Sunday, February 7, 2010

TODAY IS ... 7 FEBRUARY

TODAY IS ...

 

7 FEBRUARY

BIRTHDAYS –

1993 - David Dorfman is an American teen actor whose most notable role was as Aidan Keller in the 2002 horror film remake The Ring, and its 2005 sequel The Ring Two. He has also appeared in the 2000 film Panic as Sammy. He also played "Charles Wallace Murry" in the film version of A Wrinkle in Time and  appeared in the film Drillbit Taylor.

1989 - Louisa Lytton  is an English actress who rose to fame in 2005 when joining EastEnders as Ruby Allen. After leaving EastEnders in late 2006, Lytton joined The Bill as PC Beth Green, who she played from May 2007 to March 2009.

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1985 - Tina Majorinois an American film and television actress. She started her career as a child actor, starring in films such as When a Man Loves a Woman, Corrina, Corrina and Waterworld. One of her best known roles was Deb in the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite.

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1979 - Cerina Vincent is an American film actress best known for playing the Yellow Ranger Maya in the television series Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy and a foreign exchange student in Not Another Teen Movie.

1978 - Ashton Kutcher is an American film actor, television actor, producer and former fashion model, best-known for playing Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. He created, produced and hosted Punk'd. He played lead roles in such films as Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married, The Butterfly Effect, The Guardian and What Happens in Vegas.

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1972 - Robyn Lively  is an American actress best known for her role in the film Teen Witch, as well as for her roles in the TV shows Doogie Howser, M.D. and Twin Peaks. Lively has a recurring role on the TNT series Saving Grace.

1972 - Essence Atkins is an American actress best known for the roles of Dee Dee Thorne on the UPN sitcom Half and Half and as Yvette Henderson on the The WB sitcom Smart Guy.

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1966 - Chris Rock - an African-America comedian, author, recording artist, actor, and talk show host.

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1965 - Jason Gedrick is an American actor best known for his work on the television series Murder One and Boomtown, as well as the motion picture Iron Eagle.

1962 - Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His first album was released in 1989 and peaked at #2 in the US country album chart while climbing to #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart. Brooks's integration of rock elements into his recordings and live performances has earned him immense popularity.

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1960 -  James Spader is an American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as Pretty in Pink, Sex, lies, and videotape, Mannequin, Crash, Stargate, Secretary, and his portrayal of the colorful attorney Alan Shore on the television series The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal.

1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, OBE  is a British actor who appeared in several successful films, including Alien 3, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, and as Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.

1942 - Alan Hunt - an English actor, known as Gareth Hunt, best remembered for playing the footman Frederick Norton in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers.

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1922 – Hattie Jaques - an English comedy actress who first gained attention through her radio appearances with Tommy Handley on ITMA and later with Tony Hancock on Hancock's Half Hour. From 1958 to 1974 she appeared in fourteen Carry On films, often playing the Matron.

1912 - Sir George Drysdale, AC - an Australian artist who won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954. He was influenced by abstract and surrealist art, and "created a new vision of the Australian scene.

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OTHER EVENTS –

2009 - Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.

2008 – Fool’s Gold starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson and Donald Sutherland starts screening in Australia. A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple's sense of adventure -- and their estranged romance

2005 - Michael Jackson's Thriller was named the top pop video in a poll of Channel 4 viewers in the UK. The 1983 video, which depicts the singer as a werewolf and a zombie, beat videos by Madonna and Robbie Williams. Animated videos for Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer and A-Ha's Take On Me were in second and third place respectively. 4th was Queen with Bohemian Rhapsody, 5th, Madonna Like a Prayer, 6th, Robbie Williams, Rock DJ, 7th, Michael Jackson, Billie Jean, 8th, The Verve, Bittersweet Symphony, 9th, Madonna Vogue and 10th Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit.

2005 - Britain's Ellen MacArthur has completed her single-handed round-the-world voyage in record-breaking time.

2004 - Queen's single 'We Will Rock You' topped a poll of music fans to find the greatest rock anthem of all time. The 1977 song beat the band's classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' into second place in a survey of 1,000 people carried out for the UCI cinema chain. The poll was carried out to mark the release of new Jack Black comedy 'School of Rock.

2002 – Starring Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench, The Shipping News commences screening in Australia. An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

1999 - Blondie went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Maria', giving the group their 6th UK No.1 single, 20 years after their first. At the age of 54, lead singer Debbie Harry became the oldest female to make No.1.

1998 - The XVIIIth Winter Olympic games opened at Nagano, Japan. Wind, rain, fog and lightning, with a mild earthquake thrown in, played havoc with Alpine skiing during the first five days. Then, good weather moved in and, when the games ended, the Japanese were hailed for their excellent show.

1998 - Scandinavian dance-pop act Aqua scored their second UK No.1 single with 'Doctor Jones.' 

1995 - US Chart Toppers - Creep - TLC ; Another Night - Real McCoy ; Take a Bow - Madonna ; Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) - Pam Tillis

1994 - Whitney Houston dominated the 21st annual American Music Awards, winning seven honors on the strength of "The Bodyguard" soundtrack and her version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You.

1994 - Paul Anka was honored at the French music industry’s annual awards in Paris for his song My Way. In 1968 Anka wrote new lyrics to the melody of a French pop hit Comme d’habitude, which means As Usual. Anka called his version My Way, and it became Frank Sinatra’s signature song.

1994 - Dick Tracy: Tess Trueheart serves the cartoon detective with divorce papers.

1992 -  Maastricht treaties make EU official - Ministers from the 12 countries in the European Community (EC) have taken another step towards political and economic union in Maastricht.

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1991 - Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons star in Reversal of Fortune which started in Australia. Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

1990 - Top of the US Charts - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton ; Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair ; Downtown Train - Rod Stewart ; Nobody’s Home - Clint Black

1989 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “Straight Up,” Paula Abdul.

1987 - Madonna’s Open Your Heart hit #1 in the U.S. It was the third straight number-one single from her True Blue album.

1987 - Luther Vandross finally hits US Top 20 singles chart for the first time as Stop to Love moves to No. 19

1987 – George Michael and Aretha Franklin were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’. Written by Simon Climie it gave Aretha her first UK No.1 almost 20 years after her first hit.

1986 - US Chart Toppers - That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends ; Burning Heart - Survivor ; I’m Your Man - Wham! ; Just in Case - The Forester Sisters

1985 – Starring Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon and Richard Romanus  star in Protocol which commences screening in Australia. Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive.

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1985 - Sports Illustrated released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the biggest regular edition in the magazine’s history, weighing in at 218 pages. Paulina Porizkova joined Cheryl Tiegs and Christie Brinkley as the only models to make the cover more than once. 

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1985 - New York, New York became the official anthem of the Big Apple. The announcement was made by then New York mayor, Ed Koch. Sinatra fans rejoiced at the honor.

1984 - US space shuttle  astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert Stewart perform the first untethered space walk.

1982 - Top of the US Charts - Centerfold - The J. Geils Band ; Harden My Heart – Quarterflash ; Turn Your Love Around - George Benson ; Lonely Nights - Mickey Gilley

1981 - Kool & The Gang started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Celebration' the group's first No.1 and 8th top 40 hit, a No.7 hit in the UK.

1981 - John Lennon was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Woman', an ode to his wife Yoko Ono. It was Lennon's third No.1 in seven weeks after his death on December 8, 1980.

1980 – The Buddy Holly Story starring Gary Busey, Don Stroud and Maria Richwine commences screening in Australia. A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.

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1980 - Pink Floyd begins one of the more unusual coast-to-coast tours in rock history, playing the first of only 14 shows in Los Angeles. The only other city they would play would be New York. The stage, to promote the band's latest album "The Wall," features a 120 by 60 foot wall made of Styrofoam blocks, which gradually envelops the group as the show goes on.

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1979 - Stephen Stills records the first major-label album using all-digital equipment, but it's never released, which means that Ry Cooder's Bop Till You Drop will get the honor.

1977 - US Chart Toppers - Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor ; New Kid in Town - Eagles ; Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ; Near You - George Jones & Tammy Wynette

1976 - Slim Whitman started a 6-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with his self-titled album.

1976 - Paul Simon started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover', the singers first solo US No.1.

1976 - Bob Dylan started a five-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Desire', his second US No.1.

1975 - The Jackson 5 appeared at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

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1974 - Top of the US Charts - The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand ; Love’s Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra ; Americans - Byron MacGregor ; Jolene - Dolly Parton

1974 - The nation of Grenada gained independence from Britain.

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1974 - Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" and his album Stone Gon' are certified gold

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1970 - One hit wonders Shocking Blue went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Venus', making them the first Dutch act to top the US charts. It made No.8 in the UK; Bananarama took the song to No.8 on the UK chart in 86.

1970 - Led Zeppelin scored their first UK No.1 album with 'Led Zeppelin II'. Featuring the US single 'Whole Lotta Love', it went on to stay on the chart for 138 weeks and sold over 6 million copies in the US.

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1970 - Johnny Cash's album, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" goes gold. His label, Columbia, report his LPs "At Folsom Prison" and "At San Quinten" have sold over 2 million copies each and his "Greatest Hits" album has sold over a million copies.

1970 - Joe Cocker's version of the Beatles classic "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" peaks at #30 on the pop chart.

1970 - "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies

1969 - Tom Jones' UK variety show This Is Tom Jones premieres on ABC after the network pays out over $20 million for the rights.

1969 - The Who recorded Pinball Wizard at Morgan Studio’s, London.

1969 - John and Yoko were featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents, (2/6). John was named as Rolling Stone’s ‘Man Of The Year’.

1968 - Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York NY

1966 - Top of the US Charts - My Love - Petula Clark ; Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys ; No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In) - The T-Bones ; Giddyup Go - Red Sovine

1966 - The first magazine dedicated specifcally to rock and roll music, Crawdaddy!, is published by Paul Williams in New York City.

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1966 - The Beatles, "Nowhere Man" is released

1966 - The Beach Boys album, "Summer Days" goes gold, it's their sixth album to do so.

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1964 - The Kinks appear on ITV's Ready Steady Go! performing their version of "Long Tall Sally."

1964 - Shortly after 1 -00 p.m. EST, Pan Am Yankee Clipper flight number 101 lands at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Over 3,000 screaming fans, many in tears, are waiting to greet the Beatles as they arrive for their first American tour (and an appearance on CBS' Ed Sullivan Show). The Beatles are taken to the Plaza Hotel after a press conference at the airport. ("What do you think of the campaign in Detroit to stamp out the Beatles?" Paul - "We've got a campaign of our own to stamp out Detroit.") On the same day, Baskin-Robbins responds to the furor by introducing a flavor of ice cream called "Beatle-Nut."

1964 - Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali

1961 - The Jive Five recorded "My True Story".

1961 - Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"

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1960 - US Chart Toppers - Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers ; Spooky - Classics IV ; Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat ; Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill

1960 - Barrett Strong's "Money" enters the pop chart where it tops out at #23. On the R&B chart it climbs to #2. The song will be covered by the likes of the Beatles, Kingsmen, Flying Lizards and Jr. Walker and the All Stars.

1959 - US Chart Toppers - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters ; The All American Boy - Bill Parsons ; Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price ; Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves

1959 - The play, The Rivalry, opened in New York City. It ran for a total of 81 performances.

1958 - Top of the US Charts - Don’t/I Beg of You - Elvis Presley ; Get a Job - The Silhouettes ; Sail Along Silvery Moon - Billy Vaughn ; Ballad of a Teenage Queen - Johnny Cash

1958 - Disney's first animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is released in theatres for the fourth time - with new opening and ending credits replacing the RKO Radio Picture logo.

1950 - US Chart Toppers - Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Dinah Shore ; A Dreamer’s Holiday - Perry Como  ;The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson ; Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me - Eddy Arnold; Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley

1949 – No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: “A Little Bird Told Me,” Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters.

1944 - Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records

1941 - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra recorded "Everything Happens to Me".

 

1940 - Disney's animated feature film, Pinocchio (based on the 19th century book by Carlo Collodi) premieres at the Central Theatre in New York City. It has cost a staggering $2.6 million to make. This film is felt by many film historians to be the most technically perfect of all the Disney animated features.

1938 - The first daily "Donald Duck" comic strip is published. Donald_duck_debut 1937 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film The Country Cousin for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.

1936 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Who Killed Cock Robin? for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.

1936 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates the film Three Orphan Kittens for an Oscar Award in the category Short Subjects, Cartoons.

1936 - A U.S. Vice President’s flag was established by executive order.

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1928 - First solo England to Australia flight takes off - Bert Hinkler

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1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice at the Carnival to theatres.

1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of their magazine for sale for the first time. Reader’s Digest continues to be widely read in a dozen languages the world over. In fact, it has become the most-read periodical in history with a circulation of 16 million plus.

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1915 - A wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received

1914 - Charlie Chaplin first appears as "The Tramp", as his first film Kid Auto Races at Venice is released at Keystone Studios.

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

Independence Day (Grenada)

Christian Feast Day
•    Amber Encarnacion
•    Blessed Eugenia Smet
•    Blessed Pope Pius IX
•    Chrysolius

Eastern Orthodox liturgics Saints
•    Saint Parthenius of Lampsacus, bishop (4th century)
•    Venerable Luke of Hellas (946)
•    Saint Mastridia of Jerusalem, woman ascetic of the desert
•    Saint Peter of Monovatia, monk
•    Martyr Theopemptus
•    Saint Aprionus of Cyprus, bishop
•    Martyr George of Crete

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