Sunday, August 20, 2006

February 7th


Alec's predicted due date is February 7th. Here are some interesting events in history and birthdays that take place on Februrary 7th.
History:
1900: Labour Party forms in England
1984: US astronaut Bruce McCandless is the first person to 'Spacewalk' untethered to a spacecraft
1990: The Soviet Communist Party leadership agrees to surrender its 70-year monopoly on power, paving the way for a multi-party democracy
1992: European Community ministers formally sign the Maastricht Treaty, paving the way for the creation of the European Union.


Birthdays:
1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)
1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)
1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937)
1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947)
1883 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951)
1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976)
1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971)
1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983)
1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, famous Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948)
1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)
1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002)
1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990)
1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut
1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor
1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner
1932 - Gay Talese, American author
1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut
1933 - John Anderton, English footballer
1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta
1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor
1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player
1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor
1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1951 - Benny Ayala, Baseball player
1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998)
1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer
1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player
1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician
1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor
1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian
1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player
1960 - James Spader, American actor
1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer
1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor
1965 - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor
1968 - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player
1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack)
1972 - Alex Bassi, American Race Car Driver
1974- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
1974 - J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)
1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor
1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian international footballer
1978 - Endy Chávez, Baseball player
1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian formula driver
1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress
1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress
1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer (W (Double You), Morning Musume, and MiniMoni)

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