19 Feb 07 - Monday
1921 Andries Treurnicht [Dr No], founder (South Africa Conservative Party)
1927 Rene Firino-Martell cognac manufacturer
1940 William "Smokey" Robinson (& the Miracles-Being With You)
1943 "Mama" Cass Elliot actress (Mamas & Papas-Monday Monday)
1946 Paul Dean rock guitarist/vocalist (Loverboy)
1948 Tony Iommi rock guitarist (Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man)
1954 Frances Bucholz rocker (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
1957 Falco [John Hoelcel], rock vocalist (Rock Me Amadeus)
1963 Seal English vocalist/songwriter (Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose)
1674 Netherlands & England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)
1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania
1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin
1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
1st time this defense is successfully used
1878 Thomas Alva Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph)
1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages
1906 W K Kellogg & Charles D Bolin incorporate
Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, Battle Creek MI
1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box
1922 Ed Wynn becomes 1st talent to sign as a radio entertainer
1953 Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board
1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records
1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts
1974 1st American Music Award
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released
1980 Bon Scott Australian rock vocalist (AC/DC-Whole Lotta Rosie), dies at 33
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for
"subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1985 Canned & bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola
1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
1998 Grandpa Jones country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Charles Darwin
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