jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011

En este día....


February 17

On Feb. 17, 1972, President Nixon departed on his historic trip to China.
On Feb. 17, 1874, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., the American industrialist who built I.B.M., was born. Following his death on June 19, 1956, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1865Columbia, S.C., burned as the Confederates evacuated and Union forces moved in.
1904Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" had its world premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy.
1933Newsweek magazine was first published.
1947The Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet Union.
1972President Richard M. Nixon departed on a historic trip to China.
1976The Eagles' album "Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" was released.
1992Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
1995Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings that also wounded 19 people.
1996World chess champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM supercomputer "Deep Blue," winning a six-game match in Philadelphia.
2002The new Transportation Security Administration took over supervision of aviation security from the airline industry and the Federal Aviation Administration.
2005President George W. Bush named John Negroponte to be the first national intelligence director.
2008Kosovo declared itself a nation in defiance of Serbia and Russia.
2009President Barack Obama signed a $757 billion economic stimulus package into law..

Current Birthdays

Billie Joe Armstrong, Rock musician (Green Day)
Rock musician Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) turns 39 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Paris Hilton, Heiress
Heiress Paris Hilton turns 30 years old today.
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
1925Hal Holbrook, Actor, turns 86
1934Dame Edna, Comedian, turns 77
1935Johnny Bush, Country singer, turns 76
1936Jim Brown, Football Hall of Famer, turns 75
1939Mary Ann Mobley, Actress, turns 72
1954Rene Russo, Actress, turns 57
1962Lou Diamond Phillips, Actor, turns 49
1963Michael Jordan, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 48
1963Larry the Cable Guy, Actor, comedian ("Blue Collar TV"), turns 48
1965Michael Bay, Director, turns 46
1971Denise Richards, Actress, turns 40
1974Jerry O'Connell, Actor, turns 37
1981Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Actor ("3rd Rock From the Sun"), turns 30

Historic Birthdays

59Arcangelo Corelli 2/17/1653 - 1/8/1713
Italian violinist and composer
34Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 2/17/1836 - 12/22/1870
Spanish poet and author
70A. Montgomery Ward 2/17/1843 - 12/7/1913
American mail-order merchant
76Andrew B. Paterson 2/17/1864 - 2/5/1941
Australian poet, journalist and songwriter
54Andre Maginot 2/17/1877 - 1/7/1932
French statesman for whom Maginot Line was named
85H. L. Hunt 2/17/1889 - 11/29/1974
American oil tycoon
76Hans J. Morgenthau 2/17/1904 - 7/19/1980
German-bn. American political scientist and historian
84Red Barber 2/17/1908 - 10/22/1992
American baseball broadcaster
75Arthur Kennedy 2/17/1914 - 1/5/1990
American character actor
47Huey P. Newton 2/17/1942 - 8/22/1989
American activist who co-founded the Black Panthers

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