Birthdates Which Occur on February 14:
1462 Edzard I Cirksena the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)
1483 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
1487 Henry II of Bavaria bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising
1513 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco composer
1515 Frederick III the Pious, elect of the Palts
1533 Christianus Adrichomius Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)
1546 Johann Pistorius German theologist/historian
1572 Hans Christoph Haiden composer
1602 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer
1670 Georg Gabriel Schutz composer
1679 Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer
1707 Claude-Prosper J de Cr‚billon French writer (Le sopha)
1760 Richard Allen Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church
1766 Thomas Malthus England, population expert (Law of Malthus)
1778 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer
1806 Lajos Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)
1813 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer
and John McNeil Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1817 Frederick Douglass African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor
1819 James Green Martin Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878
1824 Winfield Scott Hancock Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1829 Alfred Iverson Jr Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1835 Fran‡ois Haverschmidt Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)
1845 Cecil De Vere 1st official British chess champion (1866)
1847 Anna Howard Shaw US, suffragette
1853 Jan van R˜sw˜ck Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp)
1856 Frank Harris England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves)
1858 Charles Beach Hawley composer
and Joseph Thomson Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle)
1859 George Washington Gale Ferris engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
1864 Israel Zangwill England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
and Robert E Park US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
1868 Henricus A Poels Dutch RC theologist/social foreman
1869 Charles Wilson English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel)
1880 Edgar Leslie Bainton composer
1881 Otto Selz German psychologist
1882 George Jean Nathan US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury)
and Ignacy Friedman composer
1892 Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1893 Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen)
1894 Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"
1895 Max Horkheimer German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)
and Nigel Bruce Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
1897 Jorgen Bentzon composer
1898 Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (super nova)
1899 John Randall Jr Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man)
19-- Alan Hunter MTV vee-jay
and Brian Kelly Detroit Mich, actor (Flipper, Straightaway)
and Dwyanne Wiggins Oakland Calif, rapper (Lifelines)
and Enrico Colantoni Toronto, actor (Louis Utz-Hope & Gloria)
and Peg Murray Denver Colo, actress (Me & Mrs C)
1902 Fred Scott Fresno Calif, vocalist/actor (Vincent Lopez)
and Ray "Crash" Corrigan Milwaukee, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch)
and Stu Erwin Squaw Valley Calif, actor (Stu Erwin Show)
and Valentin Ruiz Azner composer
1904 Hertha Kuusinen Finnish communist
1905 Thelma Ritter Bkln NY, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
1907 Johnny Longden jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame)
1909 A Moses Klein Montr‚al, poet (Hath Not a Jew...)
1911 Florence Rice Cleveland OH, actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air)
1912 Edmund George Love US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)=
1913 Ab [Albert] Visser Dutch poet/writer (Man Without a Head)
and James Pike Okla City, bishop (Beyond Anxiety)
and Jimmy Hoffa Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975
and Mel Allen Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees)
1916 Edward Platt Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart)
and Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer
1917 Herbert A Hauptman NYC, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985)
1921 Hugh Downs Akron Oh, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration)
and Jeanne Demessieux composer
and Piet Kraak Dutch soccer player
and Skeezix of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
1923 Jay Herbert golfer (1960 PGA winner)
1924 Arghyris Kounadis composer
and Countess Mountbatten of Burma
and Mountbatten of Burma
1925 Elliot Lawrence Phila, orch leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell)
1927 Lois Maxwell Kitchener Ontario, actress (Miss Moneypenny)
1928 Ben Garrido Blaz (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- )
1929 Matthew G Martinez (Rep-D-CA, 1982- )
1931 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion hockey star/beer spokesman
and Phyllis McGuire Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters)
and Vic Morrow Bronx NY, actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie)
1933 Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky composer
and Bertram Jay Turetzky composer
1934 Florence Henderson Dale Ind, actress/singer (Carol-Brady Bunch)
and Marlene Matthews Australia, sprinter (Oly-2 bronze-1956)
1935 Christine CT "Christel" Adelaar Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown)
and David Wilson British governor (Hong Kong)
and Mickey Wright San Diego Calif, golfer (4 times LPGA champ)
1936 Andrew Pine Jennings Fla, actor (V, WEB, Wide Country)
and Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella], Argentina, (Wilbur Mills affair)
1937 Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman)
1938 Lee Chamberlin NYC, actor (Once Upon a Family, Rupture Fatale)
1939 Michael Rudman English theater director/producer
1940 Porpoise 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Fla)
1941 Paul Tsongas (Sen-D-Mass)
1943 Eric Anderson Pittsburgh Pa, vocalist (Avalanche, Be True to You)
and Ischa Me˜er journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer
and Maceo Parker US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots)
1944 Alan Parker English actor (Bugsy Malone)
and Carl Bernstein Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate)
1945 Gregory Hines NYC, actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps)
and Hans Adam prince of Liechtenstein
and Vic Briggs England, rocker (Animals)
and William Hill Boner (Rep-D-TN, 1979- )
1946 David Green English TV/video producer
and Tim Buckley Wash DC, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
and Tina Aumont Hollywood Calif, actress (Master of Love, Casanova)
1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl German FR, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
and Judd Gregg (Rep-R-NH, 1981- )
and Pham Tuan Vietnam, cosmonaut (Soyuz 37/36)
1948 Jackie Martling "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian (Howard Stern Show)
and Pat O'Brien reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
and Teller magician (Penn & Teller)
and Wally Tax Dutch guitarist
1949 Ewa Aulin Stockholm Sweden, actress (Candy, Fiorina LeVacca)
and Jimmy Randell rocker
and Richard E Neal (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
1950 Raymond van het Groenewoud Belgian vocalist/actor (Brussels by Night)
1951 Kevin Keegan British soccer player/manager (Newcastle United)
1953 Wayne Siegel composer
1955 R Jeremy H Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary
1956 Dave Dravecky pitcher (SF Giants), had arm amputated
and Howard Edward Davis Jr Glen Cove NY, lw boxer (Olympic-silver-1976)
and Ken Wahl Chicago IL, actor (Wanderers)
1958 Perry Stephens Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children)
1960 Jim Kelly NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
and Meg Tilly [Margaret], LA Calif, actress (Big Chill, Impulse)
1962 Porsche Lynn St John MI, XXX actress (21 Hump Street, Big Thrill)
1963 Zach Galligan NYC, actor (Gremlins)
1967 Manuela Maleeva Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player (1984 US Open Mixed)
1969 Shana Zadrick Grand Junction Colo, model (Guess Jeans)
1972 Mayne One rocker (Young Nation)
and Raymond Beerens soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
1977 Nathan Osmond Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
1985 Jacob Parker actor (Evening Shade)
Deaths Which Occured February 14:
869 Cyrillus Greek apostle of Slaves
1400 Richard II king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33
1405 Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk" [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68
1528 Edzard I the Great count of Austria-Friesland (1494-1528), dies at 66
1571 Benvenuto Cellini Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70
Odet de Coligny Cardinal of Chƒtillon/bishop/count of Beauvais, dies
1681 Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at 77
1760 Fran‡ois Collin de Blamont composer, dies at 69
1779 James Cook Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian
1780 William Blackstone English lawyer, dies
1790 Capel Bond composer, dies at 59
1818 John C Hespe journalist/politician, dies at 61
1820 Karel F Duke of Berry, murdered
1831 Vincente Guerrero Mexican revolutionary hero dies
1841 Antun Sorkocevic composer, dies at 65
1846 Cornelis F van Maanen Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
1857 Johannes Bernardus van Breg composer, dies at 56
John B van Bree violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1873 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, dies at 52
1891 William Tecumseh Sherman Union Civil War general, dies at 71
1901 Edward John Hopkins composer, dies at 83
1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, dies at 72
1916 Petko J Todorov Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1937 Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, dies at 62
1943 David Hilbert German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81
Frieda Reiss French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz
1950 Karl G Jansky Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies
1955 Charles Cuvillier composer, dies at 77
1960 Sven R Lidman Swedish writer (Tvedr„ktens Barn), dies at 77
1961 Wallis Clark actress (Easy Money), dies at 78
1965 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht composer, dies at 84
1967 James Schneider actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85
Sig Ruman actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82
1969 Vito Genovese US mafia chief, dies at 71
Wolfe Barzell actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72
1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
1975 Heintje Davids [Hendrika], chorus performer, dies at 87
Julian S Huxley English scholar/dir-gen (UNESCO), dies at 87
Pelham G Wodehouse English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93
1979 Adolph Dubs US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
1982 Henk Schaer [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor, dies at 79
1987 Bola Sete guitarist, dies at 63
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky composer, dies at 82
1988 Frederick Loewe US composer, dies at 84
1990 Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
1991 Arno Breker German sculptor (3rd Republic), dies
John A McCone Head of CIA (1961-65), dies
1992 Angelique Pettyjohn actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48
Jacob "Bob" de Uyl journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61
Roepie Kruize hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies
1993 Buddy Pepper composer, dies of heart failure at 70
1995 Alberto Burri Ital physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79
Ischa Me˜er journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at 52
Michael Vincent Gazzo US actor/playwright (Godfather 2), dies at 71
Roger de Grey English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
Siem Suurhoff TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58
Holidays Which Occur February 14:
Arizona 1912, Oregon, 1859 Admission Day
Bulgaria Viticulturists' Day/Trifon Zarezan, cult of Dionysus
Denmark Gaekkebrev/Fj"rtende Februar-gift exchanges by school kids
Mexico Day of National Mourning (Vincent Guerrero-1831)
World St Valentine's Day (269)
Religious Observances on February 14:
Methodist Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
269 RC Commemoration of St Valentine, physician/martyr/patron of lovers
869 Luth, Ang, RC Memorial of Cyril, monk/missionary to Slavs
885 Luth, Ang, RC Mem of St Methodius, bishop/missionary to Slavs
Things to Remember for February 14:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
5 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
Last Day Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
32 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] Caput Kalendarum (a d xvj Kal Mar)
Highlights in History Which Occur February 14:
842 Charles II & Louis the German sign treaty
1014 Pope Benedictus VIII crowns Henry II, Roman Catholics German emperor
1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV
1130 Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II
1349 2,000 Jews burned at stake in Strasbourg Germany
1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels
1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
1711 H„ndels opera Rinaldo, premieres
1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels
1778 "Stars & Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)
1794 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila
1803 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn
1848 James K Polk became 1st pres photographed in office (Matthew Brady)
1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state
1862 Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn
1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co issues 1st policy
and Morehouse College organizes in Augusta, Georgia
1872 1st state bird refuge authorized, Lake Merritt, CA
1876 A G Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents
Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
1883 1st state labor union legislation; NJ legalizes unions
1889 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east
1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #304 Olga
1894 Venus is both a morning star & evening star
1895 Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London
1896 Winnipeg Victorias beat Montreal Victorias 2-0 for Stanley Cup
1899 US Congress begins using voice machines
1900 Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
1903 US Dept of Commerce & Labor forms
1907 1st US fox hound association forms in NYC
1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #697 Galilea
1912 1st US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Ct
and Arizona becomes 48th state
1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
1918 USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1)
1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY
1925 Emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP rises again
1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed
1931 Spanish Govt of General Damasco Berenguer falls
1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #2290, #2560 & #2879 Shimizu
1936 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1377 Roberbauxa
and National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago
1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published
and Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
and German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
1942 Japanese parachutists land in Palembang Sumatra
and Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
1943 Soviets recapture Rostov
1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java
and Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial & Sport Fishing
1945 Per£, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN
1946 Bank of England nationalized
1949 Dutch Drees govt presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
1950 USSR & China sign peace treaty
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
1952 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway
and Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
1954 Sen John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
and WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (NBC) begins
1956 Indonesia withdraws from Neth Indonesian Union
and Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference
and Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate
1958 Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms
1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC
1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley Calif
1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1963 US launches communications satellite Syncom 1
1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
and Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
and Writers Andrei Sinjavski & Joeij Dani‰l found guilty
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
and Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
and Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1972 John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
and Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft land on moon
1974 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2039 Payne-Gaposchkin
1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
1978 In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St George
1979 US ambassador Dubs in Afghanistan kidnapped (murder)
1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
and US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at NY's Radio City Music Hall
and L Brozek discovers asteroid #3424
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
1988 Alfredo Stroessner elected president of Paraguay
and Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500
and General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam
and Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie
and Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep
and Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster
1991 Air raid shelter at Baghdad bombed killing 300
1992 Cease fire in Somalia begins
and Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec)
1993 Fire in Linxi Warehouse in Tangshan, China, kills 79
1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympic record 500m (36.33)
and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons
Your Special Reminders for February 14:
1916 2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1946 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 45th day of the year with 320 days left (Numerology = 7)
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