Sunday, May 22, 2011

Famous Born On February Twelve

By Tracy Rocelyn


1905 - Harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)

1211 - Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)

1218 - Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)

1438 - Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen

1541 - Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.

1909 - Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)

1910 - Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer

1585 - Caspar Bartholin, Malm , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy

1588 - John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass

1911 - Frank Hercules, writer

1911 - Sylvstre A Guzman Fernandez, president (Dominican Republic)

1637 - John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)

1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepcin, Chile.

1665 - Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)

1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galpagos Islands.

1913 - Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I

1855 - Michigan State University is established.

1894 - Anarchist mile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.

1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

1753 - Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer

1912 - The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.

1758 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer

1760 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer

1917 - Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75)

1935 - USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.

1918 - Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)

1918 - Julian S Schwinger, US physicist

1947 - A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.

1920 - William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)

1920 - Pran, Indian actor

1792 - Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter

1923 - James Abdnor, (Sen-R-SD, 1981-87)

1923 - Mel Powell, composer

1809 - Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)

1924 - Hans Berghuis, Dutch author/poet (3 Women, Adam)

2001 - NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touchdown in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

1926 - Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show)

1828 - George Meredith, England, poet/novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)

2004 - The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

1927 - Anne Gillis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men)

1929 - Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, composer

1950 - Michael Ironside, actor, (Starship Troopers)

1841 - Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister

1951 - Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker (Triumph)

1931 - Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author

1852 - Hendrik Blink, geographer (Van de Eems tot de Schelde)

1853 - Bertram Luard-Selby, composer

1953 - Joanna Kerns, [de Varona], SF Calif, actress (Maggie-Growing Pains)

1861 - Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott)

1933 - Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author (Web of Wizardry, Space Trap)

1867 - Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German author (Warbride) [or Febr 18]

1867 - Joe Howard, NYC, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue)

1868 - Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP/founder (SDAP)

1869 - Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD)

1935 - Ken Still, golfer

1876 - Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (d. 1933)

1955 - Chet Lemon, American baseball player

1936 - Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident

1883 - Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor (Man With a Camera)

1884 - Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist

1958 - Ruth Guerri, St Louis Mo, playmate (July, 1983)

1884 - Johan Laidoner, Estonian military commander (d. 1953)

1885 - Licinio Refice, composer

1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (The Doors)

1886 - Michel Brusselmans, composer

1891 - Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)

1891 - Maurice Yvain, composer

1891 - Max Terhune, actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice)

1962 - Jimmy Kirkwood, Irish-born field hockey player

1942 - Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz

1942 - Rick Frank, rocker

1963 - Ed Lover, American radio personality

1942 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1899 - Albert Huybrechts, composer

1964 - Milton Small, cricket pace bowler (WI v Australia 1984)

1944 - Jackie Torrence, story teller/artist

1965 - Ruben Amaro, US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians)

1966 - Boty Goodwin, artist

1967 - Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer (1991-93 Co-Captain U of W Fla)

1967 - Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist

881 - Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Emperor

1968 - Chynna Phillips, LA Calif, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On)

1502 - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.

1968 - Todd Fanning, Saskatoon Sask, golfer (Manitoba Amat-1984, 90, 91, 92)

1968 - Grgory Charles, French Canadian singer, dancer, pianist, radio and television host

1593 - Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.

1969 - Colin Keely, Buffalo NY, water polo driver (Olympics-96)

1733 - Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, and its first city at Savannah (known as Georgia Day).

1771 - Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.

1816 - The Teatro di San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is destroyed by fire.

1817 - An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops on the Battle of Chacabuco.

1818 - Bernardo O'Higgins formally approved the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepcin, Chile.

1825 - The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.

1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galpagos Islands.

1970 - Jim Creeggan, Canadian bassist (Barenaked Ladies)

1855 - Michigan State University is established.

1894 - Anarchist mile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.

1971 - Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)

1909 - New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.

1971 - Shante Carver, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)

1914 - In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

1972 - Andrew Cassesse, actor (Revenge of Nerds II, TV 101)

1934 - In Spain the national council of Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista decides to merge the movement with the Falange Espaola.

1935 - USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.

1973 - Kath Soucie, American voice actress

1973 - Tara Strong, Canadian voice actress

1974 - Ian Mcintyre, Montreal, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)

1974 - Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver

1968 - Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.

1975 - Chris Szarka, CFL full back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)

1975 - Matt Finkes, linebacker (NY Jets)

1975 - Scot Pollard, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)

1975 - Seth Payne, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)

1999 - President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.

1976 - Anna Benson, American model

1976 - Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby union footballer

2002 - An Iran Air Tours Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.

2004 - The city of San Francisco, California begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.

1978 - Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer




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