Birthdates Which Occur on February 11:
1380 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini Italy, humanist
1506 Juliana van Stolberg engraver of Nassau
1535 Gregory XIV [Niccol• Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)
1557 John Wtenbogaert remonstrants theologist
1568 Honor‚ d'Urf‚ French writer (L'Astr‚e)
1657 Bernard Fontenelle France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
1755 Albert Christoph Dies composer
1764 Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier French poet (Cajus Graechus)
1776 Joannis Capodistrias Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)
1783 Jarena Lee famous African
1790 Ignaz Assmayer composer
1800 William Henry Fox Talbot English physicist/chemist
1802 Lydia Maria Child US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
1810 Loisa Puget composer
1812 Alexander Hamilton Stephens Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883
and Benjamin Franklin Sands Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
1819 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman composer
1821 Auguste douard Mariette Fren egyptologist, (dug out Sphinx 12/16/42)
1829 William Anderson Pile Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1830 Peter Arnold Heise composer
1833 Melville Weston Fuller 8th chief justice
1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs theoretical physicist/chemist
1840 Sanuel Dana Greene Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884
1846 William Fox Talbot pioneer photographer/inventor
1847 Thomas Alva Edison NJ, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
1860 Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)
1867 August W Messer German philosopher/educator/psychologist
1869 Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller Dutch founder (Kr”ller-Mller Museum)
1873 Feodor Chaliapine Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
1874 Elsa Beskow [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
and Fritz Bennicke Hart composer
1875 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter composer
1879 Jean Gilbert composer
1882 Gheorghe Cucu composer
1883 Paul August von Klenau Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
1887 Ernst "Putzi" Hanfst„ngl German/US pianist/NSDAP-politician
and John van Melle South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
1889 John Mills dancer (Mills Brothers)
and Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov composer
1890 John P M L de Vries fairy tale writer
1893 Johan C P Alberts Dutch literary (Festival)
1894 Alfonso Leng composer
1895 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky composer
1897 Yves de La Casiniere composer
1898 Leo Szilard Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
19-- Audrey Peters actress (Sarah-Guiding Light)
and Deena Freeman Palo Alto Calif, actress (April-Too Close For Comfort)
and John Fink Detroit Mich, actor (Dr Adam Hudson-Nancy)
and Stephen Gregory NYC, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
1900 Thomas Hitchcock Jr great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
1903 Hans Redlich composer
and Rex Lease WV, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand)
1904 Henry R LaBouisse headed UNICEF (1965-79)
and Keith Holyoake New Zealand PM (1960-72)
1905 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
1908 Josh White rocker
and Sutan Takdir Alishahbana Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
and Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs British geologist/Pole explorer
1909 Joseph L Mankiewicz Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
and Max Baer Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
1912 Roy Fuller England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
and Rudolf Firkusny Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
1913 Lucio Diestro San Pedro composer
1914 French Duynstee Dutch constitutional lawyer
and Matt Dennis Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)
and Menelaos Pallantios composer
and Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder court judge of Amsterdam
1915 Haakon Stotijn Dutch oboist
1917 Sidney Sheldon novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)
1919 Gretchen Fraser Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
1920 Billy Halop NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
and Daniel F[rancis] Galouye US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
and Faruk I last King of Egypt (1936-52)
1921 Eva Gabor Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
and Lloyd Bentsen (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
1922 Leslie Nielsen Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
and Tudor Jarda composer
1925 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], Tularosa NM, actress (Right Stuff)
and Virginia E Johnson doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
1926 Alexander Gibson British conductor/founder of Scottish Opera
and Paul Bocuse France, great chef (Legion of Honor)
1928 Conrad Janis NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
and Raoul Cita rocker
1929 Leonard Gregory Kastle composer
1930 Alevtina Koltschina USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Oly-gold-1960)
1932 Jerome Lowenthal Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
1934 Francesco Pennisi composer
and John Surtees British race car driver
and Mary Quant Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
and Tina Louise NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
1935 Bent Lorentzen composer
and Gene Vincent Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
1937 Lodew˜k Boer Dutch playwright
1938 Boris Majorov USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
and Manuel Antonio Noriega Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
and Willy Correa de Oliveira composer
and Yevgeniy Majorov USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1939 Gerry Goffin Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
and Jane [Hyatt] Yolen US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
1940 Bobby "Boris" Pickett rocker
and Calvin Fowler Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 Glenn Randall Jr stuntman
and Sergio Mendes jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1942 Archie Andrews comic book character
and Leon Haywood US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
and Otis Clay US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
and Tony Colton rocker
1944 Buddhadeb Das Gupta
and Michael G Oxley (Rep-R-OH, 1981- )
1949 Charlie Hargrett rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
1950 Earnest Jim Istook (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
and Johanna E "Joke" Beerens actress (Schipper Next to God)
and Rochelle Fleming US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
1953 Philip Anglim SF Calif, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)
and Stephen D Thorne Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1954 Catherine Hickland Ft Lauderdale, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)
1956 Kathleen Beller Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)
196- Bianca Ferguson actress (Felicia Jones-General Hospital)
1961 Becky LeBeau LA Calif, vocalist (Mischief)
and Carey Lowell NYC, actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close)
and Mary Docter US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)
1962 Scott Kolden Torrance Calif, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ)
1964 Sheryl Crow vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)
1968 P J Sparx XXX actress (Sex Wish, X-TV, Sex 2, Manbait, Jugsy)
1969 Jennifer Aniston Sherman Oaks Calif, actress (Rachel-Friends)
and Shannon Long Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988)
1971 Linda Wild Arlington Hgt Ill, tennis star
1976 Brice Beckham Long Beach Calif, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare)
1979 Brandy [Norwood] singer (Les Miserables)
1980 Matthew Lawrence Montgomery Pa, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
and Natasha Bobo Watsonville Calif, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
Deaths Which Occured February 11:
641 Heraclius emperor of Byzantium, dies
731 Gregory II Greek-Syrian Pope, dies
821 Benedict van Aniane saint, dies
824 Paschal I Italian Pope (817-24), dies
867 Theodora the saint, Emperoress of Byzantine, dies
1141 Hugo van St-Victor philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
1543 Ahmed Gran sultan of Adal, dies in battle
1554 Lady Jane Grey deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
1622 Alfonso Fontanelli composer, dies at 64
1650 Ren‚ Descartes philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1685 David Teniers III Flemish painter, dies at 46
1762 Johann Tobias Krebs composer, dies at 71
1797 Antoine Dauvergne composer, dies at 83
1806 Vicente Martin y Soler composer, dies at 51
1841 J H Ferdinand Olivier German painter, dies
1868 L‚on Foucault discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
1870 Jacob M de Kempenaer Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
Leopold Eugen Mechura composer, dies at 66
1879 Willem J Van Zeggelen author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
1882 Gustav Schmidt composer, dies at 65
1892 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni composer, dies at 63
1894 Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera composer, dies at 70
1899 George Morgan 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident
1901 Milan I king of Serbia, dies at 56
1903 Henryk Szulc composer, dies at 67
1907 Peter J Savelberg Limburgs monastery founder, dies at 80
1911 Albert von Rothschild baron/Austrian banker, dies
1922 Gerardus J P J Bolland philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
1931 Charles Algernon Parsons British inventor (steam turbine), dies
1939 Franz Schmidt composer, dies at 64
1941 Rudolf Hilferding German economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide
1944 Ivan Sollertinski friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
1945 JSH Lokerman resistance fighter (in Neuengamme), dies
1961 Eduard R Verkade actor/director, dies at 82^
Patrice Lumumba 1st premier Congo, murdered
1963 Sylvia Plath poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself, in London at 30
1968 Howard Lindsay US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 James Lanphier actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 Emil Abranyi composer, dies at 87
1971 Whitney Young Jr National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 John Wils architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1973 Hans D Jensen German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1974 Anna Q Nilsson actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
1976 Alice Allyn dies^
Charlie Naughton actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
Lee J Cobb actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1977 Louis J M Beel Dutch premier (1945-47), dies at 74
1978 James B Conant headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1982 Eleanor Powell tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
Takashi Shimura Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
Victor Jory Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
1985 Heinz Eric Roemheld composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
Henry Hathaway actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
Ulysses Sipmson Kay composer, dies at 68
1986 Frank [Patrick] Herbert sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
1989 George O'Hanlon actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 Oscar Nitzchke German architect (Alcoa building), dies
1992 Ray Danton US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1993 Oksana Kostina Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1994 Antonio Martin Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
Sorrell Booke US actor (Gone are the Days), dies at 64
William Conrad actor (Cannon), dies at 73 of a heart attack
Holidays Which Occur February 11:
Bangladesh Shaheed Day
Cameroon Youth Day
Flint Mich White Shirt Day-end of blue collar sit down strike (1907)
Florida Gasparilla Carnival-rememberance of pirates
Ft Myers, Florida Pageant of Light (1884)
Iran Revolution Day (1979)
Italy Giorno della Conciliazione Day (1929)
Japan Empire Day
Japan Foundation Day (660 BC)-accession of Emperor Jimmu
Liberia Armed Forces Day
Mauritius Chinese Spring Festival
US National Inventors Day
Religious Observances on February 11:
Christian Feast of St Adolph
Methodist Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
ORC St Euphrosyne/Smaragdus
Phil Our Lady's Miraculous Apparitians of St Bernadette Soubirous
RC Saturninus, priest/martyr to Abitinae
Unification Church True parents' birthday
731 RC Feast of St Gregory II, 89th Roman Catholic pope (715-31)
867 Christian Commemoration of St Theodora, Byzantine empress
1858 RC Memorial of Apparition of Virgin at Lourdes (opt)
Things to Remember for February 11:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
8 Days Astrological sign: Aquarius
3 Days Theta Centaurid meteor shower, radiant in Lupus near Centaurus
35 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
[Ancient Rome] a d iij Id Feb
Highlights in History Which Occur February 11:
385 Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona
660 -BC- Traditional founding of Japan by Emperor Jimmu Tenno
731 St Gregory II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
824 St Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1531 Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
1575 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
1638 Dutch countess Louise van Solms marries earl John van Brederode
1720 Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
1793 Prussian troops occupy Venlo
1794 1st session of US Senate open to the public
1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
1809 Robert Fulton patents steamboat
1812 Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
1814 Norway's independence proclaimed
1837 American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes
1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train to Washington
and US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference
with slavery in any state
1873 Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I
1878 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
and 1st weekly Weather report published
1889 Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890
1893 A Charlois discovers asteroid #357 Ninina
1894 F Courty discovers asteroid #384 Burdigala
1895 -17øF (-27.2øC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
1898 Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
1899 -15øF (-26øC), Washington, DC (district record)
1902 Demonstration for human rights in Brussels
1905 James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299«-last pin breaks but stands
1907 A Kopff discovers asteroids #625 Xenia & #626 Notburga
and De Master's Dutch govt resigns
and Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322
1908 Heemskerk's govt begins in Holland
1912 A Massinger discovers asteroid #727 Nipponia
1916 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany
and German republican govt takes power
1921 M Wolf discovers asteroid #946 Poesia
1922 US intervention army leaves Honduras
1926 Tokelau (Union) islands in south Pacific transfers to New Zealand
1927 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1181 Lilith
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1111 Reinmuthia
1928 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
1929 Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1931 L Volta discovers asteroid #1191 Alfaterna
1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1220 Crocus
1935 -11øF (-24øC), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
and 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
1938 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1941 Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
and Sicherheitsdienst complains about anti-German/NSB in Dutch population
1942 "Archie" comic book debuts
and L Oterma discovers asteroid #2827 Vellamo
1945 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
1948 John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
1949 Willie Pep is 1st 126lb to regain boxing championship
1950 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1598 Paloque
1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
1953 Pres Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg
1957 KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
and NHL Players Assn forms, Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1958 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY
and Marshal Tsjen Ji succeeds Tsjoe En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
and WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 Jack Paar walks off his TV show
1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
and Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1962 Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
1963 Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
and CIA Domestic Operations Division created (pretty scary!)
1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
and Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
and Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
1965 Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
1968 Israeli-Jordan border fight
and Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Wash Bridge, Hudson River NY
and Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens
and Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
and Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
and Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
John Lennon pays œ1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African
and rugby team playing in Scotland
1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
and US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
and Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails
1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1976 Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
1977 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
and Clifford Alexander Jr is 1st Black Secretary of State, confirmed
and Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3578
1978 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC
and 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
and China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
and EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
and Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in NYC
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #2542 Calpurnia
1981 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
1983 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))
and E Bowell disc asteroid 2875 Lagerkvist, 3116 Goodricke & 3594 Scotti
and N G Thomas discovers asteroid #3117 Niepce
and T Seki discovers asteroid #3150 Tosa
1984 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
and Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1985 Jordan king Hussein & PLO leader Arafat sign accord
1986 Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
and Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1987 Philippines constitution goes into effect
1988 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
1989 Barbara Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
1990 40th NBA All-Star Game in Miami, East beats West 130-113
and James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
and Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in Hague Neth
1992 F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Neth (No deaths)
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
and Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
Your Special Reminders for February 11:
1899 -2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1960 65øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 42nd day of the year with 323 days left (Numerology = 4)
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