Birthdates Which Occur on February 15:
37 Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero emperor of Rome (54-68)
1368 Sigismund Nrnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)
1483 Babur founded Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30)
1519 Pedro Men‚ndez de Aviles explored Florida, founded St Augustine
1524 Charles de Guise archbishop/cardinal of Reims
1557 Alfonso Fontanelli composer
1564 Galileo Galilei Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist
1571 Michael Praetorius German music theorist/composer (Syntagma music)
1620 Fran‡ois Charpentier French scholar/archaeologist
1650 Anne Jules duke de Noailles marshal of France (hugenot)
1660 Frans Anneessens Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
1666 Antonio M Valsalva Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)
1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved King of France (1715-74)
1726 Abraham Clark farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence
1740 Ernst Eichner composer
1748 Jeremy Bentham Utilitarian philosopher/economist
1760 Jean-Fran‡ois Le Sueur composer
1764 Jens I Baggesen Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)
1768 Jozef B Cannaert [Olim], Flemish lawyer
1774 W G Frederik prince of Orange
1780 Carel Asser Dutch jurist
1783 Johann Nepomuk Poissl composer
1789 Friedrich Fesca composer
1795 Charles Niellon Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway piano maker (Steinway)
1800 Frederik W Conrad Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
1803 John Augustus Sutter Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)
1807 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski composer
1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick inventor (Mechanical reaper)
1811 Domingo F Sarmiento president of Argentina (1868-74)
1812 Charles Lewis Tiffany Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)
1817 Charles F Daubigny French restauranteur/painter
1820 Susan Brownell Anthony woman's suffragette
1821 Abraham de Amorie van der de Have theologist/poet
1822 Theodor Uhlig composer
1823 Li Hung-Tshang Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli
1826 George J Stoney Irish physicist
1828 Johan H van Dale schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)
1834 William Preece English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer
1835 Alexander Stuart Webb Major General (Union Army), died in 1911
1845 Elihu Root (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
1847 Robert Fuchs composer
1855 Gustav Hollaender composer
1858 William Pickering Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
1861 Alfred North Whitehead mathematician/philosopher
1874 Emilis Melngailis composer
and Ernest H Shackleton Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)
1882 John Barrymore [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)
1885 Richard Wurz composer
1886 Sax Rohmer England, author (Dr Fu Manchu)
1890 Robert Ley German chemist/parliament member (NSDAP)
1892 James Forrestal US, banker/minister of Navy
1894 Oswaldo Aranha Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)
1896 Arthur Shields Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)
1897 Earl H Blaik Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)
1898 Antonio de Curtis Toto actor
1899 Gale Sondergard Litchfield Mn, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio)
19-- Charisma XXX actress (Breaststroke 3)
and Chris Farley actor (SNL, Wayne's World, Coneheads) [or 2/16]
and Claire Yarlett LA Calif, actress (Rituals, Dynasty 2)
and Geoff Edwards Westfield NJ, actor (Jeff-Petticoat Junction, Jackpot)
and Kelley Menighan actress (Emily-As the World Turns)
and Kevin Cloud Hartford Ct, rocker (Rythm Syndicate)
and Michael "Slim" Best Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend)
and Renee Props Okla, actress (Ellie-As the World Turns)
1901 Andr‚ Parrot French archaeologist/theologist (Assur)
and Christmas Humphreys Engld, lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen)
and Paul Haesaerts Flemish architect/painter (Animisme)
1904 Antonin Magne French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)
1905 Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck], US, composer (Over the Rainbow)
1907 Cesar Romero NYC, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man)
and Jean Langlais composer
1908 Ypk fan der Fear Frisian writer (Reade Runen)
1910 9th earl of Jersey English large landowner/art collector
1911 Leonard Woodcock labor leader (UAW)
1912 George Mikes Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien)
1913 Willy Vandersteen Belgian cartoonist (Suske & Wiske)
1914 Kevin McCarthy Seattle, (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Howling)
1918 Alan Arbus NYC, actor (Dr Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H)
1920 Ingmar Milveden composer
and Piet van Aken Flemish writer (Devil sails to us, Niggers)
1922 Herman Kahn NJ, writer (Thinking About the Unthinkable)
1923 Keene Curtis Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Magician, Amanda's)
and Yelena Bonner Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov
1927 Gottfrid Grasbeck composer
and Harvey Korman Chicago, actor (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles)
1929 Graham Hill auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champ)
and James Schlesinger US Secretary of Defense (1973-75)
1931 [Patricia] Claire Bloom London, actress (Charly, Look Back in Anger)
1932 Adrian Swire British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
1933 Adolfo Cardones Cuba, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
1934 Niklaus Wirth Switzerland, computer programmer/inventor (PASCAL)
1935 John R Block US Secretary of Agriculture (1981-86)
and Roger B Chaffee Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
and Susan Brownmiller Brooklyn, feminist author (Against Our Wills)
1937 Terry Everett (Rep-R-Alabama)
and Zoltan Pesko composer
1939 Jo Clayton US, sci-fi author (Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters)
and Ollie Ellefs„ter Norway, 3K steeplechase (Olympics-1960)
1941 Brian Holland US pianist/producer (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
and Florinda Bolkan Ceara Brazil, actress (Damned, Last Valley, Word)
1944 Aleksandr A Serebrov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17)
and Mick Avory rock drummer (Kinks-Lola)
and Tineke Netelenbos Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1945 Douglas R Hofstadter NYC, author (G”del, Escher, Bach)
1947 John Adams Worcester Mass, composer (Nixon in China)
and Marisa Berenson NYC, actress (Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB)
and Rusty Hamer Tenafly NJ, actor (Rusty-Make Room for Daddy)
1948 Ron "Penguin" Cey Tacoma Wash, 3rd baseman (LA Dodgers)
1949 Christopher Rouse composer
and Ken Anderson NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1950 Donna Hanover Giuliani TV news anchor (WPIX)/wife of Mayor Giuliani
and N S Grekov cosmonaut
1951 Jane Seymour [Joyce Frankenberg], England, actress (Live & Let Die)
and Melissa Manchester Bronx NY, vocalist (Don't Cry Out Loud)
1954 Matt Groening cartoonist (Life in Hell, Simpsons)
1955 Bev Francis Australia, world women's power-lifting champion
1957 Bienvenida Buck Velencia Spain, lover of Brit Peter Harding
and Jake E Lee rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
1959 Ali Campbell British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1960 Mikey Craig rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
1968 Kurt Robin McKinney Louisville Ky, actor (Ned-General Hospital)
and Michael Easton LA Calif, actor (Tanner-Days of Our Lives)
1970 Gloria Trevi Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist (A Gatas)
and Nathaniel Mills Evanston Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 Jaromir Jagr NHLer (Pitts Penguins)
1975 Robert Fuchs soccer player (PSV)
1977 Brook Wackman rocker
1979 Kaj-Erik Eriksen actor (Quarantine)
1991 Nicholas Garland son of Pamela Sue Martin
Deaths Which Occured February 15:
383 -BC - Buddha Shakyamuni Zen Buddhist, dies in Kusinagara India at 80
1043 Gisela wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
1145 Lucius II [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies
1152 Konrad III Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies
1568 Henry van Brederode nobleman (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36
1580 Cunerus Petri theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
1597 Pieter J Choose mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
1600 Jos‚ the Acosta Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59?
1621 Michael Praetorius German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50
1637 Ferdinand II King of Bohemia/Hungarian/German Emperor (1619-37), dies
1660 Klaas Geritsz Compaen buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
1680 John Swammerdam anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
1686 Mathias Rauchmller German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies
1701 Adam Drese German composer, dies at 80
1744 Frantisek Antonin Mica composer, dies at 49
1759 Alexander von Papenhoven Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
1761 Carlo Cecere composer, dies at 54
1778 Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer, dies at 80
1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Saxon playwright/critic, dies at 52
1818 Charles XIII King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies
1820 Pierre-Joseph Cambon member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63
William Ellery US attorney (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 92
1832 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck composer, dies at 85
1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh physician/chemist, dies at 53
1844 Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86
1849 Pierre F Verhulst Belgian mathematician (logistics curve), dies
1857 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka composer, dies at 53
1885 Leopold Damrosch composer, dies at 52
1902 Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman actress, dies at 68^
1903 Julie Verstraete-Lacquet Flemish actress, dies at 69
1905 Lewis Wallace US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77
1910 Albert Fuchs composer, dies at 51
1916 Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky composer, dies at 73
1917 Charles A van Ophuysen ori‰ntalist, dies at 60
1919 Pieter K Pel internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66
1921 Hans Haym composer, dies at 60
1922 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann German/Dutch anarchists/feminist, dies
1923 Josephine B Willson Bruce US black theorist, dies at 69
1924 Lionel Monckton composer, dies at 62
1928 Hubert H Asquith premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies
1933 Anton J Cermak (Mayor-Chic), assassinated in Miami
1939 Foppe G Scheltema lawyer, dies at 47
Henri Jaspar premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies
1942 Guido Adler Austrian musicologist, dies at 91
Stanislav Binicki composer, dies at 69
1943 Thomas "Fats" Waller US jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38
William Victor Harris composer, dies at 73
1955 S Z Sakall actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71
1959 Owen W Richardson English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69
1961 Jack Whiting actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
Marubel Vinaon Owen figure skater (Olympic-silver-1932), dies
1962 Vladimir Sokoloff actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72
1965 Nat "King" Cole vocalist (Unforgetable), dies at 45
1966 Camillo Torres Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies
1967 Antonio Moreno actor (Valley of Sun, It, Bohemian Girl), dies at 79
William C Bullitt 1st US ambassador in USSR, dies
1968 Little Walter rocker, dies at 37
1971 Marian Viktorovich Koval composer, dies at 63
1972 Edgar P Snow US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
Jef [Josephus CF] Last poet/Indonesian politician, dies
1973 Tim Holt actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55
Wally Cox actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies at 48
1974 Kurt Magnus Atterberg composer, dies at 86
1978 Ilka Chase actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72
1979 Mehdi Rahimi Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
1981 Mike Bloomfield rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
Thomas Beversdorf composer, dies at 56
1982 Rolfe Sedan actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 85
1984 Avon Long dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73
Ethel Merman singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76
Leamon Hunt US director-General in Sinai, killed by communists
1987 Jimmy Holiday US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42
Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer, dies at 57
1988 Gardiner Means US economist, dies at 91
Gerard Holt architect, dies at 83
Neil R[onald] Jones sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
Richard P Feynman physicist/author (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies
1990 Henry Brandon actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at 77
Jack Fletcher actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68
1991 Gary Gears Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
Luis Escobar Spanish actor, dies at 78
1992 William H Schuman US composer (Pulitzer)/Pres of Julliard, dies at 81
1993 George Wallington [Giacinto Figlia], Italian bebop-pianist/, dies
1994 Andrei Tsjikatilo. [Rostov Ripper] Russian mass murdered, executed
Tiger Haynes US actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at 79
1995 Joseph Ortiz French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at 77
Lord Taylor of Hadfield Brit pres of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at 90
Nabila Diahnine Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33
Sahnoun Jawhari Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at 40 in jail
Viscount Camrose British large landowner/Conservative, dies
1996 Tommy Rettig actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54
Holidays Which Occur February 15:
Massachusetts Spanish-American War Memorial Day (1898)
US Battleship Day, Remember the Maine (1898)
Religious Observances on February 15:
Christian Feast of St Georgia (St Georgette)
Orth Meeting of Lord/Purification of Virgin (2/2 OS)
RC Sigurd/Siegfried, apostle/patron saint of Sweden
RC Walfridus, monastery founder
117 RC Commemoration of Ss Faustinus & Jovita, martyrs/patron of Brescia
1730 Ang Commemoration of Thomas Bray, priest/missionary
Things to Remember for February 15:
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
4 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
31 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] Lupercalia, fertility festival (a d xv Kal Mar) (1583)
Highlights in History Which Occur February 15:
732 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
1145 Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III
1313 Peace of Angleur
1552 Dutch coast hit by heavy storm
1563 Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
1637 Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor
1763 Austria, Prussia & Saksen sign Peace of Hubertusburg
1764 St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
1768 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
1797 Battle of Cape St Vincent
1799 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania
1804 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
1842 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC
1845 William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector
1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston
1851 Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave
1861 Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)
1862 Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee
1864 Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans
1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn
1876 Historic Elm at Boston blown down
1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct
1895 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans
1898 USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die
1899 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #442 Eichsfeldia
1900 General French seizes Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes
1902 Autobahn opens in Berlin
1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom
1905 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark)
1906 British Labour Party organizes
1912 Fram reaches latitude 78ø 41' S, farthest south ever by ship
1913 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC
1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #865 Zubaida
and SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
1918 1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland
and Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar
1919 American Legion organizes in Paris
1920 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #926 Imhilde
1926 Contract air mail service begins in US
1930 Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
and US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold
in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
1933 Pres-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
1936 -60øF (-51øC), Parshall, North Dakota (state record)
and Hitler orders building of Volkswagens
and Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold
1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train"
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1561 Fricke & #1785 Wurm
1942 German U-Boat shoots at Antillian oil refinery
and Japanese troop march into Palembang, South-Sumatra
and Singapore surrenders to Japanese
1944 Bombing & shooting at Monte Cassino convent Netherlands, begins
1948 Mao Tse Tung's army occupies Jenan
1949 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad
1950 KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
and WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
1954 1st bevatron in operation-Berkeley, California
and WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced
1956 Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland
1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
1958 Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-govt of Middle Sumatra
1959 Antonio Segni forms Italian govt
1961 Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash
1963 1st US female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright)
and Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else
1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
and Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
and Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2417 McVittie & #3717
1965 Canada replaces Union Jack flag with Maple Leaf
and John Lennon passes his driving test
1966 Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater
1967 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
and D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber
and Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23)
1968 Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver
and WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
and Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102
and KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
and Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo
1971 After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal
1972 Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander GM
and Pres Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador elected for 4th time
1973 Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
and USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)
1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
and W Sebok discovers asteroid #2491
1978 Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Fla
and Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali for world heavyweight crown
and Zaire revises constitution
1979 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hrs 40 mins
and Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show
1980 Eric Heiden skates 500m in 38.03 sec
and Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
and Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3592
1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, NY
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
and Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland - 84 die
1983 N Thomas discovers asteroid 3367 Alex, 3413 Andriana, 3525 Paul & 3580
1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
1985 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
and World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23
1986 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
and Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election
and Phil Natl Assembly authorizes 6 more years for Ferdinand Marcos
1987 ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
and Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92)
and Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater
Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a
and towel to make a shot
1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
and Soviet military occupation of Afgh nist n ends
1990 Baseball owners lock out players
1991 Airship with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die
1992 100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox network
and Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys
1993 Bomb strike on mafia drug lords in Bogot , Colombia; kills 14
1961 Sabena Airlines 707 crashes near Brussels killing 73,
including 18 members of the U.S. figure-skating team.
Your Special Reminders for February 15:
1943 -8øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1949 73øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 46th day of the year with 319 days left (Numerology = 8)
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