- 1805 - Birth of Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough Rear Admiral (Union Navy).
- 1807 - August G Meissner German estheticus/literary, dies at age 53.
- 1807 - S von Laroche writer, dies at age 75.
- 1815 - Birth of Henri Leys Flemish painter.
- 1815 - Treaty of peace with Great Britain proclaimed.
- 1817 - Birth of Lewis Addison Armistead Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863.
- 1817 - Birth of Walter Page Lane Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892.
- 1817 - Giacomo Quarenghi master builder (Hermitage Theater), dies at age 72.
- 1819 - Birth of Joseph Philbrick Webster composer.
- 1828 - More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar.
- 1829 - Birth of Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864.
- 1829 - Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, dies at age 77.
- 1830 - Charles G G Earl of Merode, mayor (Brussels), dies at age 67.
- 1833 - Birth of James Deshler Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863.
- 1833 - Georg Johann Schinn composer, dies at age 64.
- 1833 - Ignac Ruzitska composer, dies at age 55.
- 1834 - First US labor newspaper, "The Man", published, New York City, New York.
- 1836 - Birth of Ramakrishna Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint (preached unity of all religions).
- 1836 - Birth of Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji] Indian mystic/Hindu leader.
- 1838 - Birth of Ernst Mach Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist.
- 1839 - Detroit Boat Club forms (still exists today).
- 1841 - First continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11.
- 1841 - Birth of Samuel Prowse Warren composer.
- 1844 - Birth of Willem Maris Dutch painter (Hague School).
- 1846 - Giovanni Liverati composer, dies at age 73.
- 1848 - Birth of Louis Comfort Tiffany glassmaker (stained glass windows).
- 1849 - First regular steamboat service to San Francisco California starts: gold rush prospectors from east coast.
- 1849 - Birth of Alexander L Kielland Norwegian writer/politician (Garman og Worse).
- 1850 - Birth of George Henschel composer.
- 1850 - California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties.
- 1853 - Birth of August Belmont Jr breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (New York Jockey Club).
- 1856 - American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy.
- 1857 - Birth of Max Klinger German graphic artist/painter/sculptor.
- 1857 - Insurrection of Chinese in Sarawak, Borneo.
- 1858 - Birth of Louise M A princess of Belgium.
- 1859 - Birth of Sholem Aleichem [Solomon Rabinowitz], author (Fiddler on the Roof).
- 1860 - Birth of Anders Zorn Swedish painter/etcher/sculptor (Gustavus Vasa).
- 1861 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy.
- 1861 - Louis C Luzac Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at age 74.
- 1861 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1865 - Battle of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina; occupied by Federals.
- 1865 - Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn the city.
- 1865 - Union troops force Confederates to abandon Fort Anderson, North Carolina.
- 1875 - Birth of Walter Andrae German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur).
- 1876 - Direct telegraph link established between Britain and New Zealand.
- 1877 - Birth of Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water).
- 1878 - Peter D Regout industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at age 76.
- 1879 - Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha.
- 1880 - Birth of Eric De Lamarter composer.
- 1883 - Birth of Tom Walls Kingsthorpe England; actor/producer (Undercover).
- 1884 - Birth of Burt Mustin Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show).
- 1884 - General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum.
- 1884 - Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In".
- 1885 - Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby composer, dies at age 61.
- 1885 - Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published.
- 1887 - Birth of Nikos Kasandsakis writer.
- 1888 - Birth of Gladys Cooper England, actress (Margaret-The Rogues).
- 1889 - Birth of Sybold van Ravesteyn architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht).
- 1890 - Birth of Adolphe Menjou Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Front Page, Star is Born).
- 1890 - Birth of Boris L Pasternak Russian poet/writer (Dr Zhivago).
- 1890 - Birth of Edward Arnold New York City, New York; actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington).
- 1890 - Birth of Lauri SA Haarla Finnish (stage)writer (Juudas, Sukeltaja).
- 1890 - Julius Andrássy Sr earl/premier of Hungary (1867-71), dies at age 66.
- 1891 - Birth of Chester Clute New Jersey; actor (Niagra Falls).
- 1891 - Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan.
- 1892 - Birth of Wendell Wilkie Presidential candidate (Republican-1940)/author (One World).
- 1895 - Albrecht arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at age 77.
- 1895 - Birth of George "The Gipper" Gipp Notre Dame football star.
- 1895 - Birth of Semjon Timoshenko Russian marshal/inspector-general (WWII).
- 1896 - Birth of André Breton France, surrealist poet/writer (founder of surréalism).
- 1896 - Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 years.
- 1898 - Birth of K'Tut Tantri broadcaster/hotelier.
- 1898 - Frances Willard founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at age 58.
- 1899 - 80 degrees F, San Francisco California.
- 1899 - Birth of Sir Arthur Bryant English historian (King Charles II).
- 1899 - M Sophus Lie Norwegian mathematician, dies at age 56.
- 1899 - San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports.
- 1899 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Queens University (Kingston Ontario) in two games.
- 1900 - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam.
- 1900 - Battle at Paardeberg, 1,270 British killed/injured.
- 1900 - British troops occupy Monte Christo Natal.
- 1901 - Birth of Reginald Sheffield London England; actor (Second Chance).
- 1901 - H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner.
- 1902 - The opera "Le Jongleur (Hunchback) de Notre Dame" is produced (Monte Carlo).
- 1903 - Birth of Nikolaj V Podgorny President of USSR (1965-77).
- 1903 - Kuyper government launches anti strike laws.
- 1905 - Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben" premieres in Munich.
- 1905 - Jules de Geyter Belgian poet (International), dies at age 75.
- 1906 - Vincent d'Indy's "Jour D'été à La Montagne" premieres in Paris.
- 1906 - Willem Doorenbos literary/critic, dies at age 85.
- 1907 - Birth of Billy Dewolfe Wollaston Massachusetts; actor (Good Morning World).
- 1907 - Birth of Harm van Riel Dutch politician (Dutch Liberal Party).
- 1908 - First US postage stamps in coils issued.
- 1909 - Birth of Matti Jarvinen Finland, javelin thrower (Olympics-gold-1932).
- 1909 - Birth of Wallace Stegner novelist/critic (Pulitzer-1971-Angle of Repose).
- 1909 - Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at age 41, to Cleveland Naps.
- 1911 - Bill Murdoch cricketer, dies while watching Australia vs South Africa Test.
- 1912 - Birth of Heinz Kühn German premier (North-Rhine Westphalia).
- 1913 - Birth of Artur Axmann Nazi youth leader.
- 1913 - Birth of Dane Clark Brooklyn New York; actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture,
Perry Mason).
- 1913 - French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" by Marcel DuChamp displayed at Armory Show in New York City, New York.
- 1914 - Birth of Edward George Edwards chemist.
- 1914 - Birth of Pee Wee King Milwaukee Wisconsin, country singer (Pee Wee King Song).
- 1915 - Birth of David van de Woestijne Flemish pianist/composer (Les Aéronautes).
- 1915 - Birth of Marcel Landowsky composer.
- 1915 - Germany begins a blockade of England.
- 1916 - Birth of Betty Phyllis Gathergood curator.
- 1916 - Birth of Jean Drapeau mayor of Montréal (1954-1957, 1960-1986).
- 1917 - Birth of Phyllis Calvert London, actress (Man in Grey).
- 1917 - Charles E Barber US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies.
- 1919 - Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals.
- 1920 - Birth of Bill Cullen Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, TV game show host (over 20 different games).
- 1920 - Birth of Jack Palance [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pennsylvania; actor (City Slickers).
- 1921 - Birth of Barbara Hale actress (Della Street-
Perry Mason).
- 1921 - British troops occupy Dublin.
- 1922 - Birth of Allan Melvin Kansas City Missouri; actor (Phil Silvers Show, Barney-
All in the Family).
- 1922 - Birth of Eric Gairy premier (Grenada).
- 1922 - Birth of Helen Gurley Brown Portland Maine, author/publisher (Cosmopolitan).
- 1922 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball.
- 1922 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa begins radio transmissions.
- 1923 - Belgium Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages.
- 1923 - Birth of Allan Melvin Kansas City Missouri; actor (
The Brady Bunch, Barney-All in Family).
- 1924 - Birth of Günter Haese German sculptor/graphic artist (Guggenheim prize 1967).
- 1924 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard.
- 1924 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger.
- 1924 - US, Minister of Marine Edwin Denby ends term due to Teapot Dome-scandal.
- 1925 - Birth of George Kennedy New York City, New York; actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight).
- 1925 - James Lane Allen US writer (Choir Invisible), dies at age 75.
- 1926 - Birth of Harry "Little" Caesar blues singer/actor (City Heat, Homer and Eddie).
- 1926 - Birth of Len Ford NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers).
- 1927 - First US radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts".
- 1927 - Birth of Fazal Mahmood cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62).
- 1927 - Birth of John W Warner (Senator-Republican-Virginia, 1979-), married Liz Taylor.
- 1927 - Birth of Tabe Bas actor/opera vocalist (Leiser Wolf in Anatevka).
- 1927 - US and Canada begin diplomatic relations.
- 1928 - Birth of Jim McElreath auto racer (1970 Ontario 500).
- 1929 - Birth of Leonard Cyril Deighton English author (Ipcress File, Fighter).
- 1930 - Birth of Theodore C Freeman Haverford Pennsylvania, captain USAF/astronaut.
- 1930 - Cow flown and milked, milk sealed in paper containers and parachuted.
- 1930 - Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi" premieres in Milan.
- 1930 - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Simple Simon" premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1930 - US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
- 1931 - Birth of Dieter Schonbach composer.
- 1931 - Birth of Johnny Hart cartoonist.
- 1931 - Birth of Maxwell Thurman US General.
- 1931 - Birth of Swraj Paul Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire (Caparo).
- 1931 - Birth of Toni Morrison Ohio, novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon).
- 1932 - Birth of Milos Forman Cáslav Czechoslovakia, director (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Ragtime).
- 1932 - Frederik Augustus III King of Saxon (1904-18), dies at age 66.
- 1932 - Japan declares Manchuria Independent.
- 1932 - Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title.
- 1933 - Birth of Bobby Robson British soccer coach (PSV).
- 1933 - Birth of Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling Dutch soprano.
- 1933 - Birth of Kim Novak Chicago Illinois, actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage).
- 1933 - Birth of Mary Ure England, model/actress (Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way).
- 1933 - Birth of Yoko Ono Lennon [Mrs John Lennon], Tokyo Japan, singer(?).
- 1933 - James Corbett (Gentleman Jim), heavyweight boxing champion (1892-97), dies.
- 1934 - Birth of Aldo Ceccato Milan Italy, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973-77).
- 1936 - Birth of Marin Sorescu poet/dramatist.
- 1936 - Birth of Ronald William Eastman cinematographer.
- 1936 - NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Montréal Maroons (24).
- 1937 - Birth of Jeff Farrell US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960).
- 1938 - Alida J Tartaud-Little actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at age 64.
- 1938 - Birth of Barry Knight cricketer (England all-rounder mid-60s).
- 1938 - Birth of Elke Erb writer.
- 1938 - Birth of Manny Mota baseball outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1938 - Edward Anseele Belgian minister of Rail, dies at age 81.
- 1938 - Louis de la Vallée-Poussin (The Way to Nirvana), dies at age 69.
- 1939 - Birth of Claude Ake political scientist.
- 1939 - Birth of Marlos Nobre composer.
- 1939 - Birth of Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning actress (Potasch and Perlemoer).
- 1939 - Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island.
- 1939 - Ludwig Bonvin composer, dies at age 89.
- 1941 - Birth of David Blue [Cohen], Providence Rhode Island, rocker (Cupid's Arrow).
- 1941 - Birth of Herb Santiago vocalist (Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall).
- 1941 - Birth of Irma Thomas [Lee], US vocalist (It's Raining).
- 1942 - Japanese troop land on Bali.
- 1943 - First edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw".
- 1943 - Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean General/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart.
- 1943 - Henri Polak Dutch union leader/politician (Social-Democrat), dies at age 74.
- 1943 - Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis.
- 1943 - William D Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1944 - Cincinnati Reds sign youngest baseball player, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall.
- 1944 - Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested.
- 1945 - Birth of Judy Rankin Saint Louis Missouri, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77).
- 1945 - Birth of Michael Nader Saint Louis Missouri; actor (Peter-Gidget, Dex Dexter-Dynasty).
- 1947 - 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pennsylvania.
- 1947 - Birth of Carlos A Lopes Portugal, marathon runner (Olympics-gold-1984).
- 1947 - Birth of Dennis De Young Chicago Illinois, vocalist (Styx-Grand Illusion, Its Raining Again).
- 1947 - Birth of Eliot L Engel (Representative-Democrat-New York).
- 1947 - Birth of Princess Maria Christina [Marijke], of Netherlands.
- 1947 - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone" premieres in New York City, New York.
- 1948 - Birth of Bruce Francis cricketer (Australian opener in three Tests 1972).
- 1948 - Birth of Carolyn B Maloney (Representative-Democrat-New York).
- 1948 - Birth of Sinead Cusack Ireland, actress (Waterland, Revenge).
- 1949 - Birth of Cybill Shepherd Memphis Tennessee, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show).
- 1949 - Birth of Jess Walton actress (Jill Abbott-
The Young and the Restless).
- 1949 - Niceto A Zamora y Torres premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at age 71.
- 1950 - "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances.
- 1950 - Birth of John Hughes director (Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller).
- 1950 - Voranc Prezikov [Lovro Kuhar], Slavic author (Jamaica), dies at age 56.
- 1951 - Three City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes.
- 1951 - Nepál becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1951 - Netherlands Radio School forms.
- 1951 - Piet A W Hopmans bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at age 85.
- 1952 - In Los Angeles, California, the 4th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
- Best Actor: Sid Caesar
- Best Actress: Imogene Coca
- Best Comedian or Comedienne: Red Skelton
- Best Comedy Show:
The Red Skelton Show
- Best Dramatic Show:
Robert Montgomery Presents
- Best Variety Show:
Your Show of Shows
- Most Outstanding Personality: Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.
1952 - Birth of Juice Newton [Judy Cohen], Virginia, singer (Angel of the Morning).
1952 - Birth of Veronica "Randy" Crawford US vocalist (One Day I'll Fly Away).
1953 - "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for five performances.
1953 - Birth of Derek Pellicci rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way).
1953 - Birth of Nico Arzbach rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike).
1953 - Birth of Robin Bachman Winnipeg, guitarist (Bachman Turner Overdrive-You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet).
1953 - Premiere of first 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York City, New York).
1954 - Birth of John Travolta Englewood New Jersey; actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Grease, Pulp Fiction).
1955 - Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance.
1955 - Birth of Hunt Block Washington DC; actor (Peter-Knots Landing, Ben Warren-Guiding Light).
1956 - Gustave Charpentier French opera composer (Louise), dies at age 95.
1957 - Birth of Marita Koch in German Democratic Republic; 400-metre sprinter (Olympics-gold-1980).
1957 - Birth of Vanna White [Rosich] in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA; TV game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune).
1957 - Henry N Russell, co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies.
1958 - Birth of Peter Koech in Kiliburani, Kenya; 3K steeplechaser (Olympics-silver-1988).
1959 - Alfred Alessandrescu, composer, dies at age 65.
1959 - Eric Zeisl, composer, dies at age 53.
1959 - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer, dies at age 66.
1960 - (to February 28) The 8th Olympic Winter Games are held in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
1960 - Birth of Andy Moog; NHL Goalie (Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Olympics-Canada-1988).
1960 - Birth of Greta Scacchi in Milan, Italy; actress (Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief).
1960 - Birth of Roger Wijesuriya; cricketer (bowling average 294 in four Tests for Sri Lanka).
1960 - Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodgers' owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for US$494,000.
1961 - Birth of Alycia Moulton in Sacramento, California, USA; tennis star.
1962 - Birth of Gary Reasons; NFL linebacker (New York Giants).
1962 - Birth of Julie Strain in Concord, California, USA; actress (Witchcraft IV).
1962 - Birth of Simon Fletcher; NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos).
1962 - France and Algerian Muslims negotiate truce to end seven-year war.
1962 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Open.
1963 - Birth of John Gesek; NFL center (Washington Redskins).
1963 - Birth of Rob Andrew; English rugby player.
1963 - Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at age 73.
1963 - Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at age 56.
1964 - Birth of Kevin Tapani in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twin).
1964 - Birth of Lisa Elaine Comshaw in Akron, Ohio, USA; actress (Scanner Cop, Lukas' Child).
1964 - Birth of Matt Dillon in New Rochelle, New York, USA; actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Little Darlings, Kansas).
1964 - Papandreou government takes power in Greece.
1965 - 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.
1965 - Birth of Dr Dre [Andre Young]; rap singer.
1965 - Birth of Peter Martini; journalist.
1965 - Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting.
1965 - Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day).
1966 - Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at age 94.
1966 - Birth of Kris King in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets).
1966 - Birth of Phillip De Freitas; cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95).
1966 - Casimir von Paszthory, composer, dies at age 79.
1966 - Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 31.
1967 - Birth of Colin Jackson in Cardiff, England; 100 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1988).
1967 - Birth of John Valentin in Mineola, New York, USA; infielder (Boston Red Sox).
1967 - Birth of Matt Turner; US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins).
1967 - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17 feet 3 inches.
1967 - Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at age 74.
1967 - Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at age 62.
1967 - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six straight major league players.
1968 - 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West Berlin.
1968 - 10th Winter Olympic Games close at Grenoble, France.
1968 - Birth of Chris McKendry; ESPN sportscaster.
1968 - Birth of Molly Ringwald in Roseville, California, USA; actress (Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink).
1968 - British adopt year-round daylight savings time.
1968 - David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd.
1968 - Sigurd Erixon, geographer (Atlas över Svensk Folkkultur), dies at age 79.
1969 - Birth of Alexander Mogilny in Khavarovsk, USSR; first soviet hockey star to defect to NHL (Buffalo Sabres).
1969 - Birth of Igor Larionov in Voskresensk, Russia; NHL forward (Team Russia, Detroit Red Wings).
1969 - Doug Walters scores second innings century after 242 in first.
1969 - Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of Yugoslavia (1939-), dies at age 76.
1969 - Palestinian Liberation Organization attacks El-Al plane in Zurich, Switzerland.
1970 - Birth of Tyler Green; US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
1970 - Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish Jesuit/literature historian, dies at age 94.
1970 - US President Richard Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine".
1971 - Birth of George Teague; NFL safety (Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers).
1971 - Birth of Reggie Holt; WLAF safety (London Monarchs).
1972 - Birth of Lubomir Rybovic in Kosice, Czechoslovakia; hockey forward (Team Slovakia).
1972 - Birth of Marc Lillibridge; WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals).
1972 - Birth of Shani Lynn Nielsen in New Albany, Indiana, USA; Miss Indiana-America (1996-Top 10).
1972 - California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty.
1972 - Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy.
1973 - 54-kg octopus measuring 7 metres across captured in Hood Canal, Washington.
1973 - Belgian Emile Puttemans runs 3000 metre indoor record 7:39.2.
1973 - Franc Costello, US gangster, dies at age 82.
1973 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic.
1974 - Birth of Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Russia; tennis star.
1974 - NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km).
1974 - US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan presents US$2,046,700,000 check.
1975 - Birth of Scott Tucker in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; 400 metre/800 metre freestyle relay (Olympics-1996).
1975 - Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at age 66.
1975 - Italy broadens abortion law.
1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, dies.
1975 - Raymond Moley, US advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at age 88.
1975 - Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (two Tests for India, four wickets), dies.
1976 - Anton Betzner, writer, dies at age 81.
1976 - Birth of Chanda Rubin in Lafayette, Louisiana; tennis star (1996 Australian Open doubles).
1976 - Birth of Jason Podollan Vernon; NHL center (Florida Panthers).
1976 - Birth of Volker Schenk; WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy).
1976 - Eddie Dowling, composer (Anywhere USA), dies at age 81.
1976 - Joseph Henabery, actor/director (Cobra), dies at age 88.
1977 - Andy Devine [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at age 71.
1977 - Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curaçao), dies at age 87.
1977 - Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at age 77.
1977 - Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on its maiden flight.
1977 - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs Pakistan Bridgetown.
1978 - First Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii.
1978 - Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at age 84.
1978 - Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at age 71.
1978 - Maggie McNamara, actress (Three Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies at age 49.
1979 - -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record).
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
1979 - Birth of Julia Greville, Perth, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
1979 - Miniseries Roots: The Next Generations premieres on ABC TV.
1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-202.
1979 - President Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh.
1979 - Snow falls in the African Sahara Desert.
1980 - Gale Robbins, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies at age 58.
1980 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canada's elections.
1980 - Birth of Regina Spektor; Russian-born American singer-songwriter.
1980 - Birth of Alison Rachel Fitch in Hamilton, New Zealand; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
1981 - Death of John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (born 1895).
1981 - Birth of Ivan Sproule; Irish footballer.
1981 - Birth of Andrei Kirilenko; Russian basketball player.
1982 - Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at age 58.
1982 - The Republic of Ireland general election gives a boost to Fianna Fáil.
1982 - Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer/producer, dies at age 82.
1983 - Birth of Juelz Santana; American rapper.
1983 - Birth of Jason Maxiell; American basketball player.
1983 - Thirteen people are killed in an attempted robbery in Seattle, Washington.
1984 - Revised concordat between Italy and the Vatican signed.
1985 - Willy Alberti [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at age 58.
1986 - San Antonio Spurs' Alvin Robertson scores NBA second quadruple double-20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix Suns.
1988 - Anthony M Kennedy sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
1988 - Birth of Shane Lyons, American actor.
1988 - Birth of Maiara Walsh, Brazilian actress.
1988 - Birth of Mark Davies, British footballer.
1989 - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am.
1990 - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament.
1991 - Birth of Malese Jow, American actress.
1991 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes bombs in the early morning at both Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
1991 - Edmonton Oilers' goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse and shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0.
1992 - In New Hampshire, U.S. President George H.W. Bush defeats Pat Buchanan in the Republican primary; Paul Tsongas leads the Democratic candidates.
1992 - The Executive Chairman of UNSCOM details Iraq's refusal to abide by United Nations Security Council disarmament resolutions.
1993 - Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at age 76.
1993 - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester New York.
1993 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress, dies of cancer at age 63 (born 1929).
1993 - Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at age 82.
1993 - Death of Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (suicide) (born 1960).
1994 - Actor Joe Pantoliano (41) weds model Nancy Sheppard (31).
1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.43).
1994 - Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at age 76.
1994 - Shreveport Pirates join Canadian Football League as fourth US team.
1995 - Angela Kennedy swims world record 100 metre butterfly.
1995 - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
1995 - Calder Willingham, US scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at age 72.
1995 - Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at age 51.
1995 - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at age 82.
1995 - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at age 83.
1995 - Pamela Anderson (TV show Baywatch) and Tommy Lee (rock group Motley Crüe) wed.
1995 - Disney releases the film The Lion King on videocassette in the US, for US$26.99.
1995 - Warnecke swims world record 50 metre freestyle.
1996 - Brian Daley, writer, dies at age 48.
1996 - An Irish Republican Army briefcase bomb in a bus kills the bomber and injures nine in the West End of London.
1996 - Jack Thieuloy, writer, dies at age 64.
1996 - Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master, dies at age 89.
1996 - Richard Leslie Hill, historian, dies at age 94.
1996 - Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya.
1997 - Emily Hahn, writer, dies at age 91.
1997 - Enrique Peralta Azurdia, military President of Guatemala in (1963-66), dies.
1997 - Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at age 90.
1998 - Death of Harry Caray, American television and radio broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), at age 77 (born 1917).
1998 - Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at age 69.
1998 - New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell.
1998 - Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at age 76.
1998 - Two white separatists are arrested in Nevada, accused of plotting biological warfare on New York City subways.
1999 - Death of Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (born 1932).
1999 - Death of Michael Larson, Press Your Luck big money winner (born 1949).
2001 - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt is killed instantly in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 while his DEI cars driven by his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Michael Waltrip, finish second and first, respectively.
2001 - FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.
2001 - Death of Balthus, French painter (born 1908).
2001 - Death of Eddie Mathews, baseball player (born 1931).
2003 - Arsonist fires on Jungang-no, Daegu, kill more than 190 people.
2004 - A train carrying a convoy of petrol, fertiliser, and sulfur derails and explodes in Iran, killing 320 people.
2007 - Death of Juan "Pachín" Vicéns, Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1933).
2008 - Europe's major powers and the United States recognize the independence of Kosovo.
2008 - General elections are held in Pakistan. The Pakistan People's Party is first by votes (88 of 268 seats), with leader Asif Zardari.
2008 - Space shuttle Atlantis departs from the International Space Station, after delivering a European laboratory.
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