26 Feb 07 - Monday
0280 Constantine the Great Roman emperor (306-37), adopted Christianity
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Portland ME, poet (Hiawatha)
1899 Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (Insulin)
1913 Irwin Shaw US, novelist (Rich Man Poor Man)
1932 Elizabeth Taylor London, actress (Cleopatra) violet eyes
1934 Van Williams Fort Worth TX, actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon)
1935 Mirella Freni Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)
1940 Howard Hesseman Salem OR, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class)
1948 Eddie Gray rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)
1954 Neal Schon rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)
1957 Adrian Smith heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
1980 Chelsea Victoria Clinton Daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton
1526 Saxony & Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1814 Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres
1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans LA
1861 Warsaw Massacre Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against
Russian rule of Poland
1864 Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumter"
1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon MO
1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
1900 Conference in London calls for creation of a British labor party
1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote
1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested
for violating Sabbath
1929 Russia & US sign trade agreement
1939 Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes
1951 22nd amendment to the Constitution is ratified, limiting President to
2 terms in office
1955 Tom Howard comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 66
1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1967 Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne"
1974 "People" magazine begins sales
1977 Keith Richards gets suspended sentence for heroin possession, Canada
1981 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"
1990 Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez)
1991 Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreat & Kuwait is liberated
1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
2003 Fred[erick McFeely] Rogers [Mr. Rogers] children's television host, dies at 74
It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
Donald Rumsfeld
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