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Here are some moments in History on Feb. 20.
Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment. 1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. 1798 - Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed. 1816 - Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville debuts at Teatro Argentina, with a fiasco. 1835 - Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs - the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. 1872 - In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. 1873 - The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. 1901 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. 1909 - Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. 1913 - King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. 1931 - California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. 1933 - The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would end Prohibition in the United States. 1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. 1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. 1943 - American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. 1943 - The Parícutin volcano begins to form in Parícutin, Mexico. 1944 - World War II: The "Big Week" ended with American bomber raids on Nazi aircraft manufacturing centers. 1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island. 1947 - State of Prussia ceases to exist. 1952 - Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. 1959 - The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth. 1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. 1976 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands. 1987 - Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, Utah, a bomb explodes in a computer store. 1991 - A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters. 1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. 2002 - In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370. 2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
[edit] Births 1631 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (d. 1712) 1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) 1751 - Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) 1753 - Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) 1757 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834) 1794 - William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) 1802 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian violinist (d. 1870) 1819 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) 1839 - Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. 1906) 1844 - Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909) 1848 - Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909) 1850 - Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931) 1866 - Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936) 1867 - Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931) 1880 - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923) 1887 - Vincent Massey, Governor-General of Canada (d. 1967) 1888 - Georges Bernanos, French writer (d. 1948) 1893 - Russel Crouse, American playwright (d. 1966) 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer, designer and racing car driver (d. 1988) 1898 - Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (d. 1951) 1899 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. 1992) 1901 - Cecil Harmsworth King, English newspaper owner (d. 1987) 1901 - Muhammad Naguib, President of Egypt (d. 1984) 1902 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984) 1904 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1980) 1906 - Gale Gordon, American television and radio actor (d. 1995) 1907 - Malcolm Atterbury, American actor (d. 1992) 1912 - Pierre Boulle, French author (d. 1994) 1914 - John Daly, South African-born broadcaster (d. 2001) 1920 - Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. 1991) 1923 - Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (d. 1985) 1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, American socialite and clothing designer 1925 - Robert Altman, American film director (d. 2006) 1925 - Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader 1926 - Richard Matheson, American author 1927 - Roy Cohn, American lawyer (d. 1986) 1927 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2005) 1927 - Sidney Poitier, American actor 1929 - Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989) 1930 - Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer 1934 - Bobby Unser, American racing driver 1936 - Marj Dusay, American actress 1936 - Larry Hovis, American actor (d. 2003) 1936 - Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach 1937 - Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel laureate 1937 - Roger Penske, American racing driver, race team owner and entrepreneur 1937 - Nancy Wilson, American singer 1938 - Richard Beymer, American actor 1939 - Frank Arundel, English footballer 1940 - Jimmy Greaves, English footballer 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer 1942 - Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player 1942 - Charlie Gillett, British radio DJ 1942 - Mitch McConnell, American politician 1942 - Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter 1943 - Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler 1943 - Mike Leigh, British film director 1944 - Robert de Cotret, French Canadian politician (d. 1999) 1944 - Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach 1945 - Brion James, American actor (d. 1999) 1945 - Annu Kapoor, Indian actor 1946 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress 1946 - Richard Cocciante, French-Italian singer and songwriter 1946 - Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress 1946 - J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band) 1947 - André van Duin, Dutch comedian 1947 - Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive 1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006) 1947 - Peter Strauss, American actor 1948 - Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player 1948 - Jennifer O'Neill, Brazilian-born actress 1949 - Ivana Trump, Czech-born American socialite 1950 - Walter Becker, American guitarist (Steely Dan) 1950 - Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor 1950 - Tony Wilson, British journalist and impresario (d. 2007) 1951 - Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006) 1951 - Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1951 - Randy California, American guitarist (Spirit) (d. 1997) 1951 - Phil Neal, English footballer 1953 - Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor 1953 - Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps) 1954 - Jon Brant, American musician (Cheap Trick) 1954 - Anthony Stewart Head, English actor 1954 - Patty Hearst, American socialite 1956 - Rick Green, Canadian ice hockey player 1957 - Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach 1957 - Charlie Adler, American voice actor 1959 - Bill Gullickson, American baseball player 1960 - Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000) 1960 - Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist 1962 - Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author 1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player 1963 - Ian Brown, English singer (The Stone Roses) 1963 - Jon Lynn Christensen, former Nebraska Congressman 1963 - Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician 1964 - French Stewart, American actor 1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (d. 1994) 1967 - Katherine Soucie, American voice actress 1967 - Andrew Shue, American television actor 1967 - Lili Taylor, American actress 1968 - Ted Hankey, English darts player 1969 - Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist 1969 - Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler 1969 - Tommy Vardell, National Football League fullback 1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer 1971 - Shawn McKenzie, American programmer 1972 - Brent Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player 1972 - K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper 1974 - Ophelie Winter, French actress 1975 - Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player 1975 - Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys) 1976 - Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar) 1976 - Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness) 1976 - Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler 1977 - Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer 1977 - Stephon Marbury, American basketball player 1977 - T.J. Slaughter, American football player 1978 - Lauren Ambrose, American actress 1978 - Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress 1978 - Jay Hernandez, American actor 1978 - Julia Jentsch, German actress 1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer 1980 - Massimo Donati, Italian footballer 1980 - Kyle Nauman, American drummer 1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer 1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer 1981 - Chris Thile, American musician 1982 - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player 1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player 1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player 1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player 1985 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) 1986 - Dilaver Güçlü, Turkish footballer 1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer 1989 - Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress
[edit] Deaths 702 - K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) 1154 - Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett 1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) 1194 - King Tancred of Sicily 1258 - Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad 1408 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) 1431 - Pope Martin V (b. 1368) 1524 - Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya 1579 - Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) 1618 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554) 1626 - John Dowland, English composer and lutenist (b. 1563) 1762 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) 1771 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678) 1773 - King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701) 1778 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) 1790 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741) 1803 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713) 1806 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725) 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) (b. 1767) 1871 - Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810) 1893 - P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818) 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist writer (b. 1818) 1905 - Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain 1907 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) 1916 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1844) 1920 - Robert Peary, American explorer (b. 1856) 1941 - La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894) 1961 - Percy Grainger, Australian composer (b. 1882) 1963 - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) 1963 - Jacob Gade, Danish Composer(b. 1879) 1966 - Chester Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885) 1968 - Anthony Asquith, British film director and writer (b. 1902) 1969 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883) 1970 - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885) 1972 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906) 1972 - Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. 1897) 1976 - René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1887) 1976 - Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist (b. 1907) 1981 - Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor, socialite (b. 1904) 1983 - Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (b. 1910) 1985 - Clarence "Ducky" Nash, American voice actor (b. 1904) 1992 - Roberto D'Aubuisson, Salvadoran politician (b. 1944) 1992 - **** York, American actor (b. 1928) 1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1916) 1996 - Solomon Asch, American psychologist (b. 1907) 1996 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930) 1997 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960) 1999 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971) 1999 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946) 2000 - Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937) 2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910) 2003 - Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907) 2003 - Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918) 2003 - Harry Jacunski, American football player 2003 - Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971) 2003 - Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. 1947) 2005 - Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954) 2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944) 2005 - John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917) 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937) 2005 - Tom Willmore, English geometer (b. 1919) 2006 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919) 2006 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920) 2007 - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930) 2008 - Emily Perry, English Actress (b. 1907)
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Sounds like someone is playing hookie from work today. Internet comando, Johnathan. Happy Birthday to both you guys.
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quote:Originally posted by J.DEMUTH: Happy Birthday Ed Lester!!
Some of the coolest guys on the planet were born on February 20th!!
Yes like my son.... 20.02.00 Happy B-day guys.
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Hey I grow up in this land... "1923 - Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (d. 1985)"
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This post ties up JD and Ed's birthday threads. Who will get more love? 1, 2, 3....GO!
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