On This Day

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February 12th

February 12, 2002 Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119
February 12, 1998 "Freak," opens at Cort Theater New York City
February 12, 1998 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die and 50 hurt
February 12, 1998 Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach
February 12, 1998 Intel unveils its 1st graphics chip i740
February 12, 1998 U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional
February 12, 1997 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement
February 12, 1995 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix
February 12, 1995 Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly
February 12, 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec)
February 12, 1995 Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51)
February 12, 1995 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15)
February 12, 1995 PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections
February 12, 1995 Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec)
February 12, 1994 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
February 12, 1994 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston
February 12, 1994 Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo)
February 12, 1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence
February 12, 1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
February 12, 1989 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
February 12, 1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
February 12, 1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season
February 12, 1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
February 12, 1987 Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages
February 12, 1986 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana
February 12, 1985 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
February 12, 1984 Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
February 12, 1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
February 12, 1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
February 12, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 12, 1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
February 12, 1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
February 12, 1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
February 12, 1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances
February 12, 1980 New York Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs. Winnipeg Jets
February 12, 1980 Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
February 12, 1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
February 12, 1978 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances
February 12, 1978 Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
February 12, 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
February 12, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 12, 1973 1st U.S. POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine
February 12, 1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Aust vs. England
February 12, 1970 Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in New York City
February 12, 1967 Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater
February 12, 1967 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
February 12, 1965 KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting
February 12, 1965 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
February 12, 1964 Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall
February 12, 1964 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
February 12, 1964 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
February 12, 1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
February 12, 1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
February 12, 1961 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
February 12, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 12, 1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days
February 12, 1961 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 toward Venus
February 12, 1960 Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
February 12, 1958 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse 119-101
February 12, 1958 General Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala
February 12, 1957 Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed
February 12, 1956 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
February 12, 1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
February 12, 1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam
February 12, 1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan
February 12, 1953 U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel
February 12, 1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
February 12, 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees
February 12, 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1147 performances
February 12, 1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
February 12, 1949 Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey
February 12, 1949 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
February 12, 1948 1st Lt. Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps
February 12, 1947 Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
February 12, 1947 Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
February 12, 1945 San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference
February 12, 1944 Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race
February 12, 1943 General Eisenhower departs Algiers to Tebessa
February 12, 1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany
February 12, 1941 Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen
February 12, 1941 Occupation Police arrest "Jewish Foursome"
February 12, 1938 Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden
February 12, 1938 German troops entered Austria
February 12, 1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
February 12, 1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
February 12, 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporates
February 12, 1933 German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis
February 12, 1932 Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees
February 12, 1929 Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30)
February 12, 1927 British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai
February 12, 1926 Barendrecht soccer team forms
February 12, 1925 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress
February 12, 1925 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo
February 12, 1925 Estonia forbids communist Party
February 12, 1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York City)
February 12, 1924 George Kaufman's "Beggar on Horseback," premieres in New York City
February 12, 1924 President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
February 12, 1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia
February 12, 1921 Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies
February 12, 1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
February 12, 1916 1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps"
February 12, 1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
February 12, 1912 China adopts Gregorian calendar
February 12, 1912 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates
February 12, 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
February 12, 1909 Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter and Wijnkoop)
February 12, 1909 Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
February 12, 1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female
February 12, 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
February 12, 1906 George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in New York City
February 12, 1901 Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed

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February 13th

February 13, 2000 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship
February 13, 2000 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship
February 13, 1997 "Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater New York City
February 13, 1997 Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope
February 13, 1996 Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"
February 13, 1996 Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway
February 13, 1995 Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego, California on KIOZ 105.3 FM
February 13, 1995 West Indies beat NZ by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55
February 13, 1994 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis
February 13, 1994 Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m
February 13, 1993 Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
February 13, 1993 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
February 13, 1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
February 13, 1992 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 229 performances
February 13, 1992 Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW
February 13, 1992 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
February 13, 1991 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
February 13, 1991 U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334
February 13, 1990 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
February 13, 1990 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
February 13, 1990 U.S., England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify
February 13, 1989 Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed
February 13, 1989 Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients
February 13, 1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
February 13, 1988 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
February 13, 1988 Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
February 13, 1988 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
February 13, 1987 Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
February 13, 1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
February 13, 1985 Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
February 13, 1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant
February 13, 1983 "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances
February 13, 1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
February 13, 1983 Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup
February 13, 1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
February 13, 1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
February 13, 1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
February 13, 1981 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words
February 13, 1980 Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated
February 13, 1980 NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
February 13, 1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
February 13, 1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
February 13, 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 13, 1977 "Guys and Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 239 performances
February 13, 1977 "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 39 performances
February 13, 1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
February 13, 1977 Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
February 13, 1976 Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria
February 13, 1976 Peter Casserly of NZ hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes
February 13, 1975 Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation
February 13, 1974 "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City
February 13, 1974 Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from U.S.S.R.
February 13, 1974 James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
February 13, 1973 Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City
February 13, 1973 U.S. dollar devalues 10 percent
February 13, 1972 "1776" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,217 performances
February 13, 1972 "Grease" opens on Broadway
February 13, 1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
February 13, 1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
February 13, 1971 Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
February 13, 1970 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
February 13, 1970 NL offices begins move from Cin to San Francisco (completed Feb 23)
February 13, 1969 Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released
February 13, 1969 Suriname government of Pengel resigns
February 13, 1968 U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
February 13, 1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
February 13, 1965 Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title
February 13, 1965 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
February 13, 1961 Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records
February 13, 1961 Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus
February 13, 1960 "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances
February 13, 1960 "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances
February 13, 1960 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
February 13, 1959 Barbie doll goes on sale
February 13, 1959 Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns
February 13, 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
February 13, 1956 KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
February 13, 1955 Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls
February 13, 1955 KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
February 13, 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 13, 1954 Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
February 13, 1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
February 13, 1952 Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win
February 13, 1948 Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings
February 13, 1948 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of BEL
February 13, 1948 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA
February 13, 1948 Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England
February 13, 1946 "Duchess Misbehaves" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 5 performances
February 13, 1945 Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die
February 13, 1945 U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die
February 13, 1943 German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front
February 13, 1943 Women's Marine Corps created
February 13, 1942 Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled
February 13, 1941 Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council
February 13, 1940 Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Aust at the WACA
February 13, 1937 "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail
February 13, 1937 Bradman scores 123 SA vs. Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket
February 13, 1937 Maribel Vinson wins her 9th U.S. figure skating championship
February 13, 1937 NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington D.C.
February 13, 1935 1st U.S. surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland
February 13, 1935 Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's infant
February 13, 1934 Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party
February 13, 1932 "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang"
February 13, 1929 Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier
February 13, 1929 Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow
February 13, 1927 Uprising against Portuguese regime of Gen Carmona defeated
February 13, 1925 U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
February 13, 1924 King Tut's tomb opened
February 13, 1923 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes
February 13, 1920 National Negro Baseball League organizes
February 13, 1920 Switzerland rejoin League of Nations
February 13, 1914 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City
February 13, 1912 England regains cricket's Ashes
February 13, 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested
February 13, 1905 -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record)

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February 14th

February 14, 2001 Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros)
February 14, 1995 Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas
February 14, 1995 Wellington 2-498d and 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 and 2-476d
February 14, 1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympic record 500m (36.33)
February 14, 1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
February 14, 1992 Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec)
February 14, 1991 "Mule Bone" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City for 67 performances
February 14, 1991 NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration
February 14, 1990 Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London
February 14, 1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam
February 14, 1989 World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens
February 14, 1988 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
February 14, 1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected president of Paraguay
February 14, 1988 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
February 14, 1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit
February 14, 1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
February 14, 1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
February 14, 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall
February 14, 1982 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
February 14, 1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances
February 14, 1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
February 14, 1979 "Whoopee!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 204 performances
February 14, 1978 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
February 14, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 14, 1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
February 14, 1972 John and Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
February 14, 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
February 14, 1970 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 1 performance
February 14, 1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central
February 14, 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
February 14, 1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
February 14, 1966 Writers Andrei Sinjavski and Joeij Daniel found guilty
February 14, 1963 U.S. launches communications satellite Syncom 1
February 14, 1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
February 14, 1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley California
February 14, 1960 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 14, 1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
February 14, 1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City
February 14, 1958 Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan forms
February 14, 1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Sen Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
February 14, 1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
February 14, 1956 Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate
February 14, 1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins
February 14, 1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 14, 1952 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway
February 14, 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title
February 14, 1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
February 14, 1950 U.S.S.R. and China sign peace treaty
February 14, 1949 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel)
February 14, 1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
February 14, 1946 Bank of England nationalized
February 14, 1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
February 14, 1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN
February 14, 1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java
February 14, 1943 German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia
February 14, 1943 Soviets recapture Rostov
February 14, 1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra
February 14, 1942 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
February 14, 1941 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
February 14, 1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
February 14, 1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
February 14, 1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind
February 14, 1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago
February 14, 1934 NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game: Toronto beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto
February 14, 1932 South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Aust (Ironmonger 5-6)
February 14, 1931 Bradman scores 152 Aust vs. WI, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
February 14, 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed
February 14, 1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed
February 14, 1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson
February 14, 1921 Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized
February 14, 1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY
February 14, 1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
February 14, 1919 United Parcel Service forms
February 14, 1918 H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in New York City
February 14, 1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
February 14, 1912 1st U.S. submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Connecticut
February 14, 1912 Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state
February 14, 1907 1st U.S. fox hound association forms in New York City
February 14, 1903 U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor forms
February 14, 1900 Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock"

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الرابع عشر من شباط 2005 استشهاد يحيى مصطفى العرب، محمد بن سعد الدين درويش، طلال نبيه ناصر، زياد محمد طراف، عمر أحمد المصري، محمد رياض حسين غلاييني، مازن عدنان الدهبي، يمامة كامل دامن، هيثم خالد عثمان، علاء حسن عصفور، زاهي حليم ابو رجيلي، جوزيف اميل عون، ريما محمد رائف بزي، رواد حسين حيدر، صبحي محمد القادر، عبدو توفيق بو فرح، عبد الحميد محمد غلاييني، محمود صالح الخلف، محمد صالح الحمد المحمد .... نتيجة انفجار في وسط بيروت استهدف رفيق الحريري وأدّى الى استشاهده أيضا

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February 15th

February 15, 1998 Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship
February 15, 1998 Daytona 500 race
February 15, 1997 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski
February 15, 1995 Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns
February 15, 1995 Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17
February 15, 1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
February 15, 1994 U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti
February 15, 1993 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester New York on WNVE 95.1 FM
February 15, 1992 100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox
February 15, 1992 Jeffrey Dahmer found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys
February 15, 1991 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
February 15, 1990 Baseball owners lock out players
February 15, 1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
February 15, 1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends
February 15, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 15, 1987 ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
February 15, 1986 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia at Detroit
February 15, 1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election
February 15, 1985 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
February 15, 1985 World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23
February 15, 1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
February 15, 1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
February 15, 1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die
February 15, 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
February 15, 1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York
February 15, 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
February 15, 1980 Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
February 15, 1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins
February 15, 1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 15, 1978 Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Florida
February 15, 1978 Zaire revises constitution
February 15, 1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
February 15, 1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
February 15, 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
February 15, 1973 Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
February 15, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)
February 15, 1972 Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander General Manager
February 15, 1971 After 1,200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal
February 15, 1970 Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
February 15, 1970 Nationalists disrupt United Nations session on Congo
February 15, 1968 Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver
February 15, 1968 WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
February 15, 1967 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
February 15, 1966 Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater
February 15, 1965 John Lennon passes his driving test
February 15, 1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks
February 15, 1964 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
February 15, 1963 1st U.S. female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright)
February 15, 1963 Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else
February 15, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 15, 1961 Entire U.S. figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash
February 15, 1959 Antonio Segni forms Italian government
February 15, 1958 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB
February 15, 1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
February 15, 1956 Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland
February 15, 1955 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced
February 15, 1954 1st bevatron in operation-Berkeley, California
February 15, 1954 WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
February 15, 1950 KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting
February 15, 1950 WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in New York City
February 15, 1950 WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
February 15, 1950 Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
February 15, 1949 Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad
February 15, 1948 Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan
February 15, 1947 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances
February 15, 1946 Bank of England nationalized
February 15, 1944 891 British bombers attack Berlin
February 15, 1944 Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins
February 15, 1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid
February 15, 1942 German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery
February 15, 1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra
February 15, 1942 Singapore surrenders to Japanese
February 15, 1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train"
February 15, 1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched
February 15, 1939 Lillian Hellman's "Little Foxes," premieres in New York City
February 15, 1936 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record)
February 15, 1936 Hitler announce building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game)
February 15, 1936 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold
February 15, 1933 Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party
February 15, 1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
February 15, 1933 Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin
February 15, 1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
February 15, 1932 Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 min playing time
February 15, 1932 George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show"
February 15, 1932 John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in New York City
February 15, 1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
February 15, 1931 1st Dracula movie released
February 15, 1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
February 15, 1930 Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
February 15, 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago)
February 15, 1926 Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th St. New York City
February 15, 1926 Contract air mail service begins in U.S.
February 15, 1922 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex
February 15, 1921 Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs. England, Australian Test Cricket rec
February 15, 1919 American Legion organizes in Paris
February 15, 1918 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland
February 15, 1918 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar
February 15, 1917 SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
February 15, 1916 New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
February 15, 1913 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City
February 15, 1912 Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship
February 15, 1906 British Labour Party organizes
February 15, 1905 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark)
February 15, 1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom
February 15, 1902 Underground railway (U-Bahn)
February 15, 1900 General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes

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February 16th

February 16, 1998 Tellabs Inc. acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
February 16, 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
February 16, 1997 GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic
February 16, 1997 Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
February 16, 1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi
February 16, 1994 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
February 16, 1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29)
February 16, 1994 Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends government in Peru
February 16, 1993 Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
February 16, 1992 Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow and blue
February 16, 1992 Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
February 16, 1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
February 16, 1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market
February 16, 1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
February 16, 1989 William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia
February 16, 1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador
February 16, 1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
February 16, 1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 24 performances
February 16, 1986 French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
February 16, 1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
February 16, 1985 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ
February 16, 1984 Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
February 16, 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
February 16, 1982 Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
February 16, 1982 Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
February 16, 1982 Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
February 16, 1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
February 16, 1980 Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record)
February 16, 1979 George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
February 16, 1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
February 16, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R.
February 16, 1975 Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating Kansas City Scouts 3-0
February 16, 1973 WI vs. Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers
February 16, 1972 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
February 16, 1972 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. NZ Kingston, 214 and 100
February 16, 1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
February 16, 1970 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
February 16, 1968 Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala
February 16, 1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
February 16, 1967 Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame
February 16, 1966 Bob Cowper makes 307 vs. England at the MCG, 727 mins, 20 fours
February 16, 1966 End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK
February 16, 1965 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances
February 16, 1965 Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors
February 16, 1964 Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
February 16, 1963 Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
February 16, 1963 C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down
February 16, 1962 Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres
February 16, 1962 U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win
February 16, 1961 China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
February 16, 1961 U.S. satellite Explorer 9 is launched
February 16, 1960 U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip
February 16, 1959 Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
February 16, 1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 16, 1956 Britain abolishes death penalty
February 16, 1954 WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
February 16, 1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
February 16, 1951 New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
February 16, 1951 SF City Hall dome fire
February 16, 1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
February 16, 1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
February 16, 1948 1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC
February 16, 1947 Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres
February 16, 1946 "Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 5 performances
February 16, 1946 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Connecticut
February 16, 1945 Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany )
February 16, 1943 British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia
February 16, 1943 Red army conquers Kharkov
February 16, 1942 German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery
February 16, 1940 British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway
February 16, 1938 U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized
February 16, 1937 Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris
February 16, 1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
February 16, 1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections
February 16, 1933 Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists
February 16, 1933 England regains the Ashes, thanks to bodyline tactics
February 16, 1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
February 16, 1931 Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes president of Finland
February 16, 1929 KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
February 16, 1927 Noel Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London
February 16, 1927 U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Turkey
February 16, 1926 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France
February 16, 1923 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory
February 16, 1923 Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen
February 16, 1918 Lithuania declares independence from Russia and Germany (National Day)
February 16, 1917 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
February 16, 1916 Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
February 16, 1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
February 16, 1914 1st airplane flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco
February 16, 1913 President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
February 16, 1912 VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
February 16, 1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City
February 16, 1909 Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
February 16, 1905 1st U.S. Esperanto club organizes in Boston
February 16, 1903 -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)
February 16, 1900 1st Chinese daily newspaper in U.S. publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF)

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February 17th

General Interest
1904 : Madame Butterfly premieres
1801 : Deadlock over presidential election ends
1957 : Gromyko becomes foreign minister
1979 : China invades Vietnam

American Revolution
1782 : French and British battle in the Indian Ocean

Automotive
1911 : First self-starter installed
1934 : First driving class is offered
1972 : VW Bug sets record

Civil War
1865 : Sherman sacks Columbia, South Carolina

Cold War
1947 : Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia

Crime
1906 : The first "Trial of the Century"

Disaster
1993 : Ferry sinks near Haiti

Entertainment
1927 : Studios postpone audio decision
1979 : Prairie Home Companion debuts
1982 : Lee Strasberg dies

Literary
1986 : The Accidental Tourist wins the National Book Critics Circle Award

Old West
1820 : Senate passes Missouri Compromise

Presidential
1801 : Thomas Jefferson is elected

Vietnam War
1966 : Taylor testifies on Operation Rolling Thunder
1968 : U.S. casualty rate reaches record high

Wall Street
1997 : CompuServe chief throws in the towel

World War I
1915 : Zeppelin L-4 crashes into North Sea

World War II
1944 : U.S. troops land on Eniwetok atoll

Thank You ...

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Adding to February 17

February 17, 1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
February 17, 1998 Larry Wayne Harris and Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax
February 17, 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena California
February 17, 1997 Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter
February 17, 1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
February 17, 1995 11th Soap Opera Digest Awards
February 17, 1995 Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming U.S. tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked
February 17, 1993 Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
February 17, 1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
February 17, 1991 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
February 17, 1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
February 17, 1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
February 17, 1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
February 17, 1988 U.S. Lt. Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists and later killed
February 17, 1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
February 17, 1987 Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
February 17, 1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
February 17, 1986 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM)
February 17, 1986 Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
February 17, 1985 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents
February 17, 1985 1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia vs. England
February 17, 1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
February 17, 1985 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
February 17, 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita
February 17, 1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
February 17, 1983 Netherlands adopts constitution
February 17, 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
February 17, 1982 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England
February 17, 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history
February 17, 1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)
February 17, 1980 Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
February 17, 1979 China invades Vietnam
February 17, 1979 Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99)
February 17, 1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 7 performances
February 17, 1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
February 17, 1976 Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell
February 17, 1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
February 17, 1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
February 17, 1973 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
February 17, 1972 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market
February 17, 1972 President Nixon leaves Washington D.C. for China
February 17, 1971 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
February 17, 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter
February 17, 1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall
February 17, 1969 Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister
February 17, 1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens
February 17, 1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields"
February 17, 1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
February 17, 1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
February 17, 1965 U.S. Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures
February 17, 1965 U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
February 17, 1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
February 17, 1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights
February 17, 1963 Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8
February 17, 1962 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265
February 17, 1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
February 17, 1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
February 17, 1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72
February 17, 1957 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 17, 1957 Suez Canal reopens
February 17, 1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
February 17, 1955 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB
February 17, 1955 Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
February 17, 1953 DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
February 17, 1950 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York
February 17, 1949 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
February 17, 1949 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN
February 17, 1949 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA
February 17, 1947 Voice of America begins broadcasting to U.S.S.R.
February 17, 1946 Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
February 17, 1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; U.S. victory on Feb 22
February 17, 1944 U.S. begins night bombing of Truk
February 17, 1943 Hitler visits fieldmarshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje
February 17, 1943 Gen-major Bradley flies to Washington D.C.
February 17, 1941 Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
February 17, 1940 Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA vs. West Australia
February 17, 1940 British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
February 17, 1939 Katwijk soccer team forms
February 17, 1938 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV in London
February 17, 1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
February 17, 1936 SN Behrmann's "End of Summer," premieres in New York City
February 17, 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn)
February 17, 1933 1st issue of Newsweek magazine published
February 17, 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam
February 17, 1933 U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition
February 17, 1932 Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City
February 17, 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
February 17, 1931 Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game
February 17, 1930 French government of Tardieu falls
February 17, 1926 Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die
February 17, 1924 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
February 17, 1923 Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)
February 17, 1921 Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D'ete," premieres
February 17, 1916 Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in New York City
February 17, 1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
February 17, 1913 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon
February 17, 1913 New York Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to U.S. public
February 17, 1911 1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)
February 17, 1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
February 17, 1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
February 17, 1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan

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February 18th

February 18, 2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200
February 18, 1998 New York Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell
February 18, 1996 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India
February 18, 1996 Daytona 500 race
February 18, 1995 Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
February 18, 1995 Pamela Anderson (Baywatch) and Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) wed
February 18, 1995 Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle
February 18, 1994 Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
February 18, 1994 Shreveport Pirates join CFL as 4th U.S. team
February 18, 1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY
February 18, 1991 Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse and shuts out New Jersey Devils 4-0
February 18, 1990 Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
February 18, 1989 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
February 18, 1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
February 18, 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
February 18, 1986 San Antonio's Alvin Robertson scores NBA 2nd quadruple double-20 pts, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals against Phoenix
February 18, 1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed
February 18, 1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
February 18, 1980 Billy Wyman said he will leave Rolling Stones in 1983
February 18, 1979 -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record)
February 18, 1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-202
February 18, 1979 Snow falls in Sahara Desert
February 18, 1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii
February 18, 1977 George Harrison releases "True Love"
February 18, 1975 2nd American Music Awards
February 18, 1975 Italy broadens abortion law
February 18, 1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
February 18, 1974 U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check
February 18, 1973 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
February 18, 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Pompano Beach Golf Classic
February 18, 1972 California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
February 18, 1970 U.S. president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"
February 18, 1969 Doug Walters scores 2nd innings century after 242 in 1st
February 18, 1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland
February 18, 1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
February 18, 1968 British adopts year-round daylight savings time
February 18, 1968 David Gilmour joins rock group Pink Floyd
February 18, 1967 Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
February 18, 1965 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 72 performances
February 18, 1965 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain, British Columbia
February 18, 1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting
February 18, 1964 Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday," premieres in New York City
February 18, 1964 Papandreou Government takes power in Greece
February 18, 1962 France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war
February 18, 1962 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open
February 18, 1961 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
February 18, 1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo
February 18, 1960 Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
February 18, 1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance
February 18, 1953 "Bwana Devil," the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
February 18, 1953 "Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances
February 18, 1952 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins
February 18, 1951 3 City College of New York basketball players admit to accepting bribes
February 18, 1951 Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy
February 18, 1951 Netherlands Radio School forms
February 18, 1950 "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances
February 18, 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa
February 18, 1947 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in New York City
February 18, 1944 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
February 18, 1943 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"
February 18, 1943 William D. Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies
February 18, 1942 Japanese troop land on Bali
February 18, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island
February 18, 1936 NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Mont Maroons (24)
February 18, 1932 Japan declares Manchuria Independent
February 18, 1932 Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
February 18, 1930 Cow flown and milked, milk sealed in paper containers and parachuted
February 18, 1930 U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
February 18, 1927 1st U.S. radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
February 18, 1927 U.S. and Canada begin diplomatic relations
February 18, 1924 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
February 18, 1924 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
February 18, 1923 Belgium: Borinage-mine workers strike for higher wages
February 18, 1922 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his judgeship to work for baseball
February 18, 1921 British troops occupy Dublin
February 18, 1919 Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals
February 18, 1915 Germany begins a blockade of England
February 18, 1913 French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York City
February 18, 1909 Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps
February 18, 1908 1st U.S. postage stamps in rolls issued
February 18, 1905 Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben," premieres in Munich
February 18, 1903 Kuyper government launches anti strike laws
February 18, 1902 Opera "Hunchback of Notre Dame," premieres in Monte Carlo
February 18, 1901 H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner
February 18, 1900 Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam

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18/2/1935:

General MICHEL AOUN Was Born