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Today in History for February 04Today in History1787: 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London1789: First U.S. president elected: George Washington 1861: Seven southern states start drafting a new constitution for the Confederate States of America; 1938: Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts 1941: United Service Organization (USO) founded 1974: Patty Hearst kidnapped 1975: Margaret Thatcher becomes PM of Great Britain. 1987: Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup 1993: Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism Notable Births1802: Mark Hopkins (educator: Williams College president: U.S. President Garfield said, "All that is needed for a superior education is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.")1902: Charles Lindbergh (Lucky Lindy) (aviator: First to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean: flew The Spirit of St. Louis from NY to Paris [May 1927]; a major name in politics and business) 1904: MacKinlay Kantor (Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist: Andersonville, [1956]; Long Remember, Gettysburg, Signal Thirty-Two) 1905: Eddie Foy Jr. (actor: Yankee Doodle Dandy, Bells Are Ringing, The Pajama Game, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Four Jacks and a Jill) 1912: James Craig (Meador) (actor: The Devil's Brigade, The Human Comedy) 1912: Byron Nelson (golfer: Masters Champion [1937 & 1942], U.S. Open Champion [1939], PGA Champion [1940 & 1945]; PGA record for most wins in a season [18 tournaments in 1945]) 1915: William Talman (actor: Armored Car Robbery, The Hitch-Hiker, One Minute to Zero) 1918: Ida Lupino (actress: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, On Dangerous Ground, My Boys Are Good Boys; director: The Bigamist, The Hitch-Hiker, The Trouble with Angels) 1918: Norman Wisdom (comedian, actor: The Night They Raided Minsky's) 1921: Betty Friedan (Goldstein) (feminist author: The Feminine Mystique; founder of the National Organization for Women [NOW]) 1923: Conrad Bain (actor: Different Strokes, Postcards from the Edge, Bananas) 1929: Neil Johnston (Basketball Hall of Famer: Philadelphia Warriors center [1951-1959], coach [1960]; 4-time, NBA all-star) 1939: John Schuck, Boston Mass, actor/comedian (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo) 1941: John Steel (singer, musician: drummer: group: Animals: Baby Let Me Take You Home, House of the Rising Sun) 1943: Cheryl Miller (actress: Mountain Man, Dr. Death Seeker of Souls) 1944: Florence LaRue (Gordon) (singer: group: The Fifth Dimension: Up, Up and Away, Stoned Soul Picnic, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, Wedding Bell Blues, One Less Bell to Answer) 1945: David Brenner (comedian, talk-show host: The David Brenner Show, Nightlife) 1948: Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier) (singer: I'm Eighteen, School's Out, You and Me, No More Mr. Nice Guy) 1950: Pamela Franklin (actress: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Flipper's New Adventure, David Copperfield, Eleanor and Franklin) Notable Deaths1966: Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 901983: Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32 |
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