Wednesday, February 2, 2011

I wonder if I will see my shadow today?



                                                             February 2, 2011
February 2 is … Purification Day

BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND

The news as I see it and the views as I want them.

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Famous people born on February 2 through the years:
1895 George S Halas [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1947 Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett Corpus Christi TX, actress (Charlie's Angels, Burning Bed)
1947 Peter Lucia rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1947 Derek Shulman rocker
1948 Alan McKay rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland)
1948 Tony DeMeur rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge)
1948 Jessica Savitch Kennett Square PA, news anchor (NBC)
1949 Sherry Mathis Memphis TN, actress (
Search for Tomorrow)
1949 Tom Tripplehorn rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
1949 Jetty Weels Surinamese/Dutch vocalist (Mai Tai)
1949 Ross Valory San Francisco CA, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms)
1949 Sherry Mathis actress (Search for Tomorrow)
1950 Barbara Sukowa German Federal Republic, actress (Zentropia, Sicilian, Voyager, Lola)
1950 Osamu Kido wrestler (NJPW/UWF)
1951 Kim Zimmer Grand Rapids MI, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live)
1951 Alphonso Johnson jazz bassist
1953 James Mndaweni South African worker's union leader/president (NACTU)
1953 Penny Pulz LPGA golfer
1954 Christie Brinkley [Ex-Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (Sports Illustrated, Vacation)
1954 Jayantha Amerasinghe cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1983)
1955 Michael Talbott Waverly IA, actor (Stan-Miami Vice)
1955 Brent Spiner Houston TX, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation)

1955 Bruce A. Brennan Famed attorney and writer; still living.

1956 Mary K. Brennan Famed Speech Pathologist, autism expert, wonderful mother; married well. Alive and still beautiful.

1957 Laurie Mann current DPS curator/geek
1957 Sandra Joyce Cagle Milwaukee WI, playmate (February 1980)
1958 Dexter Manley NFLer (Washington Redskins)
1958 Holly Hunter Conyers GA, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around)

Important events from February 2nd throughout history, except birth of my wife and myself, see above.

The World Food Programme reports that 4.3 million people suffer from hunger in Sudan, the number has quadrupled since 2009
Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit
Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose
Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board
"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City
Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic
Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA
"Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 56 performances
Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched
Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song
Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth
IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)
Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs. New Zealand at Wellington
U.S. postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents
Marina Ogilvy, daughter of English princess Alexandra, weds Paul Mowatt
South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs
0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states
FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader
NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney
Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
Philippines adopts constitution
"Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz New York City after 13 performances
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24
Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica
U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards
Lebanese army fight in Beirut
Chicago Absp Joseph L. Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
"Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC
Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors
Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.)
Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL Record for a defenseman
"Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV
"Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV
Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame
Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"
Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs. Golden State-1,641)
"Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV
James R. Schlesinger, becomes 9th director of CIA
Richard Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA
Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington
Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London
Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, California (CBS) begins broadcasting
Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame
Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
Bolivia adopts its constitution
Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
Joe Ortons "Loot," premieres in Brighton
GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame
Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)
8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam
Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss
Buddy Holly's last performance
Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open
Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, Puerto Rico (PTC) begins broadcasting
"Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 73 performances
United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
Coasters sign with Atlantic Records
1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC
Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb, done in 1952
Snow falls on Gibraltar
-35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994)
U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
"Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances
1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
1st 45 RPM record released
Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
"Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 16 performances
Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp
4th U.S. marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands
Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory
Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action
Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City
Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest
German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
U.S. auto factories switch from commercial to war production
Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin
Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism
2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament
Goring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin
Al Capone sent to prison
Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries
Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83)
Reconstruction Finance Corp organized
1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students
1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria
Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City
Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave and 54th St. New York City
3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism
Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began
International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
United States signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
It was 2:22:22 on 2/2/22
James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)
Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
France occupies (German) Memel territory
Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: U.S.S.R. recognizes Estonian independence
Monarchist riot in Portugal
James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in New York City
N.Y. Giants sign Jim Thorpe
New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens
Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris
Pope encyclical against separation of church and state
U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
1st movie close-up, of a sneeze, Edison studio, West Orange, New Jersey
Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)
Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia SCG
Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby
Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn
SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton
Greece declares war on Turkey
Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis
Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum
Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, New York
James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"
1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London)
Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camelias," premieres in Paris
1st ship load of Chinese arrive in San Francisco
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million
U.S. and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee
Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 pounds damage
Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice
Russian settlers establish Ft. Ross trading post, north of SF
1st leopard exhibited in U.S., Boston (admission 25 cents )
Federal St. Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in U.S. destroyed by fire
Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres
Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London
British Walpole government resigns
King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
Georg F Handels opera "Poro," premieres in London
Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London
British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City
Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid
M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome
English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed
Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
2nd battle of St. Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists
Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured
Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy
Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY K.

THUS ENDETH THE LESSON ABOUT THE DATE OF FEBRUARY 2ND.

BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011
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