Montag, 6. Februar 2012
Der heutige Tag in der Geschichte ...

• 0337  -  St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1189  -  Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England
• 1508  -  Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor
• 1577  -  King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots
• 1626  -  Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle
• 1651  -  -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
• 1693  -  Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va
• 1716  -  England & Netherlands renew alliance
• 1778  -  England declares war on France
• 1778  -  France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
• 1788  -  Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
• 1815  -  NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
• 1819  -  Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore
• 1820  -  1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)
• 1820  -  US population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%))
• 1832  -  1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland
• 1832  -  US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy
• 1836  -  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
• 1840  -  Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain & Maoris of NZ
• 1851  -  Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dsseldorf
• 1854  -  Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine
• 1861  -  1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
• 1861  -  English Adm Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships
• 1862  -  Gen Ulysses S Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee
• 1862  -  Naval Engagement at Tenn River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
• 1862  -  Ulysses S Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi
• 1864  -  -7] Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
• 1865  -  2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
• 1865  -  Robert E Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief
• 1867  -  Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South
• 1869  -  Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
• 1891  -  1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
• 1899  -  Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate
• 1900  -  Battle at Vaalkrans, South-Africa (Boers vs British army)
• 1902  -  Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC
• 1904  -  Russian-Japanese war began
• 1911  -  1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Ariz
• 1911  -  Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
• 1918  -  Britain grants women (30 & over) vote
• 1919  -  1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike
• 1920  -  Saarland administrated by League of Nations
• 1921  -  "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released
• 1922  -  Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI
• 1922  -  US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
• 1926  -  NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
• 1926  -  St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
• 1929  -  Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"
• 1932  -  1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
• 1932  -  Fascist coup in the Memel territory
• 1933  -  -90øF (-68øC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)
• 1933  -  112' ocean wave observed near Manila
• 1933  -  20th Amendment goes into effect: Pres term begins in Jan not March
• 1933  -  20th amendment (terms of office) passed
• 1933  -  Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane
• 1933  -  Pres von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament
• 1934  -  Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500
• 1935  -  "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time
• 1935  -  1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
• 1936  -  4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
• 1936  -  Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"
• 1937  -  K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer
• 1939  -  Spanish govt flees to France
• 1941  -  Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)
• 1941  -  Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed
• 1941  -  British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
• 1943  -  1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
• 1943  -  Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
• 1945  -  8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz
• 1945  -  Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
• 1946  -  "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 142 performances
• 1947  -  Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
• 1948  -  1st radio-controlled airplane flown
• 1948  -  Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
• 1948  -  KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, CA (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 1951  -  "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84
• 1951  -  Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into
• 1951  -  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security
• 1952  -  England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II
• 1953  -  Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie
• 1953  -  US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted
• 1956  -  Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing
• 1956  -  French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers
• 1956  -  U of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black)
• 1958  -  7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash
• 1958  -  Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid
• 1959  -  1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM
• 1959  -  Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow
• 1961  -  "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC
• 1961  -  KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1962  -  Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named
• 1964  -  "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 28 performances
• 1964  -  France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
• 1964  -  WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
• 1965  -  "Kelly" opens & closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC
• 1965  -  Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1
• 1967  -  Cultural Revolution in Albania
• 1967  -  Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston
• 1967  -  Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1968  -  10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
• 1968  -  Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam
• 1968  -  Former Pres Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one
• 1968  -  KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1969  -  "Dear World" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 132 performances
• 1969  -  Jerry Herman's "Dear World," premieres in NYC
• 1970  -  Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban
• 1970  -  NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
• 1971  -  1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
• 1973  -  "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 31 performances
• 1973  -  40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution
• 1973  -  6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah
• 1973  -  Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm
• 1974  -  3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
• 1974  -  Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
• 1974  -  US House of Reps begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
• 1975  -  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1976  -  George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"
• 1977  -  4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0
• 1977  -  Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris
• 1977  -  Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
• 1978  -  Muriel, wife of late Hubert Humphrey (Sen-D-Minn) takes his office
• 1978  -  Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm))
• 1979  -  Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto
• 1981  -  "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV
• 1981  -  Beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon
• 1981  -  Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4)
• 1982  -  "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
• 1983  -  13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19
• 1983  -  Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
• 1984  -  Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
• 1986  -  NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
• 1987  -  No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
• 1987  -  US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
• 1988  -  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1989  -  Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish govt
• 1990  -  Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
• 1990  -  Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
• 1990  -  Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes & 58.44 seconds backwards!
• 1991  -  Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-NJ Knights
• 1992  -  "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
• 1993  -  44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
• 1993  -  Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1994  -  "Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 perfs
• 1994  -  Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
• 1994  -  JosŽ Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica
• 1994  -  Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m
• 1994  -  Martti Ahtisaari elected president of Finland
• 1994  -  NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3
• 1995  -  Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter
• 1995  -  Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
• 1995  -  Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
• 1996  -  Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
• 1997  -  Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm
• 1998  -  Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers
• 1998  -  Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7« years

Geburtstage an diesem Tag ...

• 1461 - Dzore Drzic, Croatian poet
• 1564 - Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus)
• 1608 - Antonio Vieira, Portuguese Jesuit preacher
• 1612 - Antoine Arnauld, [Grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theologist
• 1637 - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, unified Japan
• 1665 - Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14)
• 1673 - Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer
• 1695 - Andre Cheron, composer
• 1705 - Johann Matthias Leffloth, composer
• 1724 - Paul-Louis CyfflŽ, Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine)
• 1753 - Evariste DŽsirŽ Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet
• 1756 - Aaron Burr, Newark NJ, (D-R), 3rd US VP (1801-05), dueler
• 1778 - Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis)
• 1793 - Pietro Rovelli, composer
• 1797 - Joseph Maria von Radowitz, Prussian minister of Foreign affairs
• 1798 - ThŽodore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher
• 1802 - Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]
• 1804 - Ragnerus L van Andringa de Kempenaer, Dutch officer/swindler
• 1807 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer
• 1818 - William Maxwell Evarts, (Union), died in 1901
• 1830 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
• 1832 - John Brown Gordon, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
• 1833 - James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1833 - JosŽ M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer (Sotileza)
• 1834 - William Dorsey Pender, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1838 - Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
• 1848 - Luigi Mancinelli, composer
• 1860 - Johan [Eliza J] de Meester, Dutch journalist/writer (Geertje)
• 1864 - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author/poet (Anarchists)
• 1866 - Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist (Vulkankunde)
• 1872 - Theodor Lessing, writer [or Feb 8]
• 1874 - Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel)
• 1876 - Wilhelm Schmidtbonn[-Schmidt], German playwright (Der Sprechende Eros)
• 1878 - Waclaw Gieburowski, composer
• 1879 - Carl Ramsauer
• 1881 - Karl Weigl, composer
• 1886 - Louis PiŽrard, Belgian journalist/writer (Great Germany)
• 1888 - Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
• 1889 - Karel Wellens, Flemish painter
• 1889 - Siegfried Kracauer, writer
• 1890 - Anton Hermann Fokker, avation pioneer
• 1893 - Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, pres of UN General Assembly (1962-63)
• 1895 - George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)
• 1897 - Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)
• 1899 - Ramon Novarro, [JosŽ RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
• 1900 - Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist
• 1900 - Rudolf V„rnlund, Swedish playwright (Heliga Familjen)
• 1901 - Ben Lyon, Atlanta GA, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse)
• 1902 - Louis Nizer, lawyer (defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw)
• 1903 - John Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's)
• 1903 - Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Temptation of Poverty)
• 1904 - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• 1905 - Wladislaw Gomulka, premier of Poland
• 1907 - Sam Green, industrialist/inventor
• 1908 - Amintore Fanfani, premier of Italy
• 1908 - Edward Lansdale, general/model (Quiet American, Ugly American)
• 1908 - Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, national Park Warden
• 1909 - Israel Citkowitz, composer
• 1910 - George H Poyser, English soccer player/manager (Brentford)
• 1910 - Irmgard Keun, West German writer (Das kunstseidene M„dchen)
• 1911 - A W "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for S Africa 30's)
• 1911 - Ronald Reagan, IL, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo)/40th pres (R) (1981-89)
• 1912 - Eva Braun, mistress (Adolph Hitler)
• 1913 - John Lund, Rochester NY, actor (Wackiest Ship in the Army)
• 1913 - Mary Nicol Leakey, palaeontologist
• 1915 - Derk Roemers, Dutch politician (Soc-Dem)
• 1916 - Bill Doggett, rocker
• 1917 - Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist
• 1917 - Liberato Firmino Sifonia, composer
• 1919 - Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for S Africa 1947-49)
• 1919 - Louis Heren, journalist/writer (China's Three Thousand Years)
• 1920 - James H Scheuer, (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- )
• 1922 - Patrick MacNee, London England, actor (Jonathan Steed-Avengers)
• 1923 - Maurice Le Roux, composer
• 1924 - Billy W William Ambrose right, soccer star
• 1924 - Billy Wright, English soccer player
• 1924 - Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Road to Rome)
• 1927 - Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)
• 1929 - Keith Waterhouse, English writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?)
• 1929 - Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
• 1931 - Fred Trueman, [Fiery Fred], English cricket player
• 1931 - Freddie Trueman, cricketer ("Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England)
• 1931 - Rip Torn, Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
• 1932 - Fran‡ois Truffaut, Paris, director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451)
• 1933 - Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster
• 1933 - Mamie Van Doren, Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) [or 2/2]
• 1933 - Walter E Fauntroy, (Rep-D-DC, 1971- )
• 1936 - Otis Williams, rocker (Charms)
• 1936 - Wies Andersen, [Alo‹s de Bois], Belgian actor/producer (Maigret)
• 1937 - Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner
• 1938 - Ellsworth Milburn, composer
• 1939 - Mike Farrell, St Paul Minn, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered)
• 1940 - Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
• 1940 - Tom Brokaw, Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
• 1941 - Gigi Perreau, LA Calif, actress (Journey to Center of Time)
• 1941 - Stephen Albert, composer
• 1942 - John London, bassist (Michael Nesmith band)
• 1943 - Fabian Forte, Phila Pa, vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger)
• 1943 - Gayle Hunnicutt, Ft Worth Tx, actress (Legend of Hell House, Dallas)
• 1944 - Michael Tucker, Balt MD, actor (Stuart Markowitz-LA Law)
• 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae vocalist (& Wailers-Roots Rock Reggae)
• 1947 - Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
• 1949 - Frank Rich, US politician (?)
• 1949 - Manuel Orantes, tennis champ (US Open-1975)
• 1949 - Richie Zisk, baseball player
• 1950 - Mike Batt, composer/arranger
• 1950 - Natalie Cole, LA Calif, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy)
• 1950 - Punky Meadows, Washington DC, rock guitarist (Angel)
• 1950 - Rich Glover, NFLer
• 1951 - Maria Christina, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III
• 1952 - Richard Charsworth, Australian women field hockey head coach (Oly-96)
• 1953 - Susie Hutchison, Flintridge Calif, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-96)
• 1954 - Scott Kempner, "Top Ten" rocker (Del Lords)
• 1955 - Eric Money, NBAer
• 1956 - Jon Walmsley, Lancashire England, actor (Jason-Waltons)
• 1956 - Linda Grovenor, Baltimore MD, actress (Die Laughing, Wheels of Fire)
• 1957 - Jerry Marotta, rocker (Orleans-Love Takes Time)
• 1957 - Kathy Najimy, actress (Sister Act, Veronica's Closet)
• 1957 - Robert Townsend, Chicago, comedian/actor (Hollywood Shuffle, Ratboy)
• 1958 - Barry Miller, LA Calif, actor (Fame, Peggy Sue Got Married)
• 1958 - Bill Dawley, baseball player
• 1958 - Cecily Adams, Queens NY, entertainment caster (American Heart)
• 1958 - Kelly Leadbetter, Phoenix AZ, LPGA golfer (1986 Hennessy French Open)
• 1958 - Mark Hamilton, Louisville KY, sprint kayak Olympics-96)
• 1958 - Simon Baker, Australian speed walker, (Olympics-84, 88, 96)
• 1960 - Megan Gallagher, Reading PA, actress (Slap Maxwell, Millennium)
• 1961 - Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russian major/cosmonaut (Mir, Soyuz TM-23)
• 1962 - Axl Rose, [William Bailey], Lafayette In, vocalist (Guns & Roses)
• 1963 - David Capel, cricketer (England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90)
• 1963 - Mike Hough, Montreal, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
• 1964 - Matt Hayes, Australian soling yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1964 - Skip Ewing, Redlands Calif, country vocalist (Coast of Colorado)
• 1965 - Jan Sver k, Zatec Czech, director (Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci)
• 1966 - Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star
• 1966 - Rick Astley, rock vocalist (Never Gonna Give You Up)
• 1966 - Tom Tupa, NFL punter/quarterback (Cleve Browns, NE Patriots)
• 1967 - Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player (NEC/AZ/De Graafschap)
• 1967 - Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1967 - Randy Hilliard, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1968 - Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper (World Cup 1996)
• 1968 - Malika Mahfoud, Copenhagen Denmark, golfer (Gippsland Ladies Amateur)
• 1968 - Richard Newbill, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
• 1969 - Anna Acker-Macosko, Marshfield WI, LPGA golfer (1995 Gold Coast Tour)
• 1969 - April Lerman, Chicago Ill, actress (Lila-Charles in Charge)
• 1969 - Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher (Chic White Sox, NY Yankees)
• 1969 - Greg Patrick, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1969 - James Jones, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
• 1969 - Kurt Abbott, US baseball player (Florida Marlins)
• 1969 - Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner (WI 1994-95)
• 1970 - Jeff Rouse, US, 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96)
• 1970 - Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1971 - Brad Hogg, cricketer (WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia v India 1996)
• 1971 - Carlos Rogers, NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
• 1971 - Lance Bade, Vancouver BC, US double trap (Olympics-bronze-1996)
• 1971 - Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star (1996 3rd round Aust Open)
• 1971 - Peter Tchernyshev, St Petersburg Russia, dance skater (& Naomi Lang)
• 1972 - David Binn, NFL safety (SD Chargers)
• 1972 - Mark Labbrook, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Shawn Respert, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors)
• 1973 - Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
• 1973 - Fred Miller, tackle (St Louis Rams)
• 1973 - Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province)
• 1974 - Nathan Davis, defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1974 - Olaf Lindenbergh, soccer player (Ajax, De Graafschap)
• 1975 - Chad Allen, Dallas Tx, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1975 - Leo Insam, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
• 1976 - Elina Zisi, Miss Greece Universe (1997)
• 1976 - Kim Zmeskal, Houston TX, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
• 1984 - Brandon Hammond, actor (Grgory Hines Show)

Todestage an diesem Tag ...

• 0743 - Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
• 0891 - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies
• 1140 - Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies
• 1497 - John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79
• 1612 - Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
• 1617 - Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63
• 1695 - Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies
• 1699 - Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies
• 1725 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75
• 1783 - Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67
• 1785 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48
• 1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85
• 1798 - Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54
• 1804 - Joseph Priestley, Engl/US theologist/philosopher/chemist, dies at 70
• 1807 - John Reid, composer, dies at 85
• 1812 - Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104
• 1859 - Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45
• 1865 - John Pegram, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33
• 1881 - Pieter Mijer, Gov-Gen of Neth Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
• 1896 - Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82
• 1897 - Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies
• 1899 - Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67
• 1914 - J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69
• 1916 - Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73
• 1917 - Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72
• 1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55
• 1919 - Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81
• 1923 - Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
• 1927 - Dani‰l F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
• 1930 - Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17
• 1938 - Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
• 1941 - Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82
• 1942 - Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
• 1943 - HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71
• 1945 - Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
• 1945 - Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
• 1947 - Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
• 1947 - Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61
• 1948 - Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38
• 1952 - George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56
• 1958 - 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich
• 1960 - Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
• 1961 - Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77
• 1963 - Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies
• 1963 - Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77
• 1964 - Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69
• 1964 - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
• 1965 - Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68
• 1966 - Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79
• 1967 - Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
• 1968 - C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85
• 1970 - Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
• 1972 - Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
• 1973 - Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
• 1976 - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
• 1979 - Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47
• 1979 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68
• 1982 - Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
• 1985 - Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53
• 1985 - Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78
• 1986 - William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies
• 1988 - Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64
• 1988 - Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies
• 1989 - Andre Cayatte, dies
• 1989 - Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77
• 1990 - Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
• 1990 - John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies
• 1991 - Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79
• 1991 - Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies
• 1992 - Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37
• 1992 - Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62
• 1993 - Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77
• 1994 - Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
• 1994 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk), dies at 76
• 1994 - Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88
• 1994 - Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
• 1995 - Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65
• 1995 - James Ingram Merrill, US poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68
• 1996 - Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74
• 1996 - Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85
• 1996 - Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76
• 1998 - Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51
• 1998 - Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian PM (1949, 1950-51)/pres (1961-63), dies
• 1998 - [Johann Hoelzel] Falco, singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40

• 1515  -  Aldus Manutius, Italian printer who invented paperbacks and italics, dies
• 1564  -  Christopher Marlowe, English writer, author of Dr. Faustus, is born
• 1612  -  Christoph Clavius, German astronomer, dies. He had proposed the changes that would become the Gregorian calendar reform
• 1685  -  Charles II, King of England, aka The Merry Monarch, dies
• 1778  -  Britain declares war on France
• 1778  -  The United States wins official recognition from France with the signing of two treaties in Paris
• 1788  -  Massachusetts becomes the 6th state
• 1793  -  Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright, founder of Italian realistic comedy, dies
• 1802  -  Sir Charles Wheatstone, English physicist, is born. He invented the concertina and an early telegraph
• 1804  -  Joseph Priestley, English chemist, dies. He discovered carbon dioxide, invented seltzer water, and discovered oxygen, naming it 'dephlogisticated air'. Lavoisier later killed the phlogiston theory and named this gas oxygen
• 1838  -  Sir Henry Irving, the first actor to be knighted, is born
• 1865  -  General Lee appointed commander-in-chief of Confederate forces
• 1895  -  Babe Ruth, baseball legend, is born
• 1898  -  Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart, German zoologist and founder of the science of parasitology, dies
• 1899  -  A peace treaty is signed between the United States and Spain ending the Spanish-American War
• 1911  -  Ronald Reagan, actor known for his Bonzo movies and the 40th president of the United States, is born in Tampico, IL
• 1912  -  Eva Braun, mistress and wife of Hitler, is born
• 1913  -  Mary Leakey, paleontologist, is born in London
• 1917  -  Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress, is born
• 1922  -  Patrick Macnee, actor, is born
• 1927  -  Nicaraguan rebels take Chinandega
• 1931  -  Evita Peron, wife of Juan Peron, popular with the people of Argentina, is born
• 1932  -  Francois Truffaut, French film director, is born
• 1933  -  The 20th amendment, covering terms of office, passed today
• 1940  -  Tom Brokaw, television newsman, is born
• 1943  -  The Disney animated feature 'Saludos Amigos' premieres
• 1945  -  Bob Marley, reggae singer, is born
• 1952  -  King George VI of UK dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II
• 1959  -  The Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is successfully test fired for the first time
• 1980  -  Abolnassan Bani-Sadr, newly installed president of Iran, denounces militants holding U.S. Embassy as 'dictators who have created a government within a government'
• 1986  -  The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 1600 for the first time
• 1989  -  Barbara Tuchman, historian and author 'A Distant Mirror', dies
• 1993  -  Arthur Ashe, tennis player, dies from complications of AIDS
• 1994  -  Jack 'King' Kirby, comic-book writer and artist, creator of Captain America, co-creator of the Fantastic Four, dies.
• 1997  -  Abdula 'El Loco' Bucarum, president of Ecuador, is ousted by Ecuadorian congress on grounds of insanity
• 1998  -  Carl Wilson, guitarist and founding member of the Beach Boys, dies
• 2036  -  2^32 seconds after Jan 1, 1900 which could cause some computer problems
• 2040  -  Old Macintosh computer longword seconds overflow

Der heutige Tag in der Geschichte [lt. Kalenderblatt-Archiv] ...

• 1919 - Weimarer Nationalversammlung
  Friedrich Ebert eröffnet die Nationalversammlung, 1919Am 6. Februar 1919 trat die Weimarer Nationalversammlung zum ersten Mal zusammen. Die feierliche Sitzung des ersten demokratischen Parlaments in Deutschland wurde mit einer Rede des Sozialdemokraten Friedrich Ebert im Weimarer Nationaltheater eröffnet.
• 1973 - Gigant des Stahlreviers
  Der Thyssen-Konzern nimmt in Duisburg Europas größten Hochofen in Betrieb. Täglich soll dieser 10.000 Tonnen Roheisen erzeugen. Wegen zu hoher Lärmbelästigung muss der Ofen allerdings stillgelegt werden und darf erst nach Beseitigung dieser Umweltverschmutzung weiter produzieren.
• 1958 - Tragödie für den Fußball
  Acht Spieler der englischen Fußballmannschaft Manchester United kamen bei einem Flugzeugabsturz in München ums Leben. Die Katastrophe ereignete sich auf dem Rückflug der Mannschaft von Belgrad. Dort hatte sie im Europapokal mit einem 3:3 das Halbfinale erreicht. Außer den Spielern starben drei Club-Funktionäre, acht Journalisten, zwei weitere Passagiere sowie zwei Besatzungsmitglieder. Manager und Trainer Matt Busby überlebte schwer verletzt und setzte nach seiner Genesung die Erfolgsgeschichte des Clubs fort. Mit Nachwuchsspielern baute er die Mannschaft neu auf. Aus dieser Zeit stammt der Begriff der >=Busby-Babies„ für das besonders junge Team von Manchester United.
• 1958 - Letzte Rolle der Dietrich
  Als "Zeugin der Anklage" spielt Marlene Dietrich ihre letzte grosse Rolle im gleichnamigen Film von Billy Wilder. In dem Film, der am 6.2.1958 in den US-amerikanischen Kinos anläuft, spielt die Dietrich eine Ehefrau eines vermeintlich Unschuldigen, der sich allerdings später als Mörder entpuppt. Einmal mehr stellt Marlene Dietrich hier die unnahbare Schöne dar.
• 1952 - "God save the Queen"
  Die britische Thronfolgerin Elizabeth wurde zur Königin von Großbritannien ausgerufen. Die 25-jährige Prinzessin befand sich gerade auf einer Reise nach Australien, als sie die Nachricht vom Tod ihres Vaters Georg IV. erhielt. Königin Viktoria, die 1901 starb, war vor ihr die letzte Frau auf dem britischen Thron. Elizabeth II. ist mit Prinz Philip verheiratet, mit dem sie vier Kinder hat. Die britische Monarchie erlebt während Elizabeths Regentschaft eine Krise. Durch private Skandale kam die königliche Familie in Verruf. Die Briten stellen die Monarchie in Frage. Elizabeth überlässt den Thron nicht ihrem ältesten Sohn und Thronfolger Prinz Charles, obwohl er bereits 50 Jahre alt ist.
• 1943 - Kunst im Nationalsozialismus
  Im Künstlerhaus Wien eröffneten die Nationalsozialisten die Ausstellung >=Junge Kunst im Dritten Reich„. Dort versuchten sie, ihre Ästhetik des >=Hehren und Schönen„ zu propagieren. Demgegenüber standen die Darstellungen der sogenannten >=entarteten„ Künstler. Als >=entartete Kunst„ waren die Werke der modernen abstrakten, expressionistischen oder kubistischen Kunstrichtungen verboten. Dazu gehörten die Bilder weltweit berühmte Künstlerinnen und Künstler wie Pablo Picasso, Otto Dix, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Marc Chagall und Käthe Kollwitz. Erlaubt und gewünscht waren Darstellung der deutschen Landschaft, Kriegsszenen und Familienmotive. Nacktheit und Erotik durften auf diesen Bildern nicht auftauchen.
• 1935 - Frauenwahlrecht in der Türkei
  Nachdem Kemal Atatürk, Präsident der Türkei, am 6. Februar 1935 ein neues Wahlrecht durchgesetzt hatte, erreichte die Türkei einen vorläufigen Höhepunkt auf ihrem Weg in Richtung Moderne: Ganz nach westlichem Vorbild erhielten Frauen das aktive und passive Wahlrecht. Darüber hinaus durften Nicht-Muslime in das Parlament gewählt werden. Der Kemalismus, die von Atatürk begründete politische Bewegung, sollte die Türkei in politischer und kultureller Hinsicht an Europa angliedern. Er lehnte den Islam als ideologische Grundlage des Staates ab. Frankreich, Italien und die Schweiz führten erst nach der Türkei das Frauenwahlrecht ein.
• 1922 - Neues Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche
  Der Erzbischof von Mailand, Achille Ratti, wird als Pius XI. zum Papst gewählt. Wichtige Ereignisse in seinem Pontifikat sind unter anderem die Lateranverträge zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und Italien (1929) oder die Enzyklika "Mit brennender Sorge" (1937), die sich kritisch mit der Kirche im nationalsozialistischen Deutschland auseinandersetzt.
• 1921 - Chaplins "The Kid" im Kino
  Der erste abendfüllende Film von Charlie Chaplin, "The Kid", kommt in die Kinos. Dieser Streifen, der in den Slums von Los Angeles´ Chinatown spielt und die Beziehung eines Vaters (Chaplin) zu seinem Pflegesohn (Jackie Coogan) wiedergibt, zeichnet sich - im Vergleich zu Chaplins vorhergehenden Werken - besonders durch Ernsthaftigkeit und Melancholie aus.
• 1919 - Erste Luftpostlinie in Deutschland
  Die erste regelmäßige Luftpostlinie in Deutschland wird zwischen Berlin und Weimar am 6. Februar 1919 eröffnet. Sie soll den Informationsaustausch zwischen den Regierungsbehörden in Berlin und dem in Weimar tagenden Parlament beschleunigen.
• 1919 - Weimarer Nationalversammlung
  Die Weimarer Nationalversammlung trat zum ersten mal zusammen. Die feierliche Sitzung des ersten demokratischen Parlaments in Deutschland wurde mit einer Rede des Sozialdemokraten und späteren Reichspräsidenten Friedrich Ebert im Weimarer Nationaltheater eröffnet. Vom 30. September 1919 bis zu ihrer Auflösung im Mai 1920 tagte die Nationalversammlung in Berlin, abgesehen von einer kurzen Unterbrechung während des Kapp-Putsches. Am 22. Juni akzeptierte das Parlament den zunächst abgelehnten Versailler-Vertrag. Am 31. Juli 1919 verabschiedete die Nationalversammlung eine Reichsverfassung, die dem Reichspräsidenten durch den >=Notstandsartikel„ eine große Machtfülle sicherte.
• 1850 - Preußens Drei-Klassen-Wahlrecht
  Das Drei-Klassen-Wahlrecht wird in Preußen eingeführt. Wahlberechtigt ist nur die steuerzahlende Bevölkerung, die in drei Klassen eingeteilt, jeweils ein Drittel des Steueraufkommens erbringt und die gleiche Anzahl an Wahlmännern bestimmt. Die Stimmen sind unterschiedlich gewichtet, da vier Prozent in der ersten, 16 Prozent in der zweiten und 80 Prozent in der dritten Klasse wählen. Das Gesetz ist in der preußischen Verfassung verankert und bleibt bis 1918 in Kraft.
• 1840 - Vertrag von Waitangi
  Vertrag von Waitangi zwischen Großbritannien und 500 Stammesführern der Maori, den Eingeborenen Neuseelands. Er war die Basis für die spätere Annexion Neuseelands durch die Briten im Mai 1840. Die Maori traten ihre Souveränität über die Inseln ab. Im Gegenzug erhielten sie das alleinige Besitzrecht an ihrem Land, den Fischgründen und den Wäldern sowie das Recht auf die britische Staatsbürgerschaft. Die Rechte wurden von den Briten immer wieder unterschiedlich ausgelegt. So kam es zu Konflikten und kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen den Maori und den Weißen. Seit 1960 ist der >=Waitangi Day„ am 6. Februar der Nationalfeiertag Neuseelands.
• 1778 - Handelsvertrag bewirkt Seekrieg
  Abschluss eines Handels- und Freundschaftsvertrages zwischen Frankreich und den amerikanischen Freistaaten. Damit wurde ein Versprechen des französischen Königs eingelöst, den Unabhängigkeitskampf der USA seit ihrer Proklamierung im Jahr 1776 zu unterstützen. Der Vertrag legte den Grundstein für einen internationalen Seekrieg. Zunächst zwischen Frankreich und Großbritannien. 1779 schließt sich Spanien demn Krieg gegen Großbritannien an. Im Dezember 1780 erklärt England schließlich auch den Niederlanden den Krieg.