lunes, 21 de febrero de 2011

February 21

On Feb. 21, 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address a rally in New York City; he was 39.

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On Feb. 21, 1893, Andres Segovia, the Spanish musician who established the guitar as an important concert instrument, was born. Following his death on June 2, 1987, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1848	Former President John Quincy Adams suffered a stroke on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. (He died two days later.)
1878	The first telephone directory was issued, by the District Telephone Co. of New Haven, Conn.
1885	The Washington Monument was dedicated.
1907	Poet W.H. Auden was born in York, England.
1916	The World War I Battle of Verdun began in France.
1925	The New Yorker magazine made its debut.
1947	Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his Polaroid Land camera, which could produce a black-and-white photograph in 60 seconds.
1972	President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China.
1973	Israeli fighter planes shot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.
1975	Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.
1988	TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart tearfully confessed to his congregation in Baton Rouge, La., that he was guilty of an unspecified sin, and said he was leaving the pulpit temporarily. (Reports linked Swaggart to a prostitute.)
1989	President George H.W. Bush called Ayatollah Khomeini's death warrant against "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie "deeply offensive to the norms of civilized behavior."
1995	Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Canada.

Current Birthdays

Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, turns 64 years old today.

AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

Actress Ellen Page ("Juno") turns 24 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

1939	Richard Beymer, Actor ("West Side Story"), turns 72
1943	David Geffen, Recording executive, turns 68
1946	Tyne Daly, Actress ("Cagney and Lacey"), turns 65
1946	Anthony Daniels, Actor (C-3PO in the "Star Wars" films), turns 65
1946	Alan Rickman, Actor, turns 65
1946	Tricia Nixon Cox, Daughter of President Nixon, turns 65
1949	Jerry Harrison, Rock musician (Talking Heads), turns 62
1953	Christine Ebersole, Actress, turns 58
1953	William Petersen, Actor ("C.S.I."), turns 58
1955	Kelsey Grammer, Actor ("Fraiser"), turns 56
1958	Mary Chapin Carpenter, Country singer, turns 53
1958	Jack Coleman, Actor ("Heroes"), turns 53
1961	Christopher Atkins, Actor, turns 50
1961	Ranking Roger, Rock singer (General Public, English Beat), turns 50
1963	William Baldwin, Actor, turns 48
1979	Jennifer Love Hewitt, Actress ("Ghost Whisperer"), turns 32
1986	Charlotte Church, Singer, turns 25
1983	Braylon Edwards, Football player, turns 28
1989	Corbin Bleu, Actor ("High School Musical"), turns 22

Historic Birthdays

Andres Segovia2/21/1893 - 6/2/1987Spanish guitarist.Go to obituary »

82	Friedrich Karl von Savigny 2/21/1779 - 10/25/1861 German jurist and legal scholar
82	Antonio Lopez Santa Anna 2/21/1794 - 6/21/1876 Mexican army officer, statesman and politician
89	John Henry Newman 2/21/1801 - 8/11/1890 Eng. Churchman
79	Pierre Laffitte 2/21/1823 - 1/4/1903 French philosopher
54	Leo Delibes 2/21/1836 - 1/16/1891 French opera and ballet composer
81	Constantin Brancusi 2/21/1876 - 3/16/1957 Romanian abstract sculptor
56	Harry Stack Sullivan 2/21/1892 - 1/14/1949 American psychiatrist and teacher
73	Anais Nin 2/21/1903 - 1/14/1977 French-bn. American author
73	Tom Yawkey 2/21/1903 - 7/9/1976 American sportsman and owner of the Boston Red Sox (1933-76)
66	W. H. Auden 2/21/1907 - 9/29/1973 English-bn. American poet and writer