This Day in History for 10th February (Part 2)
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Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 218
1948 - Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
1949 - Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
1951 - "John & Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
1951 - Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
1953 - Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood & Demmy GRB
1953 - Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer & John Nicks of GRB
1953 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
1953 - Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA
1954 - Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1954 - Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
1954 - Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
1954 - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
1954 - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
1956 - "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1956 - Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1957 - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1957 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1959 - Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
1959 - Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
1960 - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 perfs
1960 - Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres
1961 - AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
1961 - Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
1961 - Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres
1962 - Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
1962 - USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
1963 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon
1963 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz
1964 - Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
1964 - WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 - Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
1966 - Harmel govt in Belgium resigns
1967 - 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
1968 - "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3
1968 - Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1969 - LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
1970 - 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
1970 - Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
1971 - American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY
1971 - Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
1971 - John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in NYC
1971 - Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
1972 - BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
1972 - Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 - 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1973 - 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973 - Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 v NZ Dunedin
1974 - "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
1974 - Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
1974 - Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1974 - Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
1974 - Silver futures hit record $4.81½ an ounce in London
1975 - William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
1977 - "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 perfs
1977 - Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
1977 - Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
1977 - Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1978 - Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
1979 - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1
1979 - Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1980 - Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in NYC
1980 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1981 - 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
1981 - 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1981 - Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1982 - 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec
1983 - Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
1985 - ... Sch"ne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82)
1985 - 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
1985 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1985 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1986 - "John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released
1987 - Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
1988 - Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
1988 - 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in SF strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1989 - Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
1989 - Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
1989 - Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
1989 - Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
1989 - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989 - Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
1989 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 - To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
1990 - 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
1990 - Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 - Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
1990 - S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1990 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1991 - "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 24 performances
1991 - 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1991 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
1991 - Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
1991 - Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
1991 - NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
1992 - "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
1992 - Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
1992 - Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 263
1926 - Danny Blanchflower, British(?) soccer player
1927 - Jakov Lind, German/British author (Counting My Footsteps)
1927 - Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
1927 - Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
1927 - Viscount Cowdray, British financier/multi-millionaire
1928 - Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )
1928 - Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
1929 - Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
1929 - Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands)
1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
1929 - Jim Whittacker, mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
1930 - Peter Phillips, composer [or Jun 18]
1930 - Robert Wagner, Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart)
1931 - Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer
1931 - Makoto Shinohara, composer
1931 - Thomas Bernhard, writer
1931 - Doug Young, American voice actor
1932 - Donald Hilton, Moderator (General Assembly of United Reformed Church)
1932 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco)
1934 - Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet
1935 - Conrad Klapheck, German painter (typewriters)
1935 - Salvator Pueyo, composer
1935 - Theodore Antoniou, composer
1936 - Olwyn Bowey, painter
1936 - Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
1937 - Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
1937 - Lord Justice Rose
1937 - Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)
1937 - Roberta Flack, American singer
1939 - Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus)
1939 - Boris Pickett, vocalist (Monster Mash)
1939 - Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face)
1939 - Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada
1940 - Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic
1940 - Jimmy Merchant, rocker
1940 - Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
1940 - Peter Middleton, CEO (Lloyd's)
1941 - John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
1941 - Michael Apted, director/researcher (Granada TV)
1942 - Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools)
1942 - Michael Bishop, CEO (British Midland Airways)
1943 - Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires)
1944 - Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
1944 - Frank Keating, American politician
1944 - Rufus Reid, American musician
1945 - John Hayes, secretary-general (British Law Society)
1945 - Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP (CDA)
1946 - Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)
1946 - Keith Mans, MP
1947 - Louise Arbour, Canadian judge
1947 - Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer
1947 - Nicholas Owen, English newsreader
1948 - Conrad Cummings, composer
1948 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (d. 1994)
1949 - Joe Lavender, NFLer
1949 - Maxime Le Forestier, French singer
1949 - Harold Sylvester, American actor
1950 - Gail Rebuck, CEO (Random House)
1950 - Mark Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Oly-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72)
1950 - Mike Rutherford, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics)
1951 - Roxanne Pulitzer, Glendale Calif, author (Prize Pulitzer)
1951 - Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)
1951 - Robert Iger, American entertainment executive
1952 - Mike Varty, NFLer
1952 - Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
1953 - Carl Joseph Stone, composer
1953 - John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
1954 - Larry McWilliams, baseball player
1955 - Greg[ory John] Norman, Queensland Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)
1955 - Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
1955 - Chris Adams, British pro wrestler and judoka (d. 2001)
1955 - Jim Cramer, American television personality
1957 - Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
1957 - Pranab Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982)
1958 - Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
1958 - Michael Weiss, American musician
1959 - Tonga, [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
1959 - Lisa McPherson, Former Scientologist (d. 1995)
1960 - Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio)
1960 - Robert Addie, British actor (d. 2003)
1961 - David Ward, cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman)
1961 - Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
1961 - George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser (Clinton)
1961 - Alexander Payne, American film director
1962 - Cliff Burton, rocker (Metallica)
1962 - Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Oly-9/10-88, 92, 96)
1962 - Bobby Czyz, American boxer
1963 - Bennie Thompson, NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens)
1963 - Harris Huizingh, soccer player (FC Groningen)
1963 - Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star
1963 - Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)
1964 - Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu)
1964 - Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1964 - Roger Reijners, soccer player (MVV)
1964 - Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1964 - Glenn Beck, American radio and television host
1964 - Arthur Lenk, Israeli diplomat
1965 - Lenny Webster, New Orleans LA, catcher (Montreal Expos)
1965 - Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned)
1965 - Mario Jean, Quebec comedian and television actor
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 115 of 115
2002 - Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer/songwriter (b. 1936)
2003 - Edgar de Evia, American photographer (b. 1910)
2003 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (b. 1959)
2003 - Clark MacGregor, United States Congressman from Minnesota (b. 1922)
2003 - Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose, California (b. 1908)
2003 - Ron Ziegler, press secretary to Richard Nixon (b. 1939)
2004 - Guy Provost, Quebec actor (b. 1925)
2005 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
2006 - J Dilla, American rapper/producer (b. 1974)
2006 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (b. 1947)
2007 - Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
2007 - Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (b. 1980)
2008 - Roy Scheider, American Actor (b. 1932)
2008 - Steve Gerber, American comics writer (b. 1947)
2009 - Jeremy Lusk, American freestyle motocross racer (b. 1984)
