By Roman custom February 24 is the day added to a leap year, and the occurrence of February 29 is merely a consequence of this.
Day of the week in surrounding years:
. . . .,1986,1992,1997,2003—MON—. . . .
1981,1987,. . . .,1998,2004—TUE—2009
1982,1988,1993,1999,. . . .—WED—2010
1983,. . . .,1994,2000,2005—THU—2011
1984,1989,1995,. . . .,2006—FRI—2012
. . . .,1990,1996,2001,2007—SAT—. . . .
1985,1991,. . . .,2002,2008—SUN—2013
PASCAL DATE INFORMATION
Easter Sunday for the Western Christian Church is defined as the first Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. Lent is defined as the forty days prior to Easter not including Sundays thus Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which is 46 days prior to Easter. Calculations for Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday were performed for the 3774 years from 326 to 4099. For the year range 326 to 1582, dates are based on the Julian calendar. For years 1583 to 4099, dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Ash Wednesday falls in a range of 36 days from February 4 to March 10. Easter Sunday falls in a range of 35 days from March 22 to April 25. The extra day in the Ash Wednesday range is February 29, which only occurs in leap years. February 29 only effects when Ash Wednesday occurs since it is well before the Spring Equinox and has no effect on the date for Easter Sunday. March 10 to March 21 is a twelve-day range that must occur in Lent no matter the timing of Easter Sunday. The entire range of 82 dates from February 4 to April 25 represents all dates with Pascal ramifications.
February 24 is the 21st possible date for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday occurs on this date 133 times during the 3774 years calculated and is ranked 5th/6th of the 36 dates.
It occurred on this date previously in the years:
331, 342, 353, 415, 426, 437, 448, 499, 510, 521, 532, 594, 605, 616, 689, 695, 700, 779, 784, 790, 863, 874, 885, 947, 958, 969, 980, 1031, 1042, 1053, 1064, 1126, 1137, 1148, 1221, 1227, 1232, 1311, 1316, 1322, 1395, 1406, 1417, 1479, 1490, 1501, 1512, 1563, 1574, 1599, 1610, 1621, 1694, 1700, 1751, 1762, 1773, 1819, 1830, 1841, 1909, 1971, 1982, 1993
It will occur on this date in the future in the years:
2066, 2072, 2077, 2123, 2134, 2145, 2202, 2213, 2286, 2292, 2297, 2343, 2354, 2365, 2438, 2444, 2449, 2506, 2517, 2590, 2596, 2658, 2664, 2669, 2715, 2726, 2737, 2810, 2816, 2821, 2900, 2968, 2973, 3030, 3036, 3041, 3109, 3182, 3188, 3193, 3272, 3277, 3283, 3334, 3340, 3345, 3402, 3408, 3413, 3492, 3497, 3554, 3560, 3565, 3644, 3649, 3706, 3712, 3717, 3796, 3864, 3869, 3875, 3926, 3932, 3937, 4016, 4021, 4027
Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On The Environment "Unless we find a way to dramatically change our civilization and our way of thinking about the relationship between humankind and the earth, our children will inherit a wasteland." — Al Gore
Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On Bashing the Clintons "HIRE ROLLYE JAMES
The recent elimination of the Rollye James program from KLBJ-AM radio was actually a political assassination of sorts. The LBJ family media dynasty has been and continues to be built upon a liberal Democrat base, notwithstanding their profitable dabbling in conservative talk show programs (and hosts).
. . ." — Cliff Sparks, Travis County Republican Party Executive Committeeman. Letters, Austin American-Statesman, 11-1-96. {Letter was in response to editorial quote February 23 blog entry.}—Part 1 of 4 {Due to the length of some of these nutball quotes, I have decided to split the longer ones into parts. I could have abridged them but I think that would have lessened the impact of showing just how crazy these guys are. Please refer to previous and/or subsequent posts for complete quote.}
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Sports "Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns—I think I heard that from a squirrel." — Jerry Coleman was an infielder for the Yankees (what is it about the Bronx Bombers that turned out such a raft of funny speakers?), and manager of the San Diego Padres. After playing, he made his mark as a radio and TV broadcaster, where his malapropisms, non sequiturs, and other goofs became legendary. Coleman is Hall of Shame member #8.
{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}
MOON PHASE
Berkeley, California—Times are Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Feb 24, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waning Gibbous Percent of Full: 89% Age: 61% Rise: 9:55 PM Set: 8:15 AM
Surprise, Arizona—Times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Feb 24, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waning Gibbous Percent of Full: 89% Age: 61% Rise: 10:07 PM Set: 8:40 AM
Iowa City, Iowa—Times are Central Standard Time (CST)
Feb 24, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waning Gibbous Percent of Full: 90% Age: 60% Rise: 9:54 PM Set: 8:06 AM
Cambridge, Massachusetts—Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Feb 24, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waning Gibbous Percent of Full: 90% Age: 60% Rise: 9:30 PM Set: 7:43 AM
NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY
NGC 4676: When Mice Collide
Credit: ACS Science & Engineering Team, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation
EVENTS
● 303 - The first official Roman edict for the persecution of Christians was issued by Roman Emperor Galerius Valerius Maximianus. His edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
● 1208 - St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in the Italian village of Portiuncula. He founded the Franciscans the following year, and is regarded by some Catholics as the greatest of all Christian saints.
● 1296 - Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos
● 1387 - King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
● 1389 - Battle at Falköping Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
● 1496 - England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders
● 1500 - Birth of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Reigning 1519-56, it was Charles who officially pronounced Martin Luther an outlaw and heretic.
● 1510 - Pope Julius II excommunicates the republic of Venice
● 1525 - Battle at Pavia Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king, François I caught taken/8700 killed
● 1527 - Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia
● 1528 - János Zápolyai, Hungarian king, recognizes Sultan Suleiman's suzerainty
● 1530 - 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V
● 1538 - Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
● 1541 - Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia
● 1552 - Privileges of the Hanseatic League in England are abrogated
● 1581 - Pope Gregory approves the results of his calendar reform commission
● 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, or edict, outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
● 1597 - Flemish painter Frederick of Valckenborch becomes porter of Frankfurt-on-Main
● 1613 - English princess Elizabeth marries earl Frederik of Palts
● 1708 - Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen
● 1739 - Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
● 1779 - George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes IN from British
● 1782 - Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal: 'It is my constitutional weakness to be gloomy and dejected; the work of God puts life into me.'
● 1786 - Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India
● 1793 - French troops conquer Breda
● 1803 - The Supreme Court of the United States, in Marbury v. Madison, establishes the principle of judicial review.
● 1807 - 17 die & 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty & Elizabeth Godfrey in England
● 1821 - Mexico declares independence from Spain.
● 1826 - The signing of the Treaty of Yandaboo marks the end of the First Burmese War.
● 1831 - The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
● 1835 - Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian language monthly magazine
● 1836 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days
● 1839 - William Otis receives a patent for the steam shovel.
● 1848 - Revolution of 1848 begins in France, overthrowing French monarchy and inspiring revolts across Europe. The Second French Republic is declared.
● 1848 - The Communist Manifesto was published.
● 1849 - Birth of Nicolas Thomassin (1849-1919), Ardennes. French weaver, socialist, anarchist.
● 1855 - In unprovoked attack, Capt. R.G. Ewell destroys Mescalero Apache village near White Mountains, in what is now New Mexico.
● 1855 - US Court of Claims established for cases against the government
● 1857 - 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to the government
● 1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory from land in the New Mexico territory.
● 1863 - Forrest's raid on Brentwood TN
● 1864 - Battle of Tunnel Hill GA (Buzzard's Roost)
● 1866 - In Washington, DC, an American flag made entirely of American bunting was displayed for the first time.
● 1868 - House impeaches Pres. Andrew Johnson by a vote of 126 to 47 on 11 counts after he attempted to remove Edwin M. Stanton from his position as Secretary of War. The first nine alleged violations were of the Tenure of Office Act, passed only nine months before in a specific attempt to tie Johnson's hands. He is later acquitted in the Senate. {This is the subject of JFK's Pulitzer winning book, "Profiles in Courage." The profiles are of the Senators that voted for acquittal.}
● 1868 - The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
● 1875 - The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast with the loss of approximately 102 lives.
● 1881 - China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
● 1881 - De Lesseps' Company begins work on Panamá Canal
● 1885 - Chester W. Nimitz, whose work as U.S. naval commander contributed greatly to the defeat of Japan during World War II, was born.
● 1888 - Louisville KY becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot
● 1891 - French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Diéna West Sudan
● 1894 - Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)
● 1895 - Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the second war for Cuban independence, which ended with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
● 1899 - Western Washington University is established.
● 1900 - New York City Mayor Van Wyck signed the contract to begin work on New York's first rapid transit tunnel. The tunnel would link Manhattan and Brooklyn. The ground breaking ceremony was on March 24, 1900.
● 1902 - Battle at Yzer Spruit Boer General De la Rey beats British
● 1903 - US signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba
● 1905 - Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed
● 1909 - The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
● 1912 - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn leads Bread and Roses textile strike rally of 20,000 women, Lowell, Massachusetts. Police attack 150 children and their parents at the town railroad station. Many strikers are sending their kids to safe homes with friendly families in other cities. The exodus has generated so much publicity that Lawrence authorities have resolved to crush it. Today they force 35 women & their children into patrol wagons. After charging the women with neglect and handing jail sentences and fines to the organizers, the town fathers send 10 of the kids to the Lawrence poor farm. This prompts only more publicity, forcing Congress to investigate the strike. Sixteen children will testify, describing the poverty that led them to leave school and take jobs in the mill. The American Woolen Company will have no choice but to yield to the strikers' demands.
● 1917 - Russian revolution breaks out
● 1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States.
● 1918 - Estonia: Declaration of independence from Russia.
● 1919 - New Federal Child Labor law passes; declared unconstitutional on 2 June 1924, a child labor law passed two years earlier had also been declared unconstitutional 3 June 1918.
● 1920 - Peace treaty gives Estonia independence at least for awhile.
● 1920 - The Nazi Party is founded at Hofbräuhaus Münich.
● 1921 - 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives Florida
● 1923 - Flying Scotsman goes into service
● 1923 - Mass arrests in US of Mafia
● 1924 - Greek parliament proclaims republic
● 1924 - Mahatma Gandhi released from jail
● 1925 - A thermite (magnesium) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the St. Lawrence River near Waddington, New York.
● 1928 - Birth of Michael Harrington, writer and activist on poverty and economic issues.
● 1933 - Final demonstration of German communist party in Berlin
● 1933 - League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria {they don't}
● 1938 - A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.
● 1941 - 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague
● 1941 - Anti Nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam
● 1942 - The U.S. Government stopped shipments of all 12-gauge shotguns for sporting use for the wartime effort.
● 1942 - The Voice of America begins broadcasting.
● 1942 - U.S. Army, mistaking a weather balloon that strayed over Los Angeles for a Japanese bomber, unleashes a saturation antiaircraft barrage. Three civilians are trampled to death in the attending panic, and dozens more injured by falling shrapnel.
● 1943 - General-Major Bradley flies to Algiers
● 1944 - Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
● 1945 - Egypt & Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany
● 1945 - Egyptian Premier Ahmed Maher Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
● 1945 - Manila freed from Japanese
● 1945 - Nazi occupiers begin state of siege
● 1946 - Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina.
● 1948 - Cold War: The Communist Party seizes control of Czechoslovakia.
● 1949 - Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
● 1949 - V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km
● 1950 -Labour wins slim majority; Clement Attlee returns as prime minister of Britain but with a single-figure majority.
● 1955 - Britain's big freeze; Deep snow and freezing temperatures continue to cause havoc across much of Britain.
● 1955 - Pact of Baghdad between Iraq & Turkey signed
● 1956 - In response to Alan Freed's rock and roll menace, police in Cleveland, Ohio invoke a 1931 ordinance barring people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult.
● 1960 - Italian government of Segni falls
● 1961 - Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit
● 1962 - General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea
● 1962 - Thirty occupy tax office in protest against nuclear war taxes. Bristol, Britain.
● 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
● 1965 - District 1199 Health Care Workers becomes first U.S. labor union to oppose war in Vietnam.
● 1965 - East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt
● 1966 - Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
● 1966 - David Miller and Russel Wills become first Seattle residents to refuse induction into armed forces to protest Vietnam war. Wills is later sentenced to two years in prison for his refusal.
● 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
● 1967 - Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: 'The statement that God is dead comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord has not died of this; He who dwells in the heaven laughs at them.'
● 1968 - 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge)
● 1968 - End of 25-day Tet Offensive, in which Viet Cong demonstrate that the U.S. is not, contrary to its repeated claims, on the verge of winning the war.
● 1969 - Mariner 6 launched for Mars fly-by
● 1969 - Pennsylvania State University administration building is occupied.
● 1970 - 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
● 1970 - National Public Radio is founded in the United States.
● 1971 - Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
● 1971 - Children battle riot police at Sourizuka, Japan. They get an education no school can provide them, with study groups, as they and their families fight for their lives against loss of their lands.
● 1971 - The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, was killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar appointed as the new chairman.
● 1971 - UK restricts Commonwealth migrants; Commonwealth citizens lose their automatic right to remain in the UK under the government's new Immigration Bill.
● 1972 - Daniel Berrigan released after 18 months of three-year term (part of the "Catonsville 9"); goes to Harrisburg, Pa., where his brother Phil Berrigan is on trial, also for anti-Vietnam War activities. Meanwhile, "Life" magazine has reported this month that "Today's high school generation is interested in security, stability, and comfort."
● 1974 - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
● 1976 - Cuba : national Constitution proclaimed.
● 1976 - Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU
● 1977 - President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights
● 1979 - War between North & South Yemen begins
● 1981 - An earthquake registering 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
● 1981 - Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.
● 1981 - Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet. {The jury doesn't buy the defense argument that the multiple gunshots were accidental.}
● 1982 - Lucien Tronchet (1902-1982), dies. Anarchist and Swiss trade unionist whose antifascist activities landed him in prison. As a youngster, he joined FOBB (Federation of Wood and Building Workers), and in May 19, 1928 helped instigate a wildcat strike which lasted 15 days and resulted in a reduction of working hours, minimum wages, etc. In the '30s Tronchet was in charge of the L.A.B. (League of Action of the Building Industry), implementing direct action against the owners. Went to Spain in 1936, fighting with the anarchist forces opposing Franco. In 1940 he was condemned to eight months of prison for antifascist activities. Following WWII, in addition to his militant union activities, he fought for abortion rights, antimilitarism, and creation of co-operatives. In the '70s he supported the Geneva squatters movement.
● 1983 - A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
● 1983 - Three Canadian documentaries, including the Academy Award nominee "If You Love This Planet" are classified as "political propaganda" by the Justice Department.
● 1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
● 1984 - Iraq resumes air attack on Iran
● 1984 - Nine "char-women" enter communications base to "clean" satellite dishes, Cornwall, Britain.
● 1985 - Birendra, Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned King of Nepal
● 1986 - Voyager 2, 1st Uranus fly-by
● 1987 - An exploding supernova was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
● 1988 - South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
● 1988 - The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Larry Flynt's Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
● 1989 - 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found
● 1989 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
● 1989 - United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
● 1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
● 1991 - U.S. troops begin land invasion of Kuwait and Iraq.
● 1995 - The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
● 1996 - Cuba downs 2 US planes
● 1996 - The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church.
● 1997 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
● 1997 - South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
● 1997 - The U.S. The Food and Drug Administration named six brands of birth control as safe and effective "morning-after" pills for preventing pregnancy.
● 1998 - Comedian Henny Youngman died at age 91.
● 1998 - Elton John knighted
● 1999 - A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.
● 1999 - Lawrence report blasts 'racist' police; London's police force is "institutionally racist" says a report on the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence.
● 1999 - The State of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
● 2004 - President George W. Bush urged approval of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
● 2005 - Pope John Paul II underwent an operation to insert a tube in his throat to relieve breathing problems.
● 2006 - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
● 2006 - South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions.
BIRTHS
● 1103 - Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
● 1304 - Ibn Battuta, explorer
● 1463 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
● 1500 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
● 1545 - Don John of Austria, military leader (d. 1578)
● 1557 - Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
● 1597 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648)
● 1619 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690)
● 1622 - Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
● 1684 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
● 1693 - James Quin, English actor (d. 1766)
● 1709 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
● 1723 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. 1792)
● 1774 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
● 1786 - Martin W. Bates. U.S. Senator from Delaware (d. 1869)
● 1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859)
● 1824 - George Curtis, American author and editor (d. 1892)
● 1831 - Leo von Caprivi, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
● 1836 - Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
● 1842 - Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (d. 1918)
● 1846 - Luigi Denza, Italian composer (d. 1922)
● 1848 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
● 1849 - John Henry Comstock, American educator and researcher (d. 1931)
● 1852 - George Moore, Irish writer (d. 1933)
● 1866 - Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)
● 1874 - Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
● 1877 - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
● 1885 - Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)
● 1885 - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer and painter (d. 1939)
● 1887 - Mary Ellen Chase, American scholar and writer (d. 1973)
● 1890 - Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
● 1897 - Henri Frankfort, American archaeologist (d. 1954)
● 1898 - Kurt Tank, German aeronautical engineer and test pilot (d. 1983)
● 1906 - Bennie Oosterbaan, American college football player and coach (d. 1990)
● 1909 - August Derleth, American writer (d. 1971)
● 1914 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (d. 2005)
● 1914 - Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
● 1919 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d. 2004)
● 1919 - Betty Marsden, English comedy actress (d. 1998)
● 1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor (''Fish,'' ''Barney Miller'')
● 1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989)
● 1922 - Richard Hamilton, English painter
● 1922 - Steven Hill, American actor (''Law and Order'')
● 1923 - David Soyer, American cellist
● 1926 - Jean Alexander, English actress
● 1926 - John Gunther Dean, American diplomat
● 1927 - Emmanuelle Riva, French actress
● 1928 - Barbara Lawrence, American actress
● 1931 - Dominic Chianese, Actor-singer (''The Sopranos'')
● 1932 - John Vernon, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
● 1932 - Michel Legrand, French composer
● 1932 - Zell Miller, Former Georgia governor and senator
● 1933 - Judah Folkman, American cancer researcher
● 1934 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
● 1934 - Linda Cristal, Argentina-born actress
● 1934 - Renata Scotto, Italian soprano
● 1938 - James Farentino, American actor
● 1938 - Kathleen Margaret Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British Baroness and Methodist reverend
● 1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer
● 1940 - Denis Law, Scottish footballer
● 1940 - Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
● 1941 - Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
● 1942 - Colin Bond, Australian racing driver
● 1942 - Joe Lieberman, American politician {and general scum bag}
● 1942 - Paul Jones, English singer (Manfred Mann)
● 1943 - George Harrison, British singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
● 1943 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
● 1943 - Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician
● 1943 - Terry Semel, American business executive
● 1944 - Nicky Hopkins, British musician (d. 1994)
● 1945 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
● 1946 - Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician
● 1946 - John Stapleton, English television presenter
● 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
● 1947 - Rupert Holmes, English musician
● 1948 - Dennis Waterman, British actor
● 1948 - J. Jayalalithaa, Indian politician
● 1948 - Tim Staffell, English singer
● 1948 - Walter Smith, Scottish football manager
● 1950 - Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
● 1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress (''That '70s Show'')
● 1951 - Helen Shaver, Canadian actress
● 1955 - Alain Prost, French race car driver and four-time F1 world champion
● 1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer
● 1956 - Eddie Murray, former baseball player and Hall of Fame member
● 1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist
● 1958 - Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer
● 1958 - Sammy Kershaw, American musician
● 1959 - Beth Broderick, American actress
● 1962 - Michelle Shocked, American musician
● 1962 - Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress
● 1962 - Teri Weigel, American pornography actress
● 1963 - Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1964 - Andy Crane, British children's television presenter
● 1964 - Bill Bailey, British comedian
● 1964 - Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
● 1964 - Todd Field, American actor and film director
● 1966 - Billy Zane, American actor
● 1966 - René Arocha, Cuban baseball player
● 1968 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
● 1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player
● 1970 - Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor
● 1970 - Kienast quintuplets, American quintuplets
● 1971 - Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
● 1971 - Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
● 1972 - Manon Rhéaume, Canadian female ice hockey player
● 1973 - Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player
● 1973 - Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot)
● 1973 - Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
● 1973 - Richard Clapp, Canadian baseball player
● 1974 - Bonnie Somerville, Actress (''NYPD Blue'')
● 1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
● 1974 - Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
● 1974 - Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
● 1974 - Simeon Rice, Football player
● 1975 - Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian fiddler
● 1976 - Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
● 1976 - Crista Flanagan, American television comedian
● 1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist
● 1976 - Marco Campos, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1995)
● 1976 - Matt Skiba, American musician (Alkaline Trio,Heavens)
● 1976 - Zach Johnson, professional golfer
● 1977 - Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
● 1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer
● 1977 - Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer
● 1978 - John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
● 1978 - Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
● 1980 - Anton Gustafsson, better known as Anton Maiden. Infamous Swedish Iron Maiden fan (d. 2003)
● 1980 - Anton Gustafsson, Swedish rock music fan (d. 2003)
● 1980 - Roman Sloudnov, Russian swimmer
● 1980 - Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese professional wrestler
● 1981 - Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
● 1981 - Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
● 1982 - Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
● 1983 - Brandon Brown, R&B singer (Mista)
● 1984 - Clivio Piccione, Monegasque racing driver
● 1984 - Sterling James Keenan, American professional wrestler
● 1986 - Wojtek Wolski, Polish Ice hockey player
● 1987 - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
● 1987 - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
● 1989 - Kosta Koufos, American-Greek basketball player
DEATHS
● 616 - King Ethelbert of Kent
● 1525 - Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
● 1563 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (b. 1519)
● 1588 - Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
● 1666 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (b. 1588)
● 1674 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
● 1685 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
● 1704 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
● 1714 - Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (b. 1637)
● 1721 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet (b. 1648)
● 1732 - Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)
● 1777 - King Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
● 1779 - Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (b. 1704)
● 1781 - Edward Capell, English critic (b. 1713)
● 1799 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (b. 1742)
● 1810 - Henry Cavendish, English scientist (b. 1756)
● 1812 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
● 1815 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (b. 1765)
● 1825 - Thomas Bowdler, English physician and editor (b. 1754)
● 1856 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1792)
● 1876 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts, first President of Liberia (b. 1809)
● 1914 - Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
● 1925 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860)
● 1929 - André Messager, French composer and conductor (b. 1853)
● 1953 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
● 1970 - Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
● 1975 - Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
● 1982 - Virginia Bruce, America actress and singer (b. 1910)
● 1984 - Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (b. 1912)
● 1986 - Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician (b. 1904)
● 1989 - Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894)
● 1990 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927)
● 1990 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917)
● 1990 - Sandro Pertini, Italian politician (b. 1896)
● 1990 - Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
● 1991 - George Gobel, American comedian (b. 1919)
● 1991 - John Daly, South African game show host (b. 1914)
● 1991 - Webb Pierce, American music singer (b. 1921)
● 1993 - Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941)
● 1994 - Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
● 1994 - Jean Sablon, French singer (b. 1906)
● 1998 - Antonio Prohias, Cuban-born cartoonist (b. 1921)
● 1998 - Henny Youngman, English-born comedian (b. 1906)
● 1999 - Andre Dubus, American writer (b. 1936)
● 2001 - Claude E. Shannon, American information theorist (b. 1916)
● 2002 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (b. 1912)
● 2003 - Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
● 2003 - John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b. 1912)
● 2004 - John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
● 2006 - Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)
● 2006 - Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924)
● 2006 - Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
● 2006 - John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
● 2006 - Octavia Butler, American author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b. 1947)
● 2007 - Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
● 2007 - Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
● 2007 - Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
● 2007 - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
● Roman Catholic:
● St. Adela
● St. Betto
● St. Cumine
● St. Edelbert
● St. John Theristus
● St. Matthias
● St. Modest
● St. Montanus
● St. Primitiva
● St. Sergius
● Bl. Ameel of Ter Duinen
● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for February 11 (Civil Date: February 24)
● There are no entries for this date.
● Anglican, Lutheran:
● St. Matthias the Apostle (non-leap years)
● Regifugium, in the Roman calendar.
● Cuba - Baire Uprising
● Estonia - Independence Day (1918; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation)
● Ghana - Liberation Day (1966)
● Indiana - Vincennes Day-George Clark's defeat of British (1779)
● México - Flag Day
● Romania - Dragobete
● Thailand - National Artist Day
● This Holiday is only applicable on a given "day of the week"
● World : Brotherhood Day (1934) - ( Sunday )
THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED POST FOR THIS DATE USING ONLY THE FOLLOWING EIGHT SOURCES. A COMPLETE POST IS PLANNED AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS.
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This Original Wikipedia List form the core of this post.
Additional facts taken from:
Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.
Roman Catholic Saint of the Day
Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar
Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004
Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004
Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004
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