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2/1/1859 Victor Herbert was born in Dublin, Ireland on February 1, 1859. This composer is best known for his operetta 'Babes in Toyland'. 2/1/1878 Hattie Wyatt Caraway was born February 1, 1878. She was the first women ever elected to the United States Senate. She was elected in 1932. 2/1/1901 Clark Gable was born February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1934 for his roll in 'It happened One Night'. He stared in the movie "Gone With the Wind". *** 2/2/1852 Hamid Abdulhak was born February 2, 1852 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is considered one of the best Turkish romantic writers. He introduced western influences into Turkish literature. 2/2 Groundhog Day is celebrated February 2 every year in the U.S.A. It is a popular tradition if the groundhog sees its shadow winter will continue. It is not based on evidence. 2/2/1882 James Joyce was born February 2, 1882 in Dublin, Ireland. He is the author of the novel "Ulysses". *** 2/3/865 Saint Ansgar was born in Corbie, France. He died on February 3, 865 in Breman, West Germany. He is the patron saint of Scandinavia. His feast day is celebrat- ed February 3. 2/3/1809 Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, Germany on February 3, 1809. He composed "A Midsummer Night's Dream" We get the Wedding March from one passage of this Overture. 2/3/1898 Alavar Aalto was born February 3, 1898 he was born in Kuortane, Finland. He was an architect, city planner and furniture designer. His 20th century Scandi- navian furniture design is world renown. 2/3/1940 Fran Tarkenton was born in Richmond, Virg- inia on February 3, 1940. He was the leading passer in the National Football League in 1975 when he quarterbacked Min- nesota with 2294 yards and 25 touchdowns. *** 2/4/1865 Isoo Abe was born February 4, 1865 in Fukuoka, Japan. He introduced baseball into Japan. 2/4/1902 Charles Lindburg was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 4, 1902. He was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. He made the flight in the 'Spirit of Saint Louis' from New York to Paris. 2/4/1947 James Danford 'Dan' Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 4, 1947. He was elected vice-president of the United States on the Republican ticket under George Bush. 2/4/1982 David Grundman fired his shotgun twice into a giant saguaro cactus near Phoenix, Arizona this caused a 23 foot section of the cactus to fall on him crushing him to death. *** 2/5/1788 Sir Robert Peel was born in Bury, Lan- caster, England on February 5, 1788. The British "Bobbie" policemen were named for him. 2/5/1826 Millard Fillmore and Abigail Powers were married on February 5, 1826. They had two children one boy and one girl. 2/5/1917 Mexico adopted its present constitution on February 5, 1917. 2/5/1919 Red Buttons was born in New York, New York on February 5, 1919. He stared in 'Five Weeks In a Balloon' in 1962. 2/5/1934 Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama on February 5, 1034. As a professional baseball outfielder he hit a record 755 home runs during 23 seasons in the major leagues. *** 2/6/1756 Aaron Burr was born on February 6, 1756 in Nework, New Jersey. He was the 3rd vice-president of the United States from 1801 to 1805. 2/6/1788 Massachusetts one of the original 13 colonies ratified the constitution of the U.S.A. on Feb- ruary 6, 1788 making it the 6th state to ratify. 2/6/1895 George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in Bal- timore, Maryland on February 6, 1895. As a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox he pitched 29 2/3 consecutive innings and won 96 games. He was the most valuable left handed pitcher in the American League in 1918. He then became an outfielder for the New York Yankees and hit a record of 714 home runs in his career. 2/6/1911 Ronald W. Reagan was born February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. He was the 40th president of the U.S.A. from 1981 to 1989. 2/6/1912 Eva Braun was born February 6, 1912 in Bavaria. she was the mistress of Adolf Hitler. 2/6/1933 The 20th amendment to the U.S. constitu- tion went into effect. It sets January 20th as presidential inaugurate day. *** 2/7/1812 Charles Dickens was born February 12, 1812 in Portsmouth Hampshire, England. He wrote many novels 'David Copperfield', and 'Oliver Twist' are two of his better known works. 2/7/1919 Kazuo Iwanma was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan on February 7, 1919. He helped launch Japan into the transistor radio giant it became with the Sony radio in 1954. 2/7/1920 Eddie Bracken was born February 7, 1920 in New York, New York. He made his debut in the musical movie 'Too Many Girls'. *** 2/8/1828 Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nante, France. He is the author of such science fiction classics as "From Earth to the Moon" and "Twenty Leagues Under the Sea". He foresaw the submarine and aqua-lungs. 2/8/1906 Chester F. Carlson was born in Seattle, Washington on February 8, 1906. He invented the Xerox copy machine. 2/8/1910 William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910. William Boyce was a Chicago, Illinois publisher who had seen the Boy Scouts in action in England. 2/8/1925 Jack London was born in Boston, Massachu- setts on February 8,1925. He received the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1973 for his performance in 'Save the Tiger'. *** 2/9/1773 William Harrison was born February 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia. He was the 9th president of the United States of America. He served the shortest time of any president when he died one month after taking office. (March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841) 2/9/1830 Abdulaziz was born on February 9, 1830 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was the Ottoman Sultan from 1861 to 1876. 2/9/1942 Carole King was born February 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. She received the 1971 Grammy for the record 'It's Too Late'. 2/9/1966 George Ade was born February 9, 1866 in Kentland, Indiana. This playwright had three plays running simultaneously in New York. *** 2/10/1775 Charles Lamb was born in London, England on February 10, 1775. He is best known for writing "Essays of Ella". 2/10/1846 Ira Remsen was born February 10, 1846 in New York, New York. This chemist discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin. 2/10/1858 Millard Fillmore and Caroline Carmichael McIntosh were married on February 10, 1858. They had no children. 2/10/1890 Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was born in Moscow, Russia on February 10, 1899. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel "Doctor Zhivago". 2/10/1897 John F. Enders was born February 10, 1897 in West Hartford, Connecticut. His work in microbiology led to the development of a vaccine against measles in 1963. 2/10/1899 Herbert Clark Hoover married Lou Henry On February 10, 1899. They had two children both boys. 2/10/1902 Walter H. Brattain was born February 10, 1902 in Amoy, China. He is the co-inventor of the trans- istor. 2/10/1939 Roberta Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina on February 10, 1939. She received the 1972 Grammy Award for the record "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". 2/10/1950 Mark Andrew Spitz was born February 10, 1950 in Modesto, California. He won seven Gold Metals for the United States in the 1972 Olympic held in Munich, Germany. 2/10/1962 Rudoff Abel was the Russian spy who was used to ransom Francis Gary Powers from the Soviets on Feb- ruary 10, 1962. Powers was the pilot of the U-2 plane shot down over Russia May, 1, 1960. 2/10/1967 On February 10, 1967 the twenty-fifth amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. This amendment provides succession of the president in case of his disability or resignation. *** 2/11/1833 Milville Weston Fuller was born February 11, 1833 in Augusta, Maine. He was the 8th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1888 to 1910. 2/11/1847 Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He invented the incandescent lamp, phonograph and motion picture projector. *** 2/12/1775 Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams was born February 12, 1775 in London, England. She married president John Quincy Adams July 26, 1797. They had four children three boys and one girl. 2/12/1809 Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He was the 16th president of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865. 2/12/1809 Charles Darwin was born February 12, 1809 in Shropshire, England. This naturalist is renowned for his theory of evolution. 'On the Origin of Species' was published in 1859. 2/12/1880 John L. Louis was born on February 12, 1880 in Lucas, Iowa. He was the labor leader who and chief founder of the C.I.O. and its first president. (1936-1940) 2/12/1915 Loren Greene was born February 12, 1915 in Ottawa, Canada. He stared in the long running television series 'Bonanza' from 1959 to 1973. 2/12/1974 The Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin was struck at the Philadelphia mint February 12, 1974. *** 2/13/1635 The Boston Public Latin School was estab- lished in Boston, Massachusetts on February 13, 1635 making it the first tax supported school in the U.S.A. 2/13/1885 Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman was born February 13, 1885 in Independence, Missouri. She was the wife of president Harry S. Truman. They were married June 28, 1919. 2/13/1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford was born in Bristol, Tennessee on February 13, 1919. He recorded the million selling record 'Sixteen Tons'. He also made forty albums of songs. 2/13/1910 William B. Shocley was born February 13, 1910 in London, England. He is the co-inventor of the transistor. *** 2/14/ It is Saint Valentines day February 14. We send valentine cards to others to express our love for one another. 2/14/1859 Oregon was admitted into the United States of America February 14, 1859 as the 33rd state in the union. 2/14/1912 Arizona was admitted into the United States of America February 14, 1912 making it the 48th state in the union. 2/14/1934 Florence Henderson was born in Dale, Indi- ana on February, 14, 1934. She stared in the movie 'Song of Norway and the TV series 'The Brady Bunch'. *** 2/15/1519 Pedro Menendez de Aviles was born February 15, 1519 in Aviles, Spain. He founded Saint Augustine, Florida, which is the oldest city in the United States. 2/15/1564 Galileo was born February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He invented the telescope. 2/15/1768 James Monroe and Elizabeth Kortwright were married on February 15, 1768. They had two daughters. 2/15/1820 Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Her work helped give women the right to vote. Her likeness appears on the $1 dollar coin. *** 2/16/1812 Henry Wilson was born February 16, 1812 in Farmington, New Hampshire. He served as the 18th vice- president of the United States of America from 1873 to 1875. *** 2/17/1889 H. L. Hunt was born February 17, 1889 in Ramsey, Illinois. He started Hunt Oil Company and became one of the riches men worth at the time of his death in 1974 between 2 and 3 billion dollars. *** 2/18/1930 Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto on February 18, 1930. The 9th planet and most distant was first photographed from the Lowell Observatory in Flag- staff, Arizona. *** 2/19/1916 Eddie Acaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 19, 1916. He won more then $30 million dollars in purses during his career as a jockey. 2/19/1924 Lee Marvin was born February 19, 1924 in New York, New York. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 for his performance in the movie 'Cat Ballow'. *** 2/20/1902 Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California on February 20, 1902. He is a world renown photographer of landscapes. 2/20/1927 Sidney Poitier was born February 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida. He won the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 'Lillies of the Field'. 2/20/1962 John Glenn became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth on February 20, 1962. The three orbit flight was made during project Mercury in the space capsule 'Freedom'. *** 2/21/1807 Martin Van Buren was married to Hannah Hoes on February 21, 1807. They had four sons and no daughters. 2/21/1885 The Washington Monument was dedicated Feb- ruary 21, 1885 in Washington D.C. This obelisk is 555 feet tall and weights approximately 91,000 tons. *** 2/22/1072 St. Peter Damian was born in Ravena, Italy and died February 22, 1072 in Faenza, Italy. He is a Doctor of the Catholic Church. His feast day is celebrated Feb- ruary 21. 2/22/1732 George Washington was born February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the first president of the U.S.A. He served two terms, eight years. 2/22/1805 Sarah Addams was born February 22, 1805 in Essex, England. She wrote the words to the hymn 'Nearer My God to Thee'. 2/22/1857 Robert Baden Powell was born on February 22, 1857 in London, England. He started the Boy Scout movement. 2/22/1900 Paul Kollsman was born in Freudenstadt, Germany February 22, 1900. He invented the altimeter, an aircraft instrument used to tell how high the plane is flying. *** 2/23/1680 Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville was born February 23, 1680. He is the founder of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1718. 2/23/1939 Peter Fonda was born in New York, New York on February 23, 1939. He stared in the movie 'Futureworld' and directed the movie 'Hired Hand'. *** 2/24/1878 Abd al Aziz was born on February 24, 1878 in Tangier, Morocco. He was the Sultan of Morocco from 1894 to 1908. *** 2/25/1873 Enrico Caruso was born on February 25, in Naples, Italy. This operatic tenor was the first great singer to fully use the newly invented phonograph to make records of his voice. 2/25/1943 George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England on February 25, 1943. He was a member of 'The Beatles'. 2/25/1979 The most a used car ever sold for occurred on February 25, 1979 when a 1936 Mercedes Benz sold for $725,000. *** 2/26/1846 William F. Cody was born in Scotts County, Iowa on February 26, 1846. He was better known as 'Buffalo Bill'. He produced the Buffalo Bill Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. This circus was seen inter- nationally. 2/26/1852 John Kellogg was born February 26, 1852 in Tyrone, Michigan. Dr. Kellogg was a vegetarian. As director of the Seventh Day Adventist Western Health Reform Insti- tute he promoted corn flakes as a healthy breakfast food. 2/26/1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander was born Feb- ruary 26, 1887 in Elba, Nebraska. This right handed pitcher is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Coopertown, New York. *** 2/27/1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine on February 27, 1807. This 19th century poet wrote 'Evangeline'. 2/27/1930 Joan Woodword was born in Thomasville, Georgia on February 27, 1930. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1957 for her performance in 'The Three Faces of Eve'. 2/27/1932 Elizabeth Taylor was born in London England on February 27, 1932. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1966 for her performance in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'. 2/27/1934 Ralph Nader was born February 27, 1934 in Winsted, Connecticut. He is the consumer advocate and author of the book 'Unsafe At Any Speed'. *** 2/28/1827 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad became the first railroad in the U.S.A. to be chartered for both pass- engers and freight on February 28, 1827. *** 2/29 This date only occurs once every four years and does not occur in century years except those evenly divisible by 400. The year 2000 will be a leap century year. 2/29/1792 The composer of the opera 'The Barber of Seville', Gioacchino Rossini, was born in Pesaro, Italy on February 29, 1792. 2/29/1860 Herman Hollerith was born February 29, 1860 in Buffalo, New York. He is the inventor of the punch card which lead to the digital computer.