Interesting things that happened February 15th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1564 Galileo Galilei, astronomer
In 1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker
In 1803 John Augustus Sutter, owned the mill of California Gold Rush
fame
In 1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor
In 1820 Susan B. Anthony, suffragette, abolitionist, temperance crusader
In 1861 Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician, philosopher
In 1882 John Barrymore (according to family bible), actor
In 1927 Harvey Korman, actor (Blazing Saddles)
In 1931 Claire Bloom (in London, England), stage and film actor
(Limelight)
In 1933 Susan Brownmiller, journalist, feminist activist
In 1943 Florinda Bolkan, Brazillan actor (Candy, The Last Valley, Royal
Flush)
In 1947 Marisa Berenson (in New York), model, actor (Cabaret, Barry
Lyndon)
In 1951 Jane Seymour (in Middle***, England), actor (Live and Let Die;
Somewhere in Time; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
+ Melissa Manchester (in Bronx, NY), singer
In 1972 Jaromir Jagr (in Kladno, Czechoslovakia), hockey player, wears
jersey #68 to honor the 1968 Prague Spring rebellion
Events worth noting:
+ Lupercalia -- Roman festival to ensure fertility for the people,
+ fields, and flocks
In 1764 City of Saint Louis founded.
In 1861 Fort Point completed and garrisoned; Alcatraz Is. becomes a
military
prison.
In 1862 Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee.
In 1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped.
In 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor; cause still debated.
In 1903 First Teddy Bear introduced in America. Made by Morris and Rose
Michtom, Russian immigrants.
In 1917 San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic Center)
dedicated.
In 1942 Singa****e surrendered to the Japanese army.
In 1954 First bevatron in operation - Berkeley, California.
In 1955 Production announced-first pilot plant to produce man-made
diamonds.
In 1988 Physicist Richard Feynman dies.
And remember ...
Humpback Whale Awareness Month
National Cherry Month
National Snack Food Month
Library Lovers' Month
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