On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on February 01:
1552 Sir Edward Coke England, jurist/politician (defended common law)
1603 Michael Trumper composer
1605 Isaac Aboab de Fonseca Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Fonseca.html
1659 Jacob Roggeveen Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
1757 John P Kemble England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
1763 Thomas Campbell founder (Church of Disciples in America)
1791 Charles J Sax Belgian music instrument builder
1801 Thomas Cole US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
1805 Auguste Blanqui France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
1807 William Bowen Campbell Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1810 Charles Lenox Remond Salem MA, famous black
1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
1827 Alphonse de Rothschild French banker
1829 John Potts Slough Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1833 Henry McNeal Turner black methodist bishop
1841 William H H Davenport Buffalo, stage medium
1844 Granville Stanley Hall US, psychologist
1844 Eduard Adolf Strasburger German botanist (Angiospermen)
1872 Paul Fort French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
1873 Clara Butt Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
1878 Hattie Wyatt Caraway politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate
1884 Yevgeny Zamyatin Russia, novelist/playwright (We)
1885 Camille Chautemps premier France
1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, Southern Arabia)
1895 John Ford Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)
1896 Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza General/President of Nicaragua (1937-56)
1897 Denise Robins London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
1901 Clark Gable Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
1902 Langston Hughes poet/translator (The Weary Blues)
1904 S J Perelman Brooklyn NY, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
1906 Hildegarde Adell WI, night club singer (I'll Be Seeing You)
1908 Albie Booth collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
1908 George Pal Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons)
1910 Michael Kanin Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
1913 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill Test pilot
http://www.gdg18.dial.pipex.com/betweenwars.htm
1914 Hans Zülig Swiss dancer
1918 Muriel Spark Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
1920 Pierre Jonquéres d'Oriola France, equestrian jumper (Olympics-gold-1952, 64)
1922 Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski professor of Cushtic Languages
1926 Stuart Whitman San Francisco CA, actor (Captain Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip, Revenge)
1931 Boris Yeltsin Ural Mountains USSR, president of Russian SSR
1934 Bob Shane vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
1935 Ruth Clarke Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
1935 Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
1937 Don Everly Brownie KY, singer (Everly Brothers-Wake Up Little Susie)
1937 Ray Sawyer [Dr Hook] Alabama, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
1937 Garrett Morris New Orleans LA, actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Martin, Carwash)
1938 Jimmy Carl Black rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1939 Del McCoury bluegrass singer/musician
1941 Anatoliy Firssov USSR, ice hockey play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1943 Tina Sloan New York, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow)
1952 Rick James [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak)
1954 Billy Mumy California, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte)
1961 Daniel M Tani Ridley Park MD, astronaut
1967 Laura E Dern Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk)
1968 George Quigley Jr Cincinnati OH, skeet (Olympics-1996)
1968 Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson Memphis TN, (Elvis' daughter)
1968 Pauly Shore Hollywood, comedian(Or so I'm told) (Totally Pauly, Encino Man)
1971 Tommy Salo Surahammar Sweden, NHL goalie (Team Sweden, New York Islanders)
1980 Courtney Hamilton Miss Arizona Teen-USA (1996)
Deaths which occurred on February 01:
0656 Sigebert III king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
1204 Alexius IV Angelus regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
1248 Hendrik II duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
1294 Louis II the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
1328 Charles IV the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
1542 Hieronymus Aleander [Girólamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat, dies at 61
1650 Rene Descartes philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
1691 Alexander VIII [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
1694 John L baron van Elderen 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
1733 August II the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
1747 Jacobus E J Capitein Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
1832 Ecco Epkema Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
1839 Giuseppe Valadier Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
1869 Frederik W Conrad hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
1871 Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov composer, dies at 51
1878 George Cruikshank English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
1883 Pavel Melnikov Russian historian/author, dies
1904 Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
1905 Oswald Aschenbach German painter, dies at 77
1908 Carlos I King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
1922 William Desmond Taylor director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
1929 August Otto Halm composer, dies at 59
1944 Piet Mondrian abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
1950 Harry Blomberg Swedish author (Jacobs Dröm), dies at 56
1954 Julius P Hoste Belgian minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69
1957 Friedrich von Paulus German field marshal (Stalingrad), dies at 66
1959 Madame Sul-To-Wan [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
1966 Nicholas Piantanida sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
1966 Buster Keaton [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69
1966 Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
1967 Langston Hughes poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
1974 Lynda Ann Healy 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
1974 Marieluise Fleißer writer, dies at 71
1976 Edgar Pangborn sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
1976 Werner C Heisenberg physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74
1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
1980 Jack Bailey TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
1981 Donald W Douglas US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
http://www.socalhistory.org/Biographies/ddouglas.htm 1983 Tullio Campagnolo Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
1986 Alva Myrdal Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
1986 Dick James Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
1988 Heather O'Rourke "Poltergeist" star dies of intestinal ailment at 12
1991 James G MacDonald cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
1991 Phil Watson NHL coach (New York Rangers), dies
1992 George Berkeley actor (Life Stinks, Captains & the Kings), dies at 70
1992 Irving R Kaufman federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
1994 Fouad Fram al-Boustani Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88
1995 George Abbot director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
1997 Herb Caen columnist, dies of lung cancer at 80
Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
01-Feb-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Armando Soriano Hadithah - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Staff Sergeant Roger C. Turner Jr. Balad - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
01-Feb-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Robert T. Hendrickson Baghdad Non-hostile - vehicle accident
Afghanistan
02/01/03 Barry, Michael C. Sergeant 29 US U.S. Army National Guard 205th Medical Battalion, Missouri Nat. Guard Non-Hostile - Accident - vehicular Doha Overland Park Kansas
http://icasualties.org/oif/ Data research by Pat Kneisler
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On this day...
0772 Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1587 English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuart's death sentence
1662 Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates
1669 French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
1709 Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez
http://www.ini.unizh.ch/~tobi/alex/alex.html 1717 Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
1742 Sardinia & Austria sign alliance
1788 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet
1789 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1790 Supreme Court convenes for the 1st time (New York NY)
1793 Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk & linen
1793 France declares war on England & Netherlands
1809 Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
1810 1st insurance company managed by blacks (American Insurance Company of Philadelphia)
1810 Seville, Spain surrenders to the French
1810 US Population - 7,239,881; Black population - 1,377,808 (19%)
1814 Lord Byron's "The Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on the day of publication
1814 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
(Do I really need to tell you who's fault this is?)
1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York NY
1861 Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
1861 Texas becomes 7th state to secede
1862 Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1864 2nd German-Danish war begins
1864 Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein
1864 Battle of Yazoo River, Mississippi
1865 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
1865 General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins
(Uncle Billy continues his walking tour of the old south)
1865 JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar
1867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1883 French Lieutenant-Colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger
1884 1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
1887 Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning the use of the "400" to describe the socially elite
1893 Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1896 Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme" premieres in Turin
1898 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Company
1902 China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth KS
1910 1st British labour exchange opens
1914 New York Giants & Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] Censors appointed
1914 Tanganyika Railway opens
1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
1918 Russia adopts Gregorian calendar (becomes Feb 14)
1919 Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert
1920 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul MN)
1920 Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
1924 New British MacDonald government recognizes USSR
1926 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
1926 Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per square inch
1929 1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402½ lbs
1933 Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions
1933 German Parliament dissolves, General Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
1934 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his own
1935 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
1935 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
1937 Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland
1942 2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms
1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier
1943 Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Netherlands)
1945 US Army arrives at Siegfried line
1946 Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Secretary-General of UN
1946 Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president
1947 NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established
1948 Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed
1949 200" (5.08-meter) Hale telescope 1st used
1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
1950 USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion - US nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1951 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
1951 -50ºF, Gavilan NM (state record)
1951 Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed
1951 UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
1956 Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
1958 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
1958 Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
1959 Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1959 Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
http://www.answers.com/topic/zack-wheat 1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
1961 1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1st #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks
1964 Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
1965 Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL
1965 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news
1968 Famous photo Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head
1968 Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers
1968 Former Vice-President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for President
1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
1970 West-Germany & USSR sign gas contract
1972 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
1975 "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
1976 Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to
1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1978 Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1979 Patricia Hearst is released from a San Francisco prison for bank robbery
1981 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1982 "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV
1985 -69ºF, Peter's Sink UT (state record)
1985 -61ºF, Maybell CO (state record)
1987 163 day strike against Deere & Company ends, workers accept wage freeze
1989 Princess Diana of England visits New York NY
1991 President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws
1991 Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 million)
1992 Denis Potvin's #5 becomes the 1st number retired by the New York Islanders
1993 Soyuz TM-16 lands
1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50 meter indoor (6.03 seconds)
1994 Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean
1995 Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends
1995 Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 meter butterfly (26.73)
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Malaysia : Federal Territory Holiday (1974)
Nicaragua : Air Force Day
US : National Freedom Day
End of Sexageney
National Cherry Month
Religious Observances
old Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, martyr
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Brigid of Kildar, Irish nun
Religious History
1750 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton (author of "Amazing Grace"), 24, wedded Mary Catlett. Their marriage lasted 40 years, before her death in 1790. John lived another 17 years, and died in 1807.
1791 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'Probably I should not be able to do so much did not many of you assist me by your prayers.'
1803 Anglican missionary to Persia, Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'Oh, that I may learn my utter helplessness without Thee, and so by deep humiliation be qualified for greater usefulness.'
1949 The modern state of Israel formally annexed West Jerusalem.
1901 Pioneer American missionaries Charles (37) and Lettie (31) Cowman set sail for Japan. Later in the year they founded the Oriental Missionary Society. They labored in the foreign field until Charles' worsening health forced them to retire in 1917.
Thought for the day :
"Are tectonic plates dishwasher-safe?"
Herb Caen
