Today in History for February 2007

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

3rd - A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
11th - In Portugal, a national referendum legalizes non-therapeutic abortion when requested by the woman during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
12th - A gunman opens fire in a mall in Salt Lake City, killing 5 people in the Trolley Square shooting.
13th - Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
19th - Three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament and their driver are murdered in Guatemala.
21st - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigns from office. His resignation is rejected by the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano.
23rd - Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
23rd - A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
27th - The general strike against Lansana Conté in Guinea ends.
27th - The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.
28th - Jupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 1 of 1

28th - Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 9 of 9

3rd - Winner of "Strictly Come Dancing and "Eastenders" actress Jill Halfpenny (31) weds actor Craig Conway (32) at St. Andrew's Church in Newcastle
3rd - Jackass prankster Bam Margera (27) weds Missy Rothstein (26) in downtown Philadelphia
5th - "Rudo y Cursi" Mexican actor Diego Luna (28) weds actress and model Camila Sodi (21) in Mexico City
14th - Former Felicity actress Keri Russell (30) weds longtime boyfriend Shane Deary (30) in New York, New York
14th - Former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona (26) weds Mark Croft in Gretna Green
17th - Japanese actress Noria Fujiwara weds comedian Tomonori at Jinnai Ikuta Shrine in Kobe, Japan
17th - "Home and Away" actress Ada Nicodemou (29) weds Chrys Xipolitas at St. Andrew's Greek church in Redfern, Australia
17th - Australian TV presenter Natalie Gruzlewski (30) weds pro surfer Luke Egan at St. Augustine's Catholic Church
24th - Former world champion track and field athlete Marion Jones (31) weds Olympic bronze medalist Obadele Thompson (30) at the Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2

6th - "Married ... With Children" actor David Faustino (32) divorces actress Andrea Elmer Faustino (31) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage
20th - Baywatch actress Carmen Electra (34) divorces rocker Dave Navarro (39) due to irreconcilable differences after less than three years of marriage

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 68 of 68

1st - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
1st - Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
1st - Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
1st - Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946)
1st - Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
2nd - Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
2nd - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
2nd - Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
2nd - Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
2nd - Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
2nd - Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
3rd - Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
3rd - George Becker, American president of United Steelworkers (1993-2001) (b. 1928)
3rd - Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
4th - Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
4th - José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
4th - Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959)
4th - Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
4th - Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
5th - Alfred Worm, Austrian investigative journalist (b. 1945)
5th - Leo T. McCarthy, American politician and 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (1983-1995) (b. 1930)
6th - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
6th - Lee Hoffman, American author (b. 1932)
6th - Len Hopkins, Canadian politician (b. 1930)
6th - Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
6th - Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
8th - Anna Nicole Smith, Playboy playmate and tabloid fixture dies suddenly at 39
8th - Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American professor and reincarnation expert (b. 1918)
9th - Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
9th - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
10th - Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
10th - Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
11th - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
12th - Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
12th - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
13th - Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
13th - Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
13th - Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)
13th - Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
14th - Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
14th - Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated film maker. (b. 1943)
15th - Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
15th - Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
17th - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
17th - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
17th - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
17th - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
19th - Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
19th - Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
20th - F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
20th - Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
22nd - Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
22nd - Howard Verne Ramsey, oldest U.S. veteran of WWI (b. 1898)
22nd - Samuel Hinga Norman, Sierra Leonean alleged war criminal (b. 1940)
22nd - George Jellicoe, Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords & Special Boat Service veteran (b. 1918)
23rd - Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
23rd - John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
24th - Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
24th - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (b. 1932)
24th - Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
24th - Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
25th - William R. Anderson, CO USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)
25th - Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
27th - Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
27th - Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
28th - Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (b. 1908)
28th - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b.1917)
28th - Billy Thorpe, Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (b. 1946)