Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Popular Born On Feb 11

By Tracy Rocelyn


1973 - Jeon Do-yeon, Korean actress

1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist

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

1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer

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

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

1568 - Honor d'Urf, French writer (d. 1625)

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

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

1732 - George Washington [NS=Feb 22]

1755 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer

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)

1783 - Jarena Lee, famous African

1940 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)

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

1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer

1802 - Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)

1941 - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)

1942 - Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)

1942 - James Couchman, MP

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

1942 - Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)

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

1821 - Auguste-douard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)

1829 - William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889

1943 - Serge Lama, French singer

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

1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

1907 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator

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

1946 - Timothy Chambers, pediatrician

1946 - Ian Porterfield, English footballer (d. 2007)

1860 - Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)

1947 - Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress

1948 - Sue Bernard, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Dec, 1966)

1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)

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

1950 - Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)

1912 - Roy Fuller, English writer (d. 1991)

1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer

1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer

1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer

1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer

1887 - John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)

1954 - Catherine Hickland, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)

1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist/critic

1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, author

1956 - Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)

1956 - H.R., American singer

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

1958 - Michael Jackson, controller (BBC2)

1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer

1894 - Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)

1961 - Becky LeBeau, LA Calif, vocalist (Mischief)

1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer

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)

1921 - Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)

1962 - Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist

1902 - Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)

1903 - Hans Redlich, composer

1964 - Sheryl Crow, vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)

1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat

1964 - Sarah Palin, American politician

1965 - Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)

1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

1907 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator

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

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

1966 - Stephen Gregory, NYC, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)

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)

1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker

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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