9 Feb 07 - Friday
1773 William Henry Harrison Virginia, (Whigs) 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841)
1846 Wilhelm Maybach German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
1914 Ernest Tubb Texas, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
1940 Smokey Robinson rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown)
1943 Joe Pesci Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
1944 Alice Walker US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
1945 Mia (Maria) Farrow Los Angeles CA, actress (Rosemary's Baby)
1950 Lloyd Weldon Keasor Pumphrey MD, wrestler (Olympics-silver-1976)
1951 Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas saxophonist (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
1963 Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
1963 Travis Tritt Marietta GA, country vocalist (Country Club)
1964 Rachel Bolan rocker (Skid Row)
1554 Battle at London Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1567 Henry Stuart earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered
1674 English re-conquer New York from Netherlands
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion
1822 American Indian Society organizes
1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle
because of anti-Chinese violence
1895 Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1909 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1941 British troops conquer El Agheila
1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1959 Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
1973 Max Yasgur owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
1978 Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City FL; later executed
1978 Kimberly Leach killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City FL at 12
1981 Bill Haley vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin" album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
1997 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode
the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Alice Walker
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