Monday, May 16, 2011

Popular Birth On Eleven February

By Tracy Rocelyn


1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer

1935 - Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)

1465 - Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII

1937 - Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)

1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)

1937 - Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)

1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)

1649 - William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)

1657 - Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)

1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer

1890 - John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer

1938 - Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)

1774 - Hans Jrta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)

1939 - Bryan Gould, MP

1939 - Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)

1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer

1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer

1799 - Basil Moreau, French Founder priest (d. 1873)

1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer

1941 - Jeremy Mackenzie, general

1900 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher

1942 - Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)

1942 - James Couchman, MP

1901 - Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly (d. 1980)

1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer

1942 - Tony Colton, rock producer (On the Boards)

1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier

1943 - Win Griffiths, MP

1943 - Serge Lama, French singer

1944 - Bert Greene, golfer

1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

1944 - Michael G Oxley, (Rep-R-OH, 1981- )

1946 - M C Walker, CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)

1908 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist

1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)

1947 - Joselito, Spanish singer

1947 - Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress

1909 - Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)

1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)

1912 - Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)

1874 - Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author

1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer

1950 - Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)

1953 - Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers)

1914 - Matt Dennis, Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)

1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer

1953 - Jeb Bush, American politician

1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (VARA Orch, Orkestgebouw Orch)

1954 - Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer

1890 - John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer

1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist

1891 - J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)

1891 - J.W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)

1917 - T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)

1919 - Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)

1894 - Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)

1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer

1920 - Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)

1920 - Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)

1920 - Paul Peter Piech, artist

1900 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)

1962 - Sheryl Crow, American musician

1962 - Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist

1963 - Todd Benzinger, US baseball player (SF Giants)

1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer

1923 - Baroness Sharples

1964 - Ken Shamrock, American martial artist

1964 - Sarah Palin, American politician

1905 - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)

1965 - Vicki Wilson, Australian netballer

1925 - Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)

1966 - Anthony Parker, NFL cornerback (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs)

1966 - Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star

1908 - Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)

1926 - Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor

1909 - Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)

1928 - Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)

1928 - Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)

1912 - Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)

1973 - Ethan Iverson, jazz pianist

660 BC - Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

55 - Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.

244 - Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.

1531 - Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.

1659 - The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.

1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.

1790 - The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.

1794 - First session of United States Senate open to the public.

1808 - Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.

1812 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry "gerrymanders" for the first time.

1826 - University College London is founded under the name University of London.

1826 - Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri, an important text within the Swaminarayan faith.

1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Rgiment receives its first performance in Paris.

1843 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi receives its first performance in Milan.

1855 - Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam

1861 - American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.

1873 - King Amadeus I of Spain




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