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Births for February 11

• 1380 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist

• 1506 Juliana van Stolberg, countess of Nassau

• 1535 Gregory XIV, (Nicolo Sfondrati), Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)

• 1568 Honor‚ d'Urf‚, French writer (L'Astr‚e)

• 1657 Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)

• 1657 Bernard le Bovier sieur de Fontenelle, French philosopher (Plurality)

• 1764 Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)

• 1783 Jarena Lee, famous African

• 1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, English physicist/chemist

• 1802 Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)

• 1812 Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883

• 1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883

• 1829 William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889

• 1833 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice

• 1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist

• 1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884

• 1846 William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor

• 1847 Thomas Alva Edison, NJ, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)

• 1867 August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist

• 1869 Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller, founder (Kr”ller-Mller Museum)

• 1873 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)

• 1874 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish children's book/fairy tales author

• 1889 John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers)

• 1890 John PML de Vries, fairy tale writer

• 1893 Johan C P Alberts, literary (Festival)

• 1898 Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist

• 1900 Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39

• 1904 Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)

• 1904 Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)

• 1905 Beb (Elizabeth) Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)

• 1908 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist

• 1908 Vivian (Ernest) Fuchs, British geologist

• 1909 Joseph L Mankiewicz, film writer/director (Sleuth)

• 1909 Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)

• 1912 Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)

• 1912 Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)

• 1914 Matt Dennis, Seattle Wash, singer (Matt Dennis Show)

• 1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam

• 1917 Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)

• 1919 Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)

• 1920 Billy Halop, NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)

• 1920 Daniel F(rancis) Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap

• 1920 Faroek I, last King of Egypt (1936-52)

• 1921 Eva Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)

• 1921 Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)

• 1922 Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)

• 1925 Kim Stanley, New Mexico, actress (Frances, Right Stuff)

• 1925 Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)

• 1926 Paul Bocuse, France, great chef (Legion of Honor)

• 1928 Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)

• 1930 Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Oly-gold-1960)

• 1932 Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)

• 1934 Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)

• 1934 Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)

• 1935 Gene Vincent, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)

• 1936 Burt Reynolds, Waycross Ga, actor (Dan August, Gunsmoke, End)

• 1937 Louis Boer, playwright

• 1938 Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)

• 1938 Gen Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian dictator (-1990)

• 1938 Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)

• 1939 Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)

• 1939 Jane (Hyatt) Yolen, US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)

• 1940 Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)

• 1941 Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)

• 1942 Archie, comic book character

• 1944 Michael G Oxley, (Rep-R-OH, 1981- )

• 1949 Charlie Hargett, rocker (Blackfoot)

• 1950 Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)

• 1953 Philip Anglim, SF Calif, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)

• 1953 Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut

• 1954 Catherine Hickland, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)

• 1956 Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx)

• 196- Bianca Ferguson, actress (Felicia Jones-General Hospital)

• 1961 Carey Lowell, NYC, actress (Guardian, Dangerously Close)

• 1961 Mary Docter, US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)

• 1962 Scott Kolden, Torrance Calif, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ)

• 1969 Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988)

• 1976 Brice Beckham, Long Beach Calif, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare)

• 1980 Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery Pa, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)

• 1980 Natasha Bobo, Watsonville Calif, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)

Passings for February 11

• 731 Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies

• 821 Benedict van Aniane, saint, dies

• 824 Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies

• 867 Theodora, the saint, Emperoress of Byzantine, dies

• 1141 Hugo van St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies

• 1554 Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule

• 1650 Ren‚ Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking

• 1685 David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46

• 1841 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies

• 1868 Jean B L Foucault, French physicist (sway proof), dies

• 1868 L‚on Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies

• 1879 Willem J Van Zeggelen, author/novelist/writer, dies at 67

• 1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies

• 1922 Gerardus J P J Bolland, philospher (Bolland Society), dies at 67

• 1931 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies

• 1941 Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide

• 1961 Eduard R Verkade, actor/director, dies at 82

• 1961 Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered

• 1963 Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself, in London at 30

• 1968 Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78

• 1971 Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria

• 1972 John Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80

• 1976 Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64

• 1978 James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84

• 1982 Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer

• 1982 Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies

• 1982 Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79

• 1985 Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83

• 1985 Henry Hathaway, director/actor, dies of a heart attack at 86

• 1986 Frank (Patrick) Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65

• 1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies

• 1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident

Special events for February 11

• 385 Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona

• 660 -BC- Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno

• 731 St Gregory II ends his reign as Catholic Pope

• 824 St Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

• 1531 Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England

• 1573 Francis Drake sees the Pacific

• 1575 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe

• 1794 1st session of US Senate open to the public

• 1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa

• 1809 Robert Fulton patents steamboat

• 1812 Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander

• 1837 American Physiological Society organizes in Boston

• 1840 Opera "La Fille du Regiment" is produced (Paris)

• 1843 Opera "I Lombardi" is produced (Milan)

• 1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time

• 1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes

• 1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train to Washington

• 1873 Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I

• 1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms

• 1878 1st weekly Weather report published

• 1889 Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890

• 1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #357 Ninina

• 1894 F Courty discovers asteroid #384 Burdigala

• 1898 Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia

• 1899 -15ø F (-26ø C), Washington, DC (district record)

• 1899 -61ø F, Montana

• 1902 Demonstration for human rights in Brussel

• 1905 James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299«-last pin breaks but stands

• 1907 A Kopff discovers asteroids #625 Xenia & #626 Notburga

• 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322

• 1912 A Massinger discovers asteroid #727 Nipponia

• 1916 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control

• 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany

• 1919 German republican govt takes power

• 1921 M Wolf discovers asteroid #946 Poesia

• 1922 US intervention army leaves Honduras

• 1926 Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transferres to New Zealand

• 1927 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1181 Lilith

• 1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1111 Reinmuthia

• 1928 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland

• 1929 Mussolini ends treaties of Lateranen Concord with Pope Pius

• 1929 Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome

• 1931 L Volta discovers asteroid #1191 Alfaterna

• 1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1220 Crocus

• 1935 -11ø F (-24ø C), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)

• 1935 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY

• 1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay

• 1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Mich ends

• 1941 Lt-Gen Erwin Garbage arrives in Tripoli

• 1942 "Archie" comic book debuts

• 1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2827 Vellamo

• 1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA

• 1948 John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland

• 1949 Willie Pep is 1st 126lb to regain boxing championship

• 1950 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1598 Paloque

• 1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)

• 1953 Pres Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg

• 1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting

• 1957 NHL Players Association forms (NYC)

• 1958 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY

• 1958 Marshal Tsjen Ji succeeds Tsjoe En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs

• 1958 WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting

• 1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show

• 1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black

• 1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"

• 1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album

• 1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created (pretty scary!)

• 1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum

• 1964 Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus

• 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France

• 1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox

• 1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Wash Bridge, Hudson River NY

• 1968 Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens

• 1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, Franc

• 1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah

• 1971 Montreal Candien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal

• 1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons

• 1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female freestyle swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)

• 1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row

• 1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails

• 1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership

• 1976 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army

• 1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)

• 1977 Clifford Alexander Jr is 1st Black Secretary of State, confirmed

• 1977 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3578

• 1978 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC

• 1978 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin

• 1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens

• 1979 "They are Playing our Song" opens on Broadway

• 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC

• 1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2542 Calpurnia

• 1983 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))

• 1983 E Bowell disc asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist, 3116 Goodricke & 3594 Scotti

• 1983 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #3117 Niepce

• 1983 T Seki discovers asteroid #3150 Tosa

• 1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth

• 1984 Wayne Gretsky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11

• 1986 Rights activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country

• 1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect

• 1988 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court

• 1989 Barbara Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcoplian)

• 1990 40th NBA All-Star Game in Miami, East beats West 130-113

• 1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown

• 1990 Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa

• 1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in Hague Neth

• 1992 F-16 jet crashes at Hengelose (No casualities)

• 1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)

Songs for date February 11

• 02/11/43 --- Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ink Spots)

• 02/11/67 --- My Cup Runneth Over (Ames, Ed)

• 02/11/78 --- Night Fever (Bee Gees)

• 02/11/78 --- Our Love (Cole, Natalie)

• 02/11/78 --- Jack & Jill (Parker Jr., Ray)

• 02/11/84 --- Thriller (Jackson, Michael)

• 02/11/84 --- Footloose (Loggins, Kenny)

• 02/11/84 --- Automatic (Pointer Sisters)

• 02/11/84 --- Somebody's Watching Me (Rockwell)

• 02/11/89 --- Eternal Flame (Bangles)

• 02/11/89 --- Dreamin' (Williams, Vanessa)