Today in History for February 1977

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
1st - Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
2nd - Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (USSR)
2nd - Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
2nd - Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman
3rd - Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
4th - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver
4th - Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago st (11 die, 200 hurt)
4th - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" released
4th - Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
5th - "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67
5th - "Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56
5th - "In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40
5th - "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
5th - "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
5th - General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
5th - Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
5th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
5th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
6th - 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0
6th - Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris
6th - Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
7th - Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
8th - Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
Magazine Publisher Larry Flynt 8th - Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
10th - "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 perfs
10th - Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
10th - Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
10th - Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
11th - 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
12th - Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
13th - "Guys & Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 239 performances
13th - "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 39 performances
13th - "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 145 perfs
13th - Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
13th - Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
15th - Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
16th - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
18th - George Harrison releases "True Love"
18th - Space Shuttle above a Boeing 747 goes on it's maiden flight
18th - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
19th - 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band
19th - A's sell pitcher Paul Lindblad to the Rangers for $400,000
19th - Doug Walters scores 250 v NZ, 217 stand for 7th wicket w/Gilmour
19th - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
19th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
19th - Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner
20th - "My Fair Lady" closes at St James Theater NYC after 384 performances
20th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
21st - 74 Unification Church couples wed in NYC
24th - Pres Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights
25th - New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
25th - Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
25th - Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
26th - 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
27th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
27th - Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
28th - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA California)
28th - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 73 of 73

1st - Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
2nd - Shakira [Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll], Barranquilla, Colombian pop singer ('Whenever Wherever', 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)')
2nd - Libor Sionko, Czech football player
2nd - Heather Martin, American gospel singer
3rd - Maitland Ward, Torrance CA, actress (Jessica-Bold & Beautiful)
3rd - Daddy Yankee , reggaeton singer/rapper.
4th - Gavin DeGraw, American musician
5th - Ben Ainslie, British sailor
5th - Adam Everett, American baseball player
5th - Ahmad Merritt, American football player
6th - Jason Euell, English-born footballer
7th - Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
7th - Hillary Wolf, Chicago, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
7th - Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman competitor
8th - Yucef Merhi, Venezuelan artist
8th - Dave Farrell, American musician (Linkin Park)
8th - Barry Hall, Australian rules footballer
8th - Bridgette Kerkove, American actress
10th - Stephanie Ann Foisy, Concord NH, Miss America-NH (1996)
Singer Shakira (2nd) 10th - Salif Diao, Senegalese footballer
11th - Jessica Carlson, Kalamazoo Mich, archer (alt-Olympics-1996)
11th - Stephanie Richardson, Toronto Ontario, 200m/800m swimmer (Olympics-96)
11th - Veronica Marie Duka, Campbellsville KY, Miss America (Ky-Top 10-1997)
11th - Mike Shinoda, American musician, Linkin Park, Fort Minor
12th - Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player
13th - Randy Moss, American football player
13th - Ben Collins, British racing driver
14th - Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
14th - Darren Bennett, a Professional Latin Ballroom Dancer
14th - Cadel Evans, Australian cyclist
14th - Darren Purse, English footballer
14th - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
15th - Brooks Wackerman, American musician (Bad Religion)
16th - Alexei Morozov, NHL forward (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Pittsburgh)
16th - Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
16th - Ian Clarke, Irish computer programmer
16th - Ahman Green, American football player
18th - Kátia, Brazilian footballer
18th - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
18th - Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete
19th - Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer
19th - Ola Salo, Swedish singer (The Ark)
20th - Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
20th - Stephon Marbury, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
20th - Veronica Ledesma, Miss Universe-Argentina (1996)
20th - Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
20th - T.J. Slaughter, American football player
20th - Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
21st - Steve Francis, American basketball player
21st - Chad Hutchinson, baseball and football player
21st - Kevin Rose, American television host and Internet entrepreneur
22nd - Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star (1994 semi Surabaya)
22nd - Timo Rose, German filmmaker
22nd - Hakan Yakin, Swiss footballer
23rd - Angie Trostel, Oxford Ohio, diver (Olympics-96)
23rd - Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star (1993 Marseille)
23rd - Kristina Šmigun, Estonian cross-country skier
24th - Alexis Jose Grullon, NYC, vocalist (Menudo-Cannonball)
24th - Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids Mich, featherweight boxer (Oly-br-96)
24th - Jason Akermanis, Australian rules footballer
24th - Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
25th - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
25th - Josh Wolff, American footballer
26th - Tim Thomas, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
26th - Greg Rikaart, American actor
26th - Josh Towers, Major League Baseball player
26th - Shane Williams, Welsh International Rugby Player
27th - Lance Hoyt, American professional wrestler
27th - Ji Sung, South Korean actor
27th - James Wan, Australian film director
28th - Aki-Petteri Berg, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Kings)
28th - Debbie Koegel, Norristown Pa, dance skater (& Oleg Fediukov)
28th - Jason Aldean, American country singer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

1st - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
3rd - Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76
4th - Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904)
5th - Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
5th - Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
7th - Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer, dies at 82
8th - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist (b. 1901)
9th - Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
9th - Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59
9th - Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
10th - Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70
11th - Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
13th - Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
17th - Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
17th - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
18th - Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], actor (Andy's Gang), dies at 71
18th - Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curacao), dies at 87
18th - Ralph Graves, actor (Extra Girl), dies at 77
19th - Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
19th - Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
22nd - Edith Barrett, actress (Molly & Me, Ghost Ship), dies at 64
22nd - Jack O'Connor, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England 1929-30), dies
26th - Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43
26th - Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71
27th - Allison Hayes, actress (Attack of 50 Foot Woman), dies at 47
27th - John Dickson Carr, American author (b. 1905)
28th - Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71