TODAY IS ...
4 FEBRUARY
BIRTHDAYS –
1975 - Natalie Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress who in the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan Willis in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the program, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit, "Torn".
1970 - Gabrielle Anwar - actress: Scent of a Woman, Body Snatchers, The Three Musketeers, In Pursuit of Honor, North Beach, Without Malice, Mob Dot Com
1969 - Brandy Ledford is an American actress, model and former Penthouse Pet of the Year who played the role of Doyle in the science fiction TV series Andromeda.
1962 - Michael Riley is a Canadian actor and graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal, Canada in 1984. Riley's first appearance was in the film No Man's Land (1987). He has acted in over 40 films and television series, including This Is Wonderland, for which he received a Gemini Award, and the emmy-nominated BBC / Discovery Channel co-production Supervolcano. He also portrays a leading character on the 2009 CBC Television series Being Erica.
1960 - Jenette Goldstein is an American actress whose first film role was in James Cameron's Aliens (1986), playing the Latina character PFC J. Vasquez . She also appeared as the vampire Diamondback in Near Dark (1987), Officer Meagan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Janelle Voight in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the Enterprise-B science officer in Star Trek Generations (1994), and an Irish immigrant mother in Titanic (1997).
1952 - Lisa Eichhorn - actress: The Vanishing, King of the Hill
1949 - Michael Beck actor: Deadly Game, Megaforce, Xanadu, Madman, Holocaust, Robin’s Hood, Houston Knights
1948 - Alice Cooper singer: I’m Eighteen, School’s Out, You and Me, No More Mr. Nice Guy
1947 - Dan Quayle - 44th Vice President of the United States under President George Bush
1923 - Conrad Bain - actor: Mork & Mindy, Postcards from the Edge, Bananas
OTHER EVENTS –
2008 - 88 Minutes starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt and Amy Brenneman starts screening in Australia. In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row.
2008 - Leona Lewis went to No.1 on the Australian album charts with her debut release ‘Spirit.’
2007 - Norah Jones scored her third UK No.1 album with 'Not Too Late', also a No.1 in the US and over 20 other countries.
2005 - A racecar sponsored by Disney & Pixar and driven by film legend Paul Newman takes part in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, a motorsport event. Newman is the voice of a 1951 Hudson Hornet in Cars, a Disney/Pixar animated film released in 2006.
2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social network is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
2001 - Atomic Kitten started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Whole Again', the group's first UK chart topper. The song was written by Andy McCluskey from OMD.
2000 - Bjorn Ulvaeus confirmed that the members of Abba had turned down a $1 billion (£0.58 billion) offer by American and British consortium to reform the group. “It is a hell of a lot of money to say no to, but we decided it wasn’t for us,” band member Benny Andersson told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
1999 - Ronin starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgård starts screening in Australia. A freelancing former US intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians.
1999 - Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Stockard Channing star in Practical Magic which commences screening in Australia. Sally and Gillian Owens have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical--their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic.
1998 - An earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit Takhar, near the Tajik-Afghan border of Northeastern Afghanistan. The quake left 5,000 dead and over 30,000 homeless, while thousands more were missing. The rumbling lasted under ten minutes and was centered about 150 miles north of the Afghan capital, Kabul. Some 15,000 homes were destroyed.
1997 - In Turkmenistan-Iran Border Region a 6.8 earthquate occured. At least 88 people killed, nearly 2,000 injured, about 5,500 houses destroyed and 11,000 houses damaged in the Bojnurd-Shirvan area, Iran
1995 - Celine Dion started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Think Twice'. The song peaked at No.95 on the US chart. 'Think Twice' received an Ivor Novello Award for the Song of the Year in 1995.
1994 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
1993 - The “Family and Medical Leave Act” was passed by the U.S. Congress this day. The law gives employees unpaid leave in the event of a birth or a medical emergency in their family.
1989 - Sheriff went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'When I'm With You', not a hit in the UK.
1989 - Guns N'Roses become the first act for fiteen years to place two LPs in US Top 5 - Appetite for Destruction (2) and Funs N'Roses Lies (5). The last act was Jim Croce.
1988 – 3 Men and a Baby starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson commenced screening in Australia. Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
1987 - A proud day for America’s yachtsmen and women: Dennis Conner, Tom Whidden and Peter Isler brought the America’s Cup back ‘up’, defeating Australia’s "Kookaburra III" with "Stars and Stripes ’87".
1985 - It's revealed that the US Navy is paying $640 for $25 toilet seats.
1984 - Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168 meters) Las Vegas
1984 – Eurythmics scored their first UK No.1 album with their second release ‘Touch’, featuring the singles ‘Here Comes The Rain Again’, ‘Who’s That Girl’ and ‘Right By Your Side’.
1984 - Culture Club started a three-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Karma Chameleon' the group's 5th US Top 10 hit, also a No.1 in the UK.
1984 - "9" closes at 46th St. Theatre New York City after 739 performances
1982 - "Pump Boys and Dinettes" opens at Princess Theatre New York City for 573 performances
1979 - Save The Whales organizes a month-long rock memorabilia auction in San Francisco.
1978 - The Bee Gees started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Staying Alive'. From the film soundtrack Saturday Night Fever, it gave the brothers their fifth US No.1, also No.1 in the UK.
1978 - Number one hit on UK music charts - Althia & Donna - Up Town Top Ranking - It was the Jamaican duo's only hit making the teenagers One-hit Wonders.
1978 - Abba started a 7 week run at No.1 on the UK chart with 'The Album' their third No.1 LP.
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1977 - Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
1977 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" released
1977 - ABC's American Bandstand rock show celebrates its 25th anniversary on the air with a primetime special. On it, Clark introduces for the first time his concept of an "All-Star Band," in which Chuck Berry, Seals and Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severinsen, Les McCann, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione and most of Booker T and the MGs jam on "Roll Over Beethoven."
1976 - Evita¸ the follow-up to Jesus Christ Superstar, is released on MCA.
1973 - "No, No Nanette" closes at 46th St. Theatre New York City after 861 performances
1972 - In Central Italy a 4.8 earthquake and a series of hundreds of relatively minor shocks near the Italian town of Ancona on the Adriatic coast caused wide-spread panic, some damage, several injuries, and one death
1971 - The Osmonds' "One Bad Apple" is certified gold
1970 - "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theatre New York City for 23 performances
1968 - Billed as 'Tour 60 cities in 66 Days' The Jimi Hendrix Experience appeared at the Winterland in San Francisco.
1968 - "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theatre New York City for 355 performances
1968 - Working at Abbey Road studios, London, The Beatles recorded ‘Across the Universe.’ John and Paul decided the song needed some falsetto harmonies so they invited two girl fans into the studio to sing on the song. The two were Lizzie Bravo, a 16-year-old Brazilian living near Abbey Road and 17-year-old Londoner Gayleen Pease.
1967 – The Rolling Stones’ Between the Buttons enters the U.K. chart at No. 3.
1967 - The Monkees self-titled debut album started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK chart.
1967 - "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1965 - Number one hit on UK music charts - The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling
1961- United Artists released the Misfits, the last film of stars Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift. John Huston directed and Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay. The film flopped in its initial run but has since gained classic status.
1958 - "Oh, Captain!" opens at Alvin Theatre New York City for 192 performances
1957 - USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logs her 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc. of New York began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine was a ‘portable’ of 19 pounds! Soon, other manufacturers offered similar models, made of lighter-weight plastics, with a lot less of the sophisticated workings inside.
1957 - NME publishes one-off magazine entitled Rock-and-Roll Personality Parade, thought to be first UK pop magazine.
1956 - Elvis Presley appears again on CBS' Dorsey Brothers Stage Show, performing "Baby, Let's Play House" and "Tutti Frutti."
1955 - James Brown recorded "Please Please Please."
1954 - The Drifters recorded "White Christmas."
1953 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis appeared in the film, The Stooge, which premiered this day at the Paramount Theatre in New York City. The comedy duo went dramatic in this film -- which had been sitting on the shelves of the Hal Wallis Studios until that time.
1948 - Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1944 - Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," premieres in Paris
1941 - World War II: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1940 – Willie Dixon makes his first recordings, for Bluebird Records, as part of the Chicago-based Five Breezes.
1939 - World mile record-holder Glenn Cunningham said in the newspaper that “running a four-minute mile is beyond human effort,” and that the best mile run will always be 4:01.66. That, of course, was his own best time. The mark has been shattered several times since. The current world record of 3:43:13 was set by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj [Golden Gala Meet, Rome, Italy, July 7, 1999].
1938 - The play, Our Town, by Thornton Wilder, opened in New York City at the Henry Miller Theatre. The play was a Pulitzer prize-winner for the writer.
1938 - Disney's Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs is generally released to U.S. theaters although the film had its premiere last December 21, 1937 in California.
1937 - Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra recorded A Study in Brown, on Decca Records.
1936 - Radium E. becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1932 - Lake Placid, NY hosts the first US Winter Olympics. Lake Placid would reprise this role in 1980.
1926 - John Giola of New York City became famous as the Charleston endurance dance champion. With the new dance craze sweeping the U.S., Giola decided to make good on it by dancing, non-stop, for 22 hours and 30 minutes.
1924 - The first Winter Olympics games close at Chamonix France
1913 - Louis Perlman of New York City received a patent for his famous, demountable tire-carrying rims. We call them wheels.
1895 - The first rolling lift bridge opened over the Chicago River at Van Buren Street, Chicago. The bridge used steel trusses or girders across the navigable channel supported by, and rigidly connected to, large steel rollers as curved steel bases, like rocking chair rockers, weighted in the rear to counterbalance the span. To open, the bridge rolled back on its rockers until upright, like a jackknife.
1824 - J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public.
1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first President of the United States.
HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
Ancient Latvia – Biezputras Diena observed.
Independence Day in Sri Lanka (1948).
Angolan Anniversary of the Outbreak of Armed Struggle against Portuguese Colonialism.
World Cancer Day
In the Roman Catholic Church:
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Andrew Corsini
Saint Gilbert (d. 1189)
Saint John de Britto
Saint Rembert of Torhout
Saint Veronica
Eastern Orthodox liturgics
Saints
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Venerable Isidore of Pelusium (436)
Blessed George of Vladimir, Great Prince (1238)
Venerable Cyril, abbot and wonderworker of Novoezersk in Novgorod (1532)
Saint Nicholas the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (868)
Martyr Jadorus (3rd century)
Hieromartyr Abramius of Arbela in Assyria (344)
Saint John of Hirenopolis, bishop (4th century)
Venerable Abraham and Corpius, monks of Pechenga in Vologda (15th century)
Martyr Joseph of Aleppo (1686)
Martyr Theoctistus
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