Tuesday, February 2, 2010

TODAY IS ... 2 FEBRUARY

TODAY IS ...

2 FEBRUARY

BIRTHDAYS –

2338 - Data, android character on Star Trek Next Generation

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1987 - Martin Spanjers is an American actor, known for his role as Rory Joseph Hennessy in the ABC television sitcom 8 Simple Rules.

1978 - Richard Sommer II is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Harry Crane on the AMC series Mad Men. His best known film role was as Anne Hathaway's friend Doug in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada.

1977 - Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s.

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1973 - Marissa Winokur is an American actress known for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in the highly successful Broadway musical adaptation of John Waters' film Hairspray, as well as her work on the Pamela Anderson sitcom Stacked. Some of her other TV Credits include Moesha, The Steve Harvey Show, Just Shoot Me!, Felicity, and Dharma & Greg.

1962 - Michael Weiss is an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television program The Pretender.

1961 - Lauren Lane is a television and stage actress, best known for her portrayal of socialite C. C. Babcock on the 1990s popular sitcom The Nanny.

1954 - Christie Brinkley is an American model best known for her three appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl and for being the ex-wife of musician Billy Joel.

1949 - Brent Spiner is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. His portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact and of Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, both in 1996, earned him a Saturn Award and Saturn Award nomination respectively.

1947 - Farrah Fawcett was an American actress. A multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee who rose to international fame when she first appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the TV series Charlie's Angels in 1976. Fawcett later appeared in highly rated television movies in roles often challenging (The Burning Bed, Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story, Margaret Bourke-White) and sometimes unsympathetic (Small Sacrifices). Fawcett was also a pop culture figure whose hairstyle was emulated by millions of young women and whose poster sales broke records, making her an international sex symbol in the 1970s and 1980s.

1944 - Geoffrey Hughes is an English actor is best known for a series of supporting roles in popular UK television dramas. He played Vernon Scripps in the British drama series Heartbeat (2001-2004, 2007); Twiggy in the popular television comedy The Royle Family (1998-2000, 2006, 2008); Onslow in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995) and Eddie Yeats in the soap opera Coronation Street (1974-1983).

1940 - Sir David White, OBE  - stage name David Jason - is a multi-award winning English television actor best known for his long running British television roles as the main characters of Derek "Del Boy" Trotter on the BBC sit-com Only Fools and Horses from 1981, and detective Jack Frost on the ITV crime drama A Touch of Frost from 1992.

1926 - Elaine Stritch is an American actress and vocalist, best known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Stephen Sondheim's 1970 musical Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and most recently for her role as Jack Donaghy's mother Colleen on NBC's 30 Rock.

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OTHER EVENTS –

2008 -  The Spice Girls cut short their reunion world tour, blaming “family and personal commitments”. The band said they would end their tour in Toronto on 26 February, with planned shows in Beijing, Sydney, Cape Town and Buenos Aires being axed. A spokesman for the group said: “Sadly, the tour needs to come to an end by the end of February due to family and personal commitments.”

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2008 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former supermodel Carla Bruni were married at the presidential Elysee Palace.

2007 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes its fourth assessment report, concluding that global climate change is "very likely" to have a predominantly human cause.

2006 – Lord of War starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan and Jared Leto commences screening I Australia. An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent.

2006 - Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon head the cast of Walk the Line which started screening in Australia. A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When faced with loading a large number of objects into his car, a character comments that "this is what all those hours of playing Tetris were for". The objects assume the shapes of Tetris shapes, and the game music can be heard.

2003 – Russian girl duo Tatu started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘All The Things She Said’.

 

2003 - Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'All I Have'

2002 - Wedding of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to the Argentinean born Mxima Zorreguieta in Amsterdam.

2002 - Britney Spears was the host and musical guest on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

2001 – Not only does Jennifer Lopez hold down the No. 1 album spot on the charts with J. Lo, she also has the No. 1 movie in the US with The Wedding Planner.

1999 - Freddy Fender is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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1999 - Prince released "1999 New Master." It was a re-release and re-done version of the 1982 version of the song "1999."

1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City

1997 - The government released statistics showing deaths from AIDS fell by almost half during the first half of 1997, a decrease attributed to increased use of powerful combinations of medicines.

1995 - The first African-American walked in space. During that week in February (2nd thru the 11th) Astronaut Dr. Bernard Harris, Jr., was the Payload Commander on STS-63 the first flight of the joint Russian-American Space Program.

1995 – Pret-a-Porter starring Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger and Rupert Everett commences screening in Australia. A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Lots of unconnected stories which all revolve around this show, and an all-star cast

1995 - Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman space-shuttle pilot this day as the space shuttle Discovery (STS-63) blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida.

1991 – Sting scored his second UK No.1 album with ‘The Soul Cages’.

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1990 - For the first time the UK Top 3 singles featured non-British and non-American acts. Ireland's Sinead O'Connor, Australia's Kylie Minogue and Belgium's Technotronic.

1989 - The final Russian armored column left Kabul, Afghanistan, after nine years of military occupation.

1989 – Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell starred in Tequila Sunrise which started screening in Australia . Mac Mckussic is an unlikely drug dealer who wants to go straight. His old and best friend Nick Frescia is now a cop who is assigned to investigate and bring him to justice.

1987 - Philippines adopts constitution

 

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1987 - In a poll conducted by People magazine, readers selected Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant as their favorite, all-time acting greats.

1986 - Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India

1984 - Medicare scheme formally adopted in Australia.

1984 – Jill St John, Tracey E. Bregman and Barbara Luna starred in The Concrete Jungle which commenced screening in Australia. When her slimy boyfriend Danny uses his unsuspecting girlfriend Elizabeth to carry a stash of cocaine in her skis, she is nabbed by airport security.

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1983 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Africa,” Toto. The group dominates the 1983 Grammy Awards, winning in six categories including Record of the Year (“Rosanna”) and Album of the Year (“Toto IV”).

1982 - Late Night with David Letterman: NBC debuts the show that featured stupid pet tricks, elevator races, top-ten lists, and Larry "Bud" Melman.

1981 – REO Speedwagon’s 10th album, Hi Infidelity, goes platinum.

1981 - Duran Duran release first single Planet Earth.

1980 - Number one hit on UK music charts - The Special AKA (Specials) - Too Much Too Young

1979 - The Blues Brothers went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Briefcase Full Of Blues.'

1974 – The Carpenters started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘The Singles 1969-73′, featuring 12 hits and the US No.1 ‘Top Of The World’ it went back to the top of the charts on three other occasions.

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1974 - Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"

1974 - Barbra Streisand's first #1 hit, "The Way We Were"

1973 - NBC debuts The Midnight Special rock variety show, its response to ABC's popular In Concert series. The first host: Helen Reddy.

1968 - The first Genesis single, The Silent Sun is released in UK.

1967 - Bolivia adopts its constitution

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1966 – The Rolling Stones released ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’ it peaked at No.2 on the UK singles chart.

1966 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “My Love,” Petula Clark. Clark is the first British woman to have two No. 1 hits in the United States – the first was “Downtown” in 1965.

1965 - Petula Clark's first major hit "Majorca," debuts on the U.K. chart. Although the single is the first of a string of Top Twenty hits in the U.K. and Europe, it will be ten years before Clark gets a hit in the U.S.

1964 - GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy

1963 – Cliff Richard and The Shadows started a 14-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Summer Holiday’.

1961- In a little Greenwich Village nightclub called the Blue Angel, a young television writer turned stand up comic made his first debut. His name was Woody Allen.

1961 - Ben E. King debuts on UK chart with First Taste of Love.

1959 - Frankie Avalon's "Venus" is released on Chancellor Records. It will become the teen idol's greatest hit.

1959 - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper play their last show as part of the "Winter Dance Party" tour, stopping this night at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA. Admission: $1.25. The last song of the night: The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."

1958 - Radio’s last big serial debuted on CBS. Frontier Gentleman began a brief run. Starring in the role of J.B. Kendall was John Dehner.

1957 - Fats Domino makes an appearance on 's The Perry Como Show, singing his hits "Blue Monday" and "Blueberry Hill."

1956 - Atlantic Records signs the Coasters, and rushes to release their first record, "Down in Mexico," written by new Atlantic writers Leiber and Stoller.

1950 - First broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV

1948 - President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program

1946 - The Proclamation of Hungarian Republic is made.

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1946 - The Mutual Broadcasting System presented Twenty Questions for the first time on radio. Bill Slater was the master of ceremonies. The show moved to television in 1949.

1946 - The first Buck Rogers automatic pistol was made -- for the annual American Toy Fair. The suggested retail price for this clever little toy of destruction was 89 cents.

1945 – Going My Way starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald and Frank McHugh started screening in Australia. Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy, but his level gaze and twinkling eyes make it clear that he knows he made the right choice.

1942 - US auto factories switch from commercial to war production

1940 - Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

1937 - Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded one of Guy’s most famous tunes. Boo Hoo was waxed on Victor Records and became one of the group’s all-time great hits.

1935 - Leonard Keeler conducted a test of the polygraph -- lie detector -- machine in Portage, WI. It marked the first time that one of the mysterious boxes was used.

1932 - Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries

1927 - Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave and 54th St. New York City

1922-Twenty one year old Walt Disney founds Newman's Laff-O-Grams in Kansas City.

1922- The novel "Ulysses" is published. James Joyce had finished the book months earlier but delayed publishing until his birthday, when it would be 2/2/22, which he considered lucky.

1914 -: The first Cub Scout pack is formed in Sussex, England.

1910- D.W. Griffith's' In Old California', sometimes called the first Hollywood film.

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1899 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital Canberra between Sydney and Melbourne.

1897 - The Ice Cream Scoop was patented. Alfred L. Cralle, an African-American inventor, was its creator. The ice cream scoop’s patent number is 576,395

1895 - Queen Victoria gives Royal assent to the Bill allowing South Australian women the right to vote.

1892 - William Painter of Baltimore receives a patent for his design. Called a "crowned cork," it consisted of a cork disk which prevented the bottle's contents from touching the corrugated tin cap.

1892 - Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby

1870-The first international news agency. Reuters, Havas and Wolf News Agencies agree to pool their resources to cover the world. United Press International.

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1863 - Samuel Langhorne Clemens decided to use a pseudonym for the first time on this very day. Now he is better remembered by the name, Mark Twain.

1852 - 1st British public men's toilet opens  - near 95 Fleet St. London

1802 - The first leopard to be exhibited in the United States was shown by Othello Pollard in Boston, MA. Where else can you expect to find a leopard on display, huh? It cost 25 cents to see the ‘import from Bengal’.

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

United States and Canada – Groundhog Day.

Switzerland : Homstrom-celebrates end of winter

Religious Observances

Ancient Latvia – Veja Diena observed.
Czech Republic – Hromnice.
France – Chandeleur (= Candlemas), AKA "Crêpe (Pancake) Day".
Tenerife (Spain) - Day of the Virgin of Candelaria (Saint Patron of the Canary Islands).

Roman Catholicism –

  • Candlemas,
    The Presentation of the Lord,
    The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
    World Day for Consecrated Life (also February 3 in the United States).
    Feast of St Cornelius
    St. Joan de Lestonnac,
    St. Adalbald of Ostrevant,

Eastern Orthodox liturgics
•    The Presentation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple (also called The Meeting of the Lord, or Hypapante)

Paganism –

  • Imbolc (in northern hemisphere),
  • Lughnasadh (in southern hemisphere).

Yemanja – Celebration of Yemanja, the sea goddess.

Saints
•    Martyr Jordan of Trebizond (1650)
•    Martyr Gabriel at Constantinople (1672)
•    Martyr Agathodorus in Cappadocia

World Wetlands Day

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