Wednesday, February 5, 2025 -Quote Of The Day...
* " People will buy anything that`s one to a customer. "
On This Day In History...
In 0816- Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity
In 1428- King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons
In 1488- Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
In 1512- French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna
In 1556- Kings Henri I & Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles
In 1572- Beggars assault Oisterwijk Netherlands, drive nuns out
In 1576- Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours
In 1631- Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England
In 1644- 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut
In 1649- Prince of Wales becomes king Charles II
In 1663- Earthquake in Canada
In 1679- German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
In 1736- Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah GA
In 1777- Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture
In 1778- Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina
In 1782- Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from the English
In 1783- Sweden recognizes US independence
In 1783- Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000
In 1795- Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French General Michaud
In 1816- Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
In 1817- 1st US gas company incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
In 1825- Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar
In 1831- Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30
In 1846- "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast
In 1850- Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz NY
In 1855- British government of Palmerston forms
In 1861- Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA
In 1861- Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress
In 1861- 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati
In 1864- Federals occupy Jackson MS
In 1865- Battle of Hatcher's Run, VA (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill)
In 1870- 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
In 1879- Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
In 1881- Phoenix AZ incorporates
In 1885- News of fall of Khartoum reaches London
In 1887- Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy
In 1887- Snow falls on San Francisco
In 1893- Alfred Naess skates world record 500 meter (49.4 seconds)
In 1894- Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms
In 1897- Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
In 1900- British troops under General Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal
In 1901- Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot
In 1901- Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp
In 1904- American occupation of Cuba ends
In 1907- Arnold Schönberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
In 1911- Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
In 1916- Enrico Caruso recorded "O Sole Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Company
In 1917- Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration
In 1917- Present Mexican constitution adopted
In 1917- Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St NYC (demolished 1982)
In 1918- 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W Thompson
In 1918- Separation of church & state begins in USSR
In 1919- NL president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team & threw games in collusion with gamblers
In 1921- Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx for Yankee Stadium
In 1922- Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
In 1923- General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
In 1923- Mass arrests of socialists & communists in Italy
In 1927- Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released & bombed
In 1929- Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in San Francisco
In 1930- 5th Aliyah to Israel begins
In 1931- Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license
In 1933- Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary
In 1936- National Wildlife Federation forms
In 1937- FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed
In 1937- 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times", is released
In 1938- Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500 meter (41.8 seconds)
In 1940- Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
In 1940- General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander
In 1941- Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands
In 1942- "Woman of the Year", starring Hepburn & Tracy, opens at Radio City
In 1942- Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett & Gene Moore
In 1943- Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission
In 1943- Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots Nazi General Seyffardt
In 1944- 358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin
In 1945- Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69.6 kph (440 yards/20.8 seconds)
In 1945- British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Krim
In 1945- US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla
In 1947- Bolewet Beirut becomes President of Poland
In 1948- "The Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time
In 1948- Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympics champion
In 1948- Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympics slalom champion
In 1949- Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago
In 1953- "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC
In 1953- 5th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell & Helen Hayes win
In 1954- WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
In 1956- 7th Winter Olympics games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
In 1956- Louise Suggs win LPGA Havana Golf Open
In 1956- New York Mayor Robert Wagner & Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30 million Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
In 1957- Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Piano Concert
In 1958- Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)
In 1958- Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st President of United Arab Republic
In 1958- Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km
In 1958- Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, West Indies vs Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
In 1959- "Redhead" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 455 performances
In 1959- Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
In 1962- French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
In 1962- Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools is filed
In 1962- Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16ş
In 1963- Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars
In 1963- Soviet lunar probe failure
In 1965- Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels
In 1966- BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
In 1967- "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
In 1967- Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua
In 1967- Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
In 1968- KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (IND) begins broadcasting
In 1968- Skater Kees Verkerk win Olympics gold in the 1500m
In 1969- US population reaches 200 million
In 1969- Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vice president, general manager & head coach of Redskins
In 1969- "Turn-On", debuts & is cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
In 1970- 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
In 1970- Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban
In 1970- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
In 1970- WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
In 1971- Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro; Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours
In 1972- US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
In 1972- "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
In 1972- Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
In 1973- Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War
In 1973- Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders
In 1973- Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuts
In 1974- Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
In 1974- US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure
In 1974- British mine strike
In 1974- Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph
In 1976- Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
In 1976- Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
In 1977- Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
In 1977- "CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67
In 1977- "Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56
In 1977- "In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40
In 1977- "Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
In 1977- "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
In 1977- General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
In 1977- US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
In 1977- US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
In 1978- Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
In 1979- Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time
In 1979- Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS
In 1980- 32nd NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
In 1980- Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
In 1981- Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy
In 1981- "Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 165 performances
In 1981- Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
In 1982- DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people
In 1982- Laker Airways collapse owing Ł270 million ($351 million)
In 1982- Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns & flees to Netherlands
In 1983- Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
In 1984- New Zealand beat England (82 & 93) by an innings in 3 days
In 1984- Patty Sheehan win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
In 1986- Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
In 1987- Dow Jones average closes above 2,200 for 1st time
In 1987- Soyuz TM-2 launches
In 1988- 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 years-Andre beats Hulk Hogan
In 1988- Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs
In 1988- Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham
In 1989- Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
In 1990- Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC)
In 1991- A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides
In 1991- All American Bowl ends after 14 years
In 1991- Big East Football conference forms
In 1991- Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
In 1991- Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame
In 1991- Los Angeles King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHLer to score 1000 points
In 1992- Jury selection begins in the Los Angeles cops beating Rodney King case
In 1992- Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
In 1992- Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs India
In 1993- Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 & injuring 160
In 1993- R James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
In 1994- "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego" debuts on Fox TV
In 1994- Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson MS, 30 years after the crime
In 1995- Japan's Shinshinto Party win local elections
In 1995- NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 41-13
In 1995- Sandra Völker swims female European record 50 meter backstroke 27.77
In 1997- 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund
In 1997- Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
In 1998- Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini
In 1998- Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
In 1998- Nancy Kerrigan & Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped Dec 22nd)
In 2020- US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congres
February 5 -Birthdays
In 1589- Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright/poet
In 1626- Madame Marie de Sévigné Paris, celebrated letter-writer (Portrait in Letters)
In 1662- Giuseppi Vignola composer
In 1711- Joseph Umstatt composer
In 1723- John Witherspoon clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence
In 1732- Nathanael Gottfried Gruner composer
In 1744- John Jeffries colonial physician/meteorologist
In 1748- Christian Gottlob Neefe German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven
In 1753- Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma Frisian regent/patriot
In 1770- Alexandre Brongniart Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)
In 1775- Margaretha J de Neufville author (Small Pligten)
In 1779- Frans van Campenhout Belgian vocalist/composer (Brabançonne)
In 1788- Sir Robert "Bobbie" Peel British PM (1834-46), founded Tories
In 1788- Karoly Kisfaludy Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
In 1799- John Lindley English botanist (Elements of Botany)
In 1804- Johan Ludvig Runeberg Finland, poet
In 1810- Ole Bull composer
In 1833- John Watkinson founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess magazine)
In 1837- Dwight Lyman Moody US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement)
In 1840- Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
In 1840- John Boyd Dunlop Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)
In 1848- Joris-Karl Huysmans France, writer (Against the Grain)
In 1848- Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley] US female outlaw (wild west)
In 1856- Otto Brahm German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau)
In 1860- Jackson Showalter 1st US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-09)
In 1862- Felipe Villanueva y Gutiérrez Mexico, composer
In 1863- Armand Parent composer
In 1864- Carl Tieke composer
In 1865- Harvey Worthington Loomis composer
In 1866- Arthur Keith Scottish anthropologist
In 1866- Henri [Hendrik J] Hall Dutch MP/comic (Put a Lid on it)
In 1866- Rossetter Gleason Cole composer
In 1867- Casper A Lingbeek vicar/Dutch MP
In 1868- Lodewijk Mortelmans composer
In 1871- Jovan Ducic Serbian poet (Blue Legends)
In 1878- André-Gustave Citroën France, auto maker
In 1879- Edward Rigby England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent)
In 1881- Frederick Leonard Lonsdale British playwright (Balkan Princess)
In 1882- Felice Lattuada composer
In 1887- A P Gütersloh writer
In 1889- Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's)
In 1889- Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's)
In 1889- Ioan Dumitru Chirescu composer
In 1891- Elizabeth Ryan Anaheim CA, doubles tennis champion (6 time Wimbledon)
In 1891- Karl L Schmidt German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum)
In 1892- George Saiko writer
In 1893- Roman Ingarden Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica)
In 1897- Dirk U Stikker director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO
In 19XX- Jason Bieler rock guitarist (Saigon Kick-New World)
In 1900- Adlai E Stevenson (Governor-D-IL), presidential candidate (D) (1952, 1956)
In 1902- Bronislaw Kaper composer
In 1903- Ivan Galamian Tabriz Persia, violinist
In 1903- Joan Whitney Payson owner of New York Mets & horse stables
In 1903- Nathaniel Owings Indianapolis IN, architect (Oak Ridge TN; Sears)
In 1906- John Carradine Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)
In 1907- Norton Simon business executive (Simon & Schuster)
In 1907- Jan Klaasesz Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56)
In 1907- Pierre E J Pflimlin premier France
In 1909- Grazyna Bacewicz composer
In 1910- Martha van Och-Scholl German/Dutch resistance fighter (WWII)
In 1912- Willard Parker New York NY, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)
In 1912- Zoltan Pongracz composer
In 1913- Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger
In 1914- William S Burroughs St Louis, novelist (Naked Lunch)
In 1914- Alan Hodgkin British physicist (Nobel 1963)
In 1915- Robert Hofstadter US atomic physicist
In 1917- Zsa Zsa Gabor [Zsa Sari], Budapest Hungary, actress (Queen of Outer Space)
In 1918- Robert Brown Hebrides Islands Scotland, actor (Here Come The Brides, Primus)
In 1918- Charles John "Tim" Holt Beverly Hills CA, actor (Treasure of Sierra Madre, Stagecoach, Hitler's Children)
In 1918- Kara Abulfazogli Karayev composer
In 1919- Melina Mercouri actress (Never on Sunday)
In 1919- Andrea George Papandreou Greek premier (1981-89, 93- )
In 1919- Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx New York NY, comedian/actor (Sayonara, Poseidon Adventure)
In 1921- Sir John Pritchard London England, conductor
In 1922- Bernard Kalb State Dept spokesman/actor (Dave)
In 1923- Stephen J Cannell TV producer/writer
In 1924- Robert Lynn anarchist
In 1926- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger New York NY, publisher (New York Times)
In 1927- Val Dufour New Orleans LA, actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World)
In 1928- Andrew M Greeley author/reverend
In 1928- Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis middle east scholar
In 1929- Fred Sinowatz (SPÖ) Neufeld an der Leitha, chancellor of Austria (1983-86)
In 1933- Jörn Donner Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness)
In 1933- Nick Georgiade New York NY, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run)
In 1933- Ron Wilson US percussionist (Joy of Cooking)
In 1934- Hank Aaron baseball player (record 755 home runs, 1957 NL MVP)
In 1935- Alex Harvey rocker (Just Visiting This Planet)
In 1935- John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys supreme commander South Africa army 1980- )
In 1937- Gaston Roelants Belgium, world cross-country champion
In 1937- Stuart Damon Brooklyn NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital)
In 1937- Cocky van Oost [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
In 1938- Dick van Niehoff Dutch vocalist (Fouryo)
In 1938- John Guare US writer (6ş of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off)
In 1939- Brian Luckhurst cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's)
In 1939- Jane Bryant Quinn newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book)
In 1940- H R Giger artist, special effects designer, (Alien)
In 1941- Barrett Strong Detroit MI, singer (Money, That's What I Want)
In 1941- David Selby Morgantown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
In 1941- Stephen J Cannell producer (Rockford Files)
In 1941- Rick Laird jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece)
In 1942- Roger Staubach NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
In 1942- Cory Wells Buffalo NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
In 1942- Susan Hill English playwright (Magic Apple Tree)
In 1943- Craig Morton Flint MI, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver)
In 1943- Charles Winfield Pennsylvania, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel)
In 1943- Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin composer
In 1943- Larry Tamblyn rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water)
In 1943- Michael Mann Chicago IL, actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends)
In 1943- Nolan Bushnell founder (Atari)/creator (Pong)
In 1943- Sven Johnson rocker (Tangerine Dream
In 1944- Al Kooper rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
In 1944- J R Cobb Birmingham AL, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
In 1946- Charlotte Rampling England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict)
In 1947- Claude King singer
In 1947- David Ladd Los Angeles CA, actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline)
In 1947- Mary Louise Cleave Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30)
In 1948- David Denny rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
In 1948- Barbara Hershey [Herzstein], Atlanta GA, (Stuntman, Shy People, A World Apart)
In 1948- Christopher Guest New York NY, actor (Saturday Night Live, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap, Princess Bride)
In 1948- Elco [LC] Brinkman Dutch minister WVC (CDA)
In 1948- Nigel Tufnel rocker (Spinal Tap)
In 1949- David Sullivan English softporno/newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport)
In 1949- Maidarjabyn Ganzorig Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup)
In 1949- Nigel Olsson rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band)
In 1950- Ann Sexton US vocalist (You're Gone too Long)
In 1951- Elizabeth Swados Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY)
In 1954- Roseanne Katan Jamacia, playmate (September 1978)
In 1955- Debra Jo Fondren Los Angeles CA, playmate of year (September, 1977)
In 1957- Craig Wilson Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olympics-silver-84, 88)
In 1958- Jennifer Jason Leigh [Morrow], Los Angeles CA, actress (Single White Female)
In 1959- Glenn Dubis Lincoln NB, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96)
In 1960- Jane Geddes Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open)
In 1960- William John Readings literary theorist
In 1962- Tommy Skeoch rock vocalist (Tesla-Five Man Acoustical Jam)
In 1964- Duff [Michael] "Rose" McKagan rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine)
In 1964- Jim Pugh Burbank CA, tennis star
In 1965- Ben Lee Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympics-92)
In 1965- James David McGovern Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open)
In 1965- Tarik Benhabiles Algeria, tennis star
In 1966- Jose Maria Olazabal golfer
In 1968- Chris Barron rocker (Spin Doctors)
In 1968- Regina Rajchitova Czechoslovakia, tennis star
In 1968- Roberto Alomar Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
In 1968- Will Furrer NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, St Louis Rams)
In 1969- Bobby Brown Roxbury MA, singer (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel)
In 1970- Darren Lehmann cricketer (South Africa & Victoria LHB Australian ODI 1996)
In 1970- Forey Duckett NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores)
In 1971- Marcus Redman actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser)
In 1971- Dennis Hall Milwaukee WI, 125˝ lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
In 1971- Dianne Norman Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
In 1971- Peter "Chip" Cipollone Ardmore PA, rower (Olympics-1996)
In 1972- Chris Bailey ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympics-98)
In 1972- Erin Phillips Mexico MO, Miss Missouri-America (1995)
In 1972- Tony Johnson tight end (New Orleans Saints)
In 1973- Diego Serrano Quito Ecuador, actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World)
In 1973- Israel Raybon defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
In 1973- Laura Espinoza-Watson Torrance CA, female infielder (Silver Bullets)
In 1973- Richard Matvichuk Ft Saskatchewan Canada, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
In 1974- Adrienne Johnson WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
In 1975- Giovanni van Bronckhorst Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
In 1975- Jan l'Ami Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
In 1976- Nancy Feber Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico)
In 1978- Kristina Cherina Miss Croatia-Universe (1997)
February 5 -Deaths Which Occurred
In 0045- -BC- Cato Roman patriot & philosopher, commits suicide
In 1578- Giovanni B Moroni Italian portrait painter, dies
In 1591- Gerard de Jode Flemish publisher, dies
In 1658- Maria Margaretha van Angels Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52
In 1679- Joost van den Vondel Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
In 1705- Jean Gilles composer, dies at 37
In 1721- James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope English General, dies at 47
In 1738- Georg Reidel composer, dies at 61
In 1745- Coelestin Praelisauer composer, dies at 49
In 1754- Nicolaas S Cruquius hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
In 1758- Bernhard Christian Weber composer, dies at 45
In 1807- Pasquale Paoli Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80
In 1812- Franz Schneider composer, dies at 74
In 1822- Ali Pasha of Janina (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77
In 1825- Pierre Gaveaux composer, dies at 64
In 1831- John CJ van Speijk commits suicide at 29
In 1838- Philippe Libon composer, dies at 62
In 1867- Salomon Munk published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies
In 1881- Thomas Carlyle historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
In 1888- Anton Mauve Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49
In 1897- Hoss Radbourn pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
In 1907- Ludwig Thuille composer, dies at 45
In 1911- Petrus A Cronjé Transvaal Boer General, dies
In 1917- Paul Rubens composer, dies at 41
In 1919- Vasili V Rozanov Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62
In 1922- Christiaan R de Wet South African Boer General, dies at 67
In 1922- James William Tate composer, dies at 46
In 1924- Alexis Hollander composer, dies at 83
In 1926- Andre Gedalge composer, dies at 69
In 1929- Siegfried Ochs composer, dies at 70
In 1937- Lou [Andreas-]Salomé Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75
In 1943- Wim Gertenbach Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis
In 1944- Robert E Park sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
In 1946- George Arliss actor/writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77
In 1947- Ganzefles Dutch Nazi spy/Jew hunter, executed
In 1947- Hans Fallada writer, dies at 53
In 1948- Johann Blaskowitz German General (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64
In 1949- Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer, dies at 50
In 1952- Reginald Allen cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Australia vs England 1887), dies
In 1954- Vittorio Gnecchi composer, dies at 77
In 1956- Savilly Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
In 1958- Henry M Tomlinson British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
In 1959- Gwili Andre actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
In 1960- Louis Stricker cricketer (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies
In 1960- Rudolf Nelson composer, dies at 81
In 1961- Anthony G de Rothschild British philanthropist, dies at 73
In 1962- Jacques Ibert French composer (Escales), dies at 71
In 1965- Irving Bacon actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71
In 1966- Ludwig Binswanger Swiss psychiatrist (Über Ideenflucht), dies at 84
In 1967- Herman Teirlinck Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
In 1968- Luckey Roberts composer, dies at 80
In 1971- Mátyás Rákosi Hungarian premier (1952-56), dies at 78
In 1972- Marianne Moore US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
In 1973- George Morrison dies at 82
In 1973- L C William Nolde last US soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
In 1976- Roger Livesey actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Colonel Blimp), dies at 69
In 1977- Izaak Boleslavski Russian chess player, dies at 67
In 1978- Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83
In 1978- Frans van Immerseel Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68
In 1979- Eddie Paynter cricketer (20 Tests for England, average 59.23), dies
In 1981- Kuda Bux Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
In 1981- Barend Barendse Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
In 1982- Dolores Moran actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
In 1982- Neil Aggett South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
In 1982- Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens Flemish writer/Nazi, dies at 84
In 1983- Derk Roemers Dutch union leader/politician (Social Democrat), dies at 67
In 1989- Joe Raposa composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
In 1991- Dean Jagger US actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87
In 1991- Pedro Arrupe Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83
In 1992- Donald Zimmerman editor, dies
In 1992- Laura Liddell actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83
In 1993- Jack Young cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies
In 1993- Joseph L Mankiewicz US writer/director (All about Eve), dies at 83
In 1993- Tip Tipping [Tim], stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
In 1994- Fred de Bruyne Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63
In 1994- Hermann Abs German banker to Hitler & Adenauer, dies at 92
In 1994- Kenneth "Buddy" Scott blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
In 1995- Courtenay E Benson broadcaster, dies at 79
In 1995- Doug Mcclure US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59
In 1995- Frans Köhler Dutch painter, dies at 59
In 1995- Frederick Craig Riddle violinist, dies at 82
In 1995- Judith Fluks Amsterdam's activist, dies
In 1995- Kimberley Leston journalist, dies at 35
In 1996- Antonio Ruiz Soler Spanish dancer, dies at 74
In 1996- Gianandrea Gavazzeni conductor, dies at 86
In 1996- Peter Pooley broadcaster, dies at 84
In 1996- W R Lee language teacher, dies at 84
In 1997- John Richard Patterson businessman, dies at 51
In 1997- Pamela Harriman US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
In 1998- Tim Kelly guitarist, dies at 34
February 5 -Holidays
* Finland : Runeberg Day (1804)
* Japan : Japanese Martyrs Day (26 martyrs-1597)
* México : Constitution Day (1857 & 1917)
* Roman calendar : Nonae Februarius
* San Marino : Liberation Day
* Tanzania : Birth of the Afro Shirazi Party
* Switzerland : Homstrom-celebrates end of winter - - - - - ( Sunday )
* World : Boy Scouts Day (1910) - - - - - ( Sunday )
February 5 -Religious History
In 1631- English clergyman Roger Williams first arrived in America. He soon began questioning Massachusetts' religious policies which fused church and state matters. Williams was banished to Rhode Island five years later, where at Providence he established the first Baptist church in America.
In 1736- The English Wesley brothers, John (32) and Charles (28) first arrived in America at Savannah, GA. They had been invited by Georgia governor James Oglethorpe as missionaries to the American Indians.
In 1812- American missionary Adoniram Judson, 23, married schoolteacher Ann Hasseltine, 22. Two weeks later the couple set sail for India under sponsorship of the American [Congregational] Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
In 1887- The Chicago Evangelization Society was organized by evangelist D. L. Moody, 50. Two years later, the Society established the Bible Institute for Home and Foreign Missions. Moody died in 1899, and in 1900 the school was renamed Moody Bible Institute.
In 1944- German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter from prison: 'Much that worries us beforehand can afterwards, quite unexpectedly, have a happy and simple solution... Things really are in a better hand than ours.'