1554 – Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days, beheaded for treason at 16
1590 – Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer and diplomat (Anti-Tribonien), dies at 65
1684 – Pietro Andrea Ziani, Italian composer and organist, dies at 67
1700 – Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
1955 – Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
1955 – S Z Sakall [Gerö Jenö], Hungarian stage and film character actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 72
1989 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian novelist, playwright and poet whose work some describe as “the most significant literary achievement since World War II”, dies at 58
1992 – Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
1995 – L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
2007 – Randy Stone, American actor and casting director (b. 1958)
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Historical Events for 12th February 2021
1554 – Queen of England for nine days, Lady Jane Grey is executed for treason
1821 – Mercantile Library of City of NY opens
1825 – Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826
1873 – US Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1873, abolishing bimetallism and placing the country on the gold standard
1912 – China adopts the Gregorian calendar
1931 – Vatican Radio begins broadcasting with the callsign HVJ
1976 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 – 38th Berlin International Film Festival: “Red Sorgum” wins the Golden Bear
2014 – German Nordic combined skier Eric Frenzel wins the 1st of 3 career Olympic gold medals in Individual normal hill/10 km event in Sochi; wins event again Pyeongchang and long hill 4 x 5k relay
2018 – German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier wins her 2nd gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the women’s 10k pursuit; also wins 7.5k sprint gold
Today in History for 12th February 2021
Historical Events
1797 – Joseph Haydn’s song “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” (God Save Emperor Francis) premieres in Vienna
1947 – Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
1982 – Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record
1984 – Finnish cross-country skier Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen wins the 5k gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; 2nd of 3 individual medal sweep, also winning 10k and 20k events
1989 – 5 Pakistani Muslim rioters killed protesting “Satanic Verses” novel
1989 – 50th PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Larry Mowry wins only career major title; beats Miller Barber and Al Geiberger by 1 stroke
Famous Birthdays
1218 – Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)
1804 – Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)
1907 – Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991)
1944 – Desmond Nuttall, English educator
1955 – Chet Lemon [Chester Earl Lemon], American baseball player, born in Jackson, Mississippi
1978 – Gethin Jones, British (Welsh) television presenter, born in Cardiff, United Kingdom
Famous Deaths
1804 – Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
1837 – Ludwig Borne [Loeb Baruch], German-Jewish writer, dies at 50
2003 – Vali Myers, Australian painter, dies at 72
2004 – Robert A. Bruce, American cardiologist and pioneer (exercise cardiology), dies at 87
2011 – Peter Alexander [Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer], Austrian actor and singer (Who Wants to Sleep?), dies at 84
2017 – Al Jarreau, American jazz singer (Moonlighting), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 11th February 2021
1892 – Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
1899 – George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1971 – Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1977 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), dies of a heart attack at 72
1991 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
2004 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73
2006 – Peter Benchley, American author, dies at 65
2009 – Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), dies at 86
2015 – Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), dies after a car crash at 73
Historical Events for 11th February 2021
824 – St Paschal I ends his reign as Pope
1903 – Anton Bruckner’s 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
1916 – Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
1922 – “April Showers” by Al Jolson hits #1
1929 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Dynamo” premieres in NYC
1958 – Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st African-American woman hired as flight attendant, Ithaca NY
1971 – US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1975 – Tv drama “Sarah T: Portrait of A Teenage Alcoholic”, starring Linda Blair, premieres on US network NBC
1982 – Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
1990 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Today in History for 11th February 2021
Historical Events
1905 – Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos
1932 – 73°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
1964 – Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington, D.C. Coliseum
1968 – Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York
1997 – Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets
2016 – Riot between rival drug cartels at a prison in Monterrey, Mexico, leaves 52 dead
Famous Birthdays
1774 – Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
1821 – Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
1893 – Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
1908 – Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
1915 – Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
1925 – Virginia E Johnson, doctor and sexologist (Masters and Johnson)
Famous Deaths
1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
1762 – Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
1894 – Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
1996 – Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
2008 – Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer and helicopter aviation pioneer, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 10th February 2021
1657 – Sebastian Stosskopf, Elizabethan painter, dies at 59
1887 – Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
1905 – Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
1918 – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate, dies at 84
1950 – Armen Tigran Tigranyan, Armenian music composer and conductor, dies at 70
1952 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (b. 1880)
1998 – Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-73), dies at 86
2003 – Ron Ziegler, White House press secretary to Richard Nixon (b. 1939)
2008 – Roy Scheider, American actor (Jaws, The French Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion), dies at 75
2010 – Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), dies at 77
Historical Events for 10th February 2021
1763 – Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to Britain
1880 – Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
1890 – Around 11 million acres ceded to US by Sioux Indians, then opened for settlement
1940 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
1954 – Ladies’ Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
1967 – 25th Amendment (US Presidential Disability and Succession) ratified
1989 – Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham’s 1st black sheriff
1989 – Ron Brown chosen 1st African American chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
2008 – The 2008 Namdaemun fire severely damages Namdaemun, the first National Treasure of South Korea.
2013 – 55th Grammy Awards: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross win the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for the ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Today in History for 10th February 2021
Historical Events
1923 – SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of the Ruhr
1986 – “John Lennon: Live in NYC” album is released posthumously
2008 – NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 42-30; MVP: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings, RB
2018 – Tottenham Hotspur edge Arsenal, 1-0 at Wembley Stadium in front of English Premier League record single-game attendance of 83,222 fans
2019 – The eight centrally owned and operated team Alliance of American Football gets underway; Orlando Apollos beat Atlanta Legends, 40-6 at Spectrum Stadium, Orlando, FL
2019 – 61st Grammy Awards: Childish Gambino first rapper to win Best Song and Best Record for “This Is America”, best album “Golden Hour” Kacey Musgraves
Famous Birthdays
1904 – John Farrow, Australian director and actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1963)
1931 – Gerhard Rosenfeld, German opera and film score composer, born in Königsberg (d. 2003)
1936 – Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
1946 – Kenneth “Kenny” Edwards, American musician and singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys, Bryndle), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2010)
1964 – Roger Reijners, Dutch football coach and player (MVV), born in Roemond, Netherlands
1975 – Kool Savas, German rapper, born in Aachen, Germany
Famous Deaths
1774 – Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, dies at 44
1876 – Reverdy Johnson, American politician and jurist (Dred Scott v. Sandford), dies at 79
1948 – Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), dies at 59
1992 – Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
1995 – Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
2020 – Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan’s inaugural Test squad), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 9th February 2021
1617 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet, dies at 44
1740 – Vincenz Lubeck, German composer, dies at 85
1812 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
1979 – Allen Tate, American poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems), dies at 79
1984 – Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
1998 – Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), dies at 86
2001 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2008 – Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930)
2008 – Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.