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Updated February 29, 2012, 1:28 pm

On March 1, 1932, the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J.

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On March 1, 1922, Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli prime minister who worked for peace with Palestinian and Arab neighbors, was born. Following his death on Nov. 4, 1995, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1781	The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
1790	Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
1845	President John Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867	Nebraska became the 37th state.
1872	Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.
1922	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was born in Jerusalem.
1940	The novel “Native Son” by Richard Wright was published.
1954	Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
1961	President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
1968	Country musicians Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.
1974	Former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman and former Attorney General John Mitchell were indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the Watergate break-in.
1981	Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. (He died 65 days later.)
1990	The Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant won federal permission to go on line after two decades of protests and legal struggles.
2003	Suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad.
2005	BTK serial killer Dennis Rader was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of first-degree murder. (He later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences.)
2005	A closely divided Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for juvenile criminals.
2010	Jay Leno returned as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”

Current Birthdays

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Singer Harry Belafonte turns 85 years old today.

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Singer Justin Bieber turns 18 years old today.

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1926	Robert Clary, Actor (“Hogan’s Heroes”), turns 86
1927	Robert H. Bork, Former U.S. solicitor general, turns 85
1935	Robert Conrad, Actor, turns 77
1944	Roger Daltrey, Rock singer (The Who), turns 68
1945	Dirk Benedict, Actor, turns 67
1947	Alan Thicke, Actor (“Growing Pains”), turns 65
1954	Catherine Bach, Actress (“The Dukes of Hazzard”), turns 58
1954	Ron Howard, Actor, director, turns 58
1956	Tim Daly, Actor (“Wings”), turns 56
1963	Ron Francis, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 49
1966	John David Cullum, Actor, turns 46
1967	George Eads, Actor (“CSI”), turns 45
1969	Javier Bardem, Actor (“No Country for Old Men”), turns 43
1973	Chris Webber, Basketball player, turns 39

 

Historic Birthdays

Yitzhak Rabin 3/1/1922 – 11/4/1995 Israeli Prime minister.Go to obituary »

70	Antoninus 3/1/1389 – 5/2/1459 Italian Archbishop of Florence
52	Simon Foucher 3/1/1644 – 4/27/1696 French ecclesiastic philosopher
78	William Maxwell Cushing 3/1/1732 – 9/13/1810 American jurist – first Supreme Court appointee
39	Frederic Chopin 3/1/1810 – 10/17/1849 Polish/French composer and pianist
59	Augustus Saint-Gaudens 3/1/1848 – 8/3/1907 American sculptor
51	Lytton Strachey 3/1/1880 – 1/21/1932 English biographer and critic
40	Glenn Miller 3/1/1904 – 12/16/1944 American composer and band leader
73	David Niven 3/1/1910 – 7/29/1983 English stage and screen actor
60	Robert Lowell 3/1/1917 – 9/12/1977 American poet
70	William Maxwell Gaines 3/1/1922 – 6/3/1992 American publisher of Mad magazine
69	Donald “Deke” Slayton 3/1/1924 – 6/13/1993 American astronaut
70	Pete Rozelle 3/1/1926 – 12/6/1996 American National Football League Commissioner

 

Updated February 28, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 29, 1968, President Johnson’s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (also known as the Kerner Commission) warned that racism was causing America to move “toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal.”
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On Feb. 29, 1840, John Philip Holland the Irish-American inventor known as the father of the modern submarine, was born. Following his death on Aug. 12, 1914, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1781	The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation.
1790	Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
1845	President John Tyler signed a congressional resolution to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867	Nebraska became the 37th state.
1872	Congress authorized creation of Yellowstone National Park.
1922	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was born in Jerusalem.
1940	The novel “Native Son” by Richard Wright was published.
1954	Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five congressmen.
1961	President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
1968	Country musicians Johnny Cash and June Carter were married.
1974	Former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman and former Attorney General John Mitchell were indicted on obstruction of justice charges related to the Watergate break-in.
1981	Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. (He died 65 days later.)
1990	The Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant won federal permission to go on line after two decades of protests and legal struggles.
2003	Suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was captured by CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad.
2005	BTK serial killer Dennis Rader was charged in Wichita, Kan., with 10 counts of first-degree murder. (He later pleaded guilty and received multiple life sentences.)
2005	A closely divided Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for juvenile criminals.
2010	Jay Leno returned as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”

Current Birthdays

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Actor Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”) turns 43 years old today.

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Singer Justin Bieber turns 18 years old today.

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1926	Robert Clary, Actor (“Hogan’s Heroes”), turns 86
1927	Harry Belafonte, Singer, turns 85
1927	Robert H. Bork, Former U.S. solicitor general, turns 85
1935	Robert Conrad, Actor, turns 77
1944	Roger Daltrey, Rock singer (The Who), turns 68
1945	Dirk Benedict, Actor, turns 67
1947	Alan Thicke, Actor (“Growing Pains”), turns 65
1954	Catherine Bach, Actress (“The Dukes of Hazzard”), turns 58
1954	Ron Howard, Actor, director, turns 58
1956	Tim Daly, Actor (“Wings”), turns 56
1963	Ron Francis, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 49
1966	John David Cullum, Actor, turns 46
1967	George Eads, Actor (“CSI”), turns 45
1973	Chris Webber, Basketball player, turns 39

 

Historic Birthdays

John Philip Holland 2/29/1840 – 8/12/1914 Irish-bn. American “father of the modern submarine”.Go to obituary »

81	Paul III 2/29/1468 – 11/10/1549 Italian noble and last Renaissance Pope
48	Ann Lee 2/29/1736 – 9/8/1784 English-bn. American religious leader
84	Karl Ernst Baer 2/29/1792 – 11/28/1876 Prussian-Estonian embryologist
76	Gioacchino Rossini 2/29/1792 – 11/13/1868 Italian operatic composer
69	Herman Hollerith 2/29/1860 – 11/17/1929 American inventor of a tabulating machine
70	Augusta Savage 2/29/1892 – 3/26/1962 American sculptor and educator
99	Morarji Desai 2/29/1896 – 4/10/1995 Prime Minister of India (1977-79)
53	Jimmy Dorsey 2/29/1904 – 6/12/1957 American musician and orchestra leader
63	Fyodor Abramov 2/29/1920 – 5/14/1983 Russian writer, academic and literary critic

 

Updated February 27, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants on the Branch Davidians; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began.
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On Feb. 28, 1901, Linus Pauling, the American Nobel Prize-winning chemist and political activist, was born. Following his death on Aug. 19, 1994, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1827	The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. was incorporated.
1854	About 50 slavery opponents met in Ripon, Wis., to call for creation of a new political group that became the Republican Party.
1861	The Territory of Colorado was organized.
1940	College basketball was televised for the first time as station W2XBS aired the Pittsburgh-Fordham and Georgetown-NYU games from Madison Square Garden in New York.
1953	Scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule that contains the human genes, at Cambridge University.
1960	The U.S. Olympic hockey team won the gold medal, defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 at Squaw Valley, Calif.
1972	President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon’s historic visit to China, a step toward the eventual normalization of relations between the two countries.
1974	The United States and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations after a seven-year break.
1983	The album “War” by U2 was released.
1991	Allied and Iraqi forces suspended their attacks as Iraq pledged to accept all United Nations resolutions concerning Kuwait.
1993	A gun battle erupted at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to serve warrants; four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff began.
2005	Lebanon’s pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigned amid large anti-Syria street demonstrations in Beirut.
2007	Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. died at age 89.

Current Birthdays

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Actress-singer Bernadette Peters turns 64 years old today.

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Secretary of Energy Steven Chu turns 64 years old today.

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1923	Charles Durning, Actor, turns 89
1931	Gavin MacLeod, Actor (“Love Boat,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”), turns 81
1931	Dean Smith, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 81
1939	Tommy Tune, Dancer, choreographer, turns 73
1940	Mario Andretti, Auto racer, turns 72
1944	Kelly Bishop, Actress (“Gilmore Girls”), turns 68
1948	Mercedes Ruehl, Actress, turns 64
1955	Adrian Dantley, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 57
1955	Gilbert Gottfried, Comedian, turns 57
1957	John Turturro, Actor, turns 55
1957	Cindy Wilson, Rock singer (B-52s), turns 55
1962	Ken Whisenhunt, Football coach, turns 50
1969	Robert Sean Leonard, Actor (“House”), turns 43
1973	Eric Lindros, Hockey player, turns 39
1976	Ali Larter, Actress (“Heroes”), turns 36

 

Historic Birthdays

Linus Pauling 2/28/1901 – 8/19/1994 American Nobel Prize-winning chemist.Go to obituary »

59	Michel de Montaigne 2/28/1533 – 9/23/1592 French writer of essays
71	Gabriele Rossetti 2/28/1783 – 4/24/1854 Italian poet, revolutionary, and scholar
93	Sir John Tenniel 2/28/1820 – 2/25/1914 English illustrator and satirical artist
78	Douglas McGarel Hogg 2/28/1872 – 8/16/1950 English lawyer and politician
85	Geraldine Farrar 2/28/1882 – 3/11/1967 American operatic soprano
70	Ben Hecht 2/28/1894 – 4/18/1964 American novelist, playwright, and newspaperman
41	Bugsy Siegel 2/28/1906 – 6/20/1947 American gangster who started Las Vegas gambling
81	Milton Caniff 2/28/1907 – 4/3/1988 American comic-strip artist
86	Sir Stephen Spender 2/28/1909 – 7/16/1995 English poet and critic
83	Vincente Minnelli 2/28/1903 – 7/25/1986 American film and stage director
82	Denis Parsons Burkitt 2/28/1911 – 3/23/1993 English surgeon and medical researcher
62	Zero Mostel 2/28/1915 – 9/8/1977 American actor, singer, and comedian

 

Updated February 26, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 27, 1991, President George H.W. Bush declared that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated,” and announced that the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
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On Feb. 27, 1886, Hugo Black, who served 34 years as a U.S. Supreme Court judge and was known as a champion of civil liberties, was born. Following his death on Sept. 25, 1971, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1801	The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
1807	Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine.
1902	Author John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, Calif.
1951	The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.
1973	Members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee, S.D., the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. The occupation lasted until May.
1991	President George H.W. Bush announced the end of the Persian Gulf War, saying the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
1997	Divorce became legal in Ireland.
1997	Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.
2002	Alicia Keys won five Grammy Awards for her debut album, “Songs in A Minor.”
2002	A mob of Muslims set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died.
2008	Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died at age 82.
2010	An 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami killed 524 people in Chile caused $30 billion in damage and left over 200,000 homeless.

Current Birthdays

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Singer Josh Groban turns 31 years old today.

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Atlanta Falcon tight end Tony Gonzalez turns 36 years old today.

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1930	Joanne Woodward, Actress, turns 82
1934	Ralph Nader, Consumer advocate, turns 78
1937	Barbara Babcock, Actress, turns 75
1940	Howard Hesseman, Actor (“Head of the Class,” “WKRP in Cincinnati”), turns 72
1949	Debra Monk, Actress, turns 63
1954	Neal Schon, Rock musician (Journey), turns 58
1960	Johnny Van Zant, Country singer, turns 52
1961	James Worthy, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 51
1962	Adam Baldwin, Actor, turns 50
1962	Grant Show, Actor (“Melrose Place”), turns 50
1980	Chelsea Clinton, Daughter of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, turns 32

 

Historic Birthdays

Hugo Black 2/27/1886 – 9/25/1971 American politician and Supreme Court associate justice.Go to obituary »

75	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2/27/1807 – 3/24/1882 American poet
81	Ellen Terry 2/27/1847 – 7/21/1928 English actress
101	Alice Hamilton 2/27/1869 – 9/22/1970 American pathologist who worked on industrial diseases
88	Lotte Lehmann 2/27/1888 – 8/26/1976 German lyric-dramatic soprano
80	David Sarnoff 2/27/1891 – 12/12/1971 Russian-bn. American C.E.O. of R.C.A. and N.B.C.
79	Marino Marini 2/27/1901 – 8/6/1980 Italian artist
66	John Steinbeck 2/27/1902 – 12/20/1968 American Nobel Prize-winning novelist
83	Peter De Vries 2/27/1910 – 9/28/1993 American editor and novelist
78	Lawrence Durrell 2/27/1912 – 11/7/1990 English novelist and poet
71	Irwin Shaw 2/27/1913 – 5/16/1984 American playwright, novelist and screenwriter

 

Updated February 25, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 26, 1993, a bomb exploded in the garage of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.

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On Feb. 26, 1852, John Harvey Kellogg, the American physician who developed dry cereal, was born. Following his death on Dec. 14, 1943, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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Historic Birthdays

John Harvey Kellogg 2/26/1852 – 12/14/1943 American physician who developed dry cereal.Go to obituary »

58	Wenceslas 2/26/1361 – 8/16/1419 German king (as Wenceslas IV, King of Bohemia)
56	Archibald Argyll 2/26/1629 – 6/30/1685 Scottish Protestant leader
83	Victor Hugo 2/26/1802 – 5/22/1885 French poet, novelist and dramatist
70	William F. Cody 2/26/1846 – 1/10/1917 American buffalo hunter and Indian scout
71	Honore Daumier 2/26/1808-2/10/1879 French caricaturist, painter and sculptor
64	Herbert H. Dow 2/26/1866 – 10/15/1930 American founder of Dow Chemical Co.
91	Rudolph Dirks 2/26/1877 – 4/20/1968 American cartoonist of “Katzenjammer Kids”
70	Francesco Borgongini-Duca 2/26/1884 – 10/4/1954 Italian Vatican cardinal
66	Sir Benegal Narsing Rau 2/26/1887 – 11/29/1953 Indian jurist
63	Grover Cleveland Alexander 2/26/1887 – 11/4/1950 American professional baseball player
89	Vercors (b. Jean Marcel Bruller) 2/26/1902 – 6/10/1991 French novelist and artist
53	Margaret Leighton 2/26/1922 – 1/13/1976 English stage and film actress

 

Updated February 24, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 25, 1870, Hiram R. Revels, R-Miss., became the first black member of the United States Senate as he was sworn in to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis.

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On Feb. 25, 1888, John Foster Dulles, the American Secretary of State from 1953-1959, was born. Following his death on May 24, 1959, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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1570	Pope Pius V excommunicated England’s Queen Elizabeth I.
1836	Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.
1870	Hiram Revels, a Mississippi Republican, was sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. Senate.
1901	United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
1913	The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect.
1943	Beatles guitarist George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England.
1950	“Your Show of Shows” debuted on NBC.
1956	Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev harshly criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow.
1964	Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali) became the world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
1986	President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election. Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency.
1990	Nicaraguans voted in an election that led to victory for opponents of the ruling Sandinistas.
1991	An Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 Americans during the Persian Gulf War.
1999	A jury in Jasper, Texas, sentenced white supremacist John William King to death for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., an African-American man.

Current Birthdays

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Actress Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recreation,” “The Office”) turns 36 years old today.

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Comedian Chelsea Handler turns 37 years old today.

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1919	Monte Irvin, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 93
1937	Bob Schieffer, Broadcast journalist, turns 75
1942	Karen Grassle, Actress (“Little House on the Prairie”), turns 70
1949	Jack Handey, Author, former TV writer (“Saturday Night Live”), turns 63
1958	Jeff Fisher, Football coach, turns 54
1965	Veronica Webb, Actress, turns 47
1966	Alexis Denisof, Actor (“Angel”), turns 46
1966	Tea Leoni, Actress, turns 46
1967	Carrot Top, Comedian, turns 45
1971	Sean Astin, Actor (“Lord of the Rings” movies), turns 41
1973	Julio Iglesias Jr., Singer, turns 39

 

Historic Birthdays

John Foster Dulles 2/25/1888 – 5/24/1959 American Secretary Of State (1953-59).Go to obituary »

75	Johann Philipp Krieger 2/25/1649 – 2/7/1725 German composer
85	Carlo Goldoni 2/25/1707 – 2/6/1793 Italian dramatist
78	Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2/25/1841 – 12/3/1919 French painter
86	Benedetto Croce 2/25/1866 – 11/20/1952 Italian historian, humanist, and philosopher
48	Enrico Caruso 2/25/1873 – 8/2/1921 Italian operatic tenor
96	Vyacheslav M. Molotov 2/25/1890 – 11/8/1986 Russian statesman and foreign minister
75	Dame Myra Hess 2/25/1890 – 11/25/1965 English pianist
79	Marcel Paul Pagnol 2/25/1895 – 4/18/1974 French writer and film producer/director
76	Anthony Burgess 2/25/1917 – 11/22/1993 English novelist and critic
78	Barney Ewell 2/25/1918 – 4/4/1996 American Olympic sprinter

 

Updated February 23, 2012, 1:28 pm

On Feb. 24, 1868, the United States House of Representatives impeached President Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.

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On Feb. 24, 1885, Chester W. Nimitz, whose work as U.S. naval commander contributed greatly to the defeat of Japan during World War II, was born. Following his death on Feb. 20, 1966, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1582	Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull outlining his calendar reforms. (The Gregorian Calendar is the calendar in general use today.)
1821	Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
1863	Arizona was organized as a territory.
1868	The House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson following his attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; the Senate later acquitted Johnson.
1903	The United States signed an agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
1920	The German Workers Party, which later became the Nazi Party, met in Munich to adopt its platform.
1942	The Voice of America went on the air for the first time.
1945	American soldiers liberated the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese control during World War II.
1955	Apple computer co-founder Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco.
1981	Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain’s Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
1998	Comedian Henny Youngman died at age 91.
1999	Lauryn Hill won five Grammys for her debut solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.”
2006	South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions.
2006	NASA said 2005 was the warmest year in more than a century of record-keeping.
2008	Cuba’s parliament named Raul Castro president, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel.

Current Birthdays

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Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., turns 70 years old today.

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Broadcast journalist Paula Zahn turns 56 years old today.

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1921	Abe Vigoda, Actor (“Fish,” “Barney Miller”), turns 91
1922	Steven Hill, Actor (“Law and Order”), turns 90
1931	Dominic Chianese, Actor, singer (“The Sopranos”), turns 81
1932	Zell Miller, Former Georgia governor and senator, turns 80
1938	James Farentino, Actor, turns 74
1945	Barry Bostwick, Actor (“Spin City”), turns 67
1947	Edward James Olmos, Actor, turns 65
1950	George Thorogood, Rock singer, musician, turns 62
1951	Debra Jo Rupp, Actress (“That ’70s Show”), turns 61
1952	Fred Dean, Fooball Hall of Famer, turns 60
1956	Eddie Murray, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 56
1962	Michelle Shocked, Rock singer, turns 50
1966	Billy Zane, Actor, turns 46
1981	Lleyton Hewitt, Tennis player, turns 31

 

Historic Birthdays

Chester W. Nimitz 2/24/1885 – 2/20/1966 American commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-W.W.II.Go to obituary »

31	Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 2/24/1463 – 11/17/1494 Italian scholar and philosopher
70	Charles Le Brun 2/24/1619 – 2/12/1690 French painter, designer and decorator
42	Johann Clauberg 2/24/1622 – 1/31/1665 French philosopher and theologian
68	George Curtis 2/24/1824 – 8/31/1892 American author and editor
74	Winslow Homer 2/24/1836 – 9/29/1910 American painter
76	Arrigo Boito 2/24/1842 – 6/10/1918 Italian poet, composer, and librettist
82	John Henry Comstock 2/24/1849 – 3/20/1931 American educator and researcher
81	Honus Wagner 2/24/1874 – 12/6/1955 American professional baseball player
86	Mary Ellen Chase 2/24/1887 – 7/28/1973 American scholar and writer
57	Henri Frankfort 2/24/1897 – 7/16/1954 American archaeologist
84	Bennie Oosterbaan 2/24/1906 – 10/25/1990 American college football player and coach