2ND
FEBRUARY
CANDLEMAS (WIVES FEAST DAY)
FEAST DAY OF
"THE PURIFICATION; ST JOAN de
LESTONNAC; ST ADALBALD OF OSTREVANT; & THE MARTYRS OF EBSDORF." |
| 2ND |
1653 |
NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES A CITY; IT IS LATER RENAMED NEW YORK
CITY. |
| 2ND |
1852 |
THE FIRST PUBLIC FLUSHING MENS LAVATORY
OPENED IN LONDON. |
| 2ND |
1863 |
"SAMUEL CLEMENS" USES THE NAME "MARK
TWAIN" FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| 2ND |
1870 |
"MARK TWAIN" 34, MARRIES
"OLIVIA LANGDON" IN ELMIRA, NEW YORK. |
| 2ND |
1880 |
AN EXPERIMENTAL CARGO OF FROZEN MUTTON FROM AUSTRALIA ON
BOARD THE ‘STRATHLEVEN’ ARRIVED IN ENGLAND STILL PERFECTLY CHILLED. |
| 2ND |
1892 |
"WILLIAM PAINTER," OF
BALTIMORE, IS GRANTED A PATENT FOR A BOTTLE CAP WITH A CORK SEAL. |
| 2ND |
1892 |
THE LONGEST BOXING MATCH UNDER MODERN RULES TOOK PLACE
BETWEEN "HARRY SHARPE" & "FRANK CROSBY" IN NAMEOKI, ILLINOIS, USA. |
| 2ND |
1914 |
"CUB" SCOUT ORGANISATION
BEGAN. |
| 2ND |
1918 |
STORMS AND 120mph WINDS LASHED BRIGHTON MELBOURNE, KILLING
TWO PEOPLE AND DESTROYING HOUSES. |
| 2ND |
1942 |
THE SOPHISTICATED BRITISH ARMY WERE
TAUGHT A LESSON BY THE JAPANESE ON BICYCLES WHO TOOK CONTROL OF SINGAPORE. |
| 2ND |
1943 |
GERMAN TROOPS SURRENDER TO RUSSIANS IN STALINGRAD AFTER
LOSING 200,000 MEN. |
| 2ND |
1949 |
GOLFER, "BEN HOGAN" WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN A BUS HIT HIS CAR HEAD ON.
HE RECOVERED & WENT ON TO WIN THE 1950 U.S. OPEN. |
| 2ND |
1950 |
ACTRESS, "INGRID BERGMAN" GIVES BIRTH TO THE
ILLIGITIMATE SON OF FILM DIRECTOR, "ROBERTO ROSSELLINI" IN ROME.
THE COUPLE LATER MARRIED, BUT THE MARRIAGE WAS ANNULLED IN 1960. |
| 2ND |
1957 |
ACTRESS "ELIZABETH TAYLOR"
TAKES HUSBAND NUMBER THREE, "MIKE TODD." |
| 2ND |
1959 |
"BUDDY HOLLY" GIVES HIS LAST PERFORMANCE. |
| 2ND |
1960 |
"MICHALE EUFEMIA" SINKS 625
BALLS IN POOL WITHOUT A MISS. |
| 2ND |
1962 |
"JOHN UELSES" IS THE FIRST TO POLE VAULT OVER 16
FEET (4.88m) |
| 2ND |
1963 |
YOUNG FOLK SINGER, "JANIS
JOPLIN" WHO RECENTLY DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE & MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE SHE
HAS BEEN SINGING IN CLUBS IS ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING IN BERKLEY, U.S.A. |
| 2ND |
1963 |
"HELEN SHAPIRO" BEGINS A TOUR, WITH THE BEATLES AS
PART OF THE SUPPORT ACT. |
| 2ND |
1970 |
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL HUMAN NERVE
TRANSPLANT IS CARRIED OUT IN MUNICH, GERMANY. |
| 2ND |
1970 |
"JOE FRAZIER" KNOCKS OUT "JIMMY ELLIS" IN
NEW YORK TO TAKE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE. |
| 2ND |
1972 |
THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN DUBLIN WAS
BURNED DOWN BY PROTESTERS ANGERED BY THE ‘BLOODY SUNDAY’ SHOOTINGS IN
LONDONDERRY. |
| 2ND |
1979 |
"SID VICIOUS" OF THE "SEX PISTOLS" DIED
OF A HEROIN OVERDOSE, LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING HIS GIRLFRIEND
"NANCY SPUNGEN" TO DEATH IN NEW YORK’S CHELSEA HOTEL. |
| 2ND |
1984 |
"MEDICARE" HEALTH SYSTEM BEGINS IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 2ND |
1986 |
SYDNEY NURSE, "ANITA COBBY," IS ABDUCTED , RAPED,
& MURDERED BY "RAYMOND JOHN TRAVERS, 18; MICHAEL MURDOCH, 19; MICHAEL MURPHY, 33;
LES MURPHY, 24; & GARY MURPHY, 29." |
| 2ND |
1989 |
THE 9 YEAR OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN BY
THE USSR ENDED. |
| 2ND |
1998 |
A CROSS SECTION OF OVER 150 AUSTRALIANS MEET AT OLD
PARLIAMENT HOUSE CANBERRA TO DEBATE WHETHER AUSTRALIA SHOULD CONSIDER BECOMING A REPUBLIC. |
| 2ND |
1999 |
"BEVERLY HILLS, 90210" STAR,
"JASON PRIESTLEY" WED "MAKE-UP ARTIST, "ASHLEE PETERSON" ON A
BOAT OFF MIAMI. |
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