February 3rd - The Day the Music Died https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/t2991 Runboard| February 3rd - The Day the Music Died en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:24:51 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 12:24:51 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: February 3rd - The Day the Music Diedhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p83577,from=rss#post83577https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p83577,from=rss#post83577In 1978 - "Dead Man's Curve" was aired on ABC-TV. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:29:19 +0000 Re: February 3rd - The Day the Music Diedhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p80537,from=rss#post80537https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p80537,from=rss#post80537In 1961 - In New York, Bob Dylan made his first recording, taping "San Francisco Bay Blues".nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:21:18 +0000 Re: February 3rd - The Day the Music Diedhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p77330,from=rss#post77330https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p77330,from=rss#post773301959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Today's Birthdays — Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019: Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 86. Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is 79. Actress Bridget Hanley is 78. Actress Blythe Danner is 76. Football Hall of Famer Bob Griese is 74. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 72. Singer Melanie is 72. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 69. Actress Pamela Franklin is 69. Actor Nathan Lane is 63.. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 63. Actor Thomas Calabro is 60.. Rock musician/author Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) is 60. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 58. Actress Michele Greene is 57. Country singer Matraca Berg is 55. Actress Maura Tierney is 54. Actor Warwick Davis is 49. Actress Elisa Donovan is 48. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 43. Actress Isla (EYE'-luh) Fisher is 43. Musician Grant Barry is 42. Human rights activist Amal Clooney is 41. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 37. Actor Matthew Moy is 35. Rapper Sean Kingston is 29. Actor Brandon Micheal (cq) Hall is 26.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:32:19 +0000 Re: February 3rd - The Day the Music Diedhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p72988,from=rss#post72988https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p72988,from=rss#post72988Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2018. There are 331 days left in the year. NOTE: Today would have been the 75th birthday of The Temptations’ Dennis Edwards, but he died on Friday, Feb. 2, on the day before his birthday. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship SS Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after being hit by a German torpedo in the Labrador Sea; of the more than 900 men aboard, only some 230 survived. (Four Army chaplains on board gave away their life jackets to save others and went down with the ship.) Ten years ago: The New York Giants scored a late touchdown to win Super Bowl XLII, 17-14, ending the New England Patriots' run at a perfect season; Giants quarterback Eli Manning, who hit Plaxico Burress on a 13-yard fade with 35 seconds left, was named Most Valuable Player. Five years ago: Eight people were killed when a tour bus crashed in San Bernardino County, Calif., while returning 38 tourists to Tijuana, Mexico. A fired Los Angeles police officer launched a revenge war on law enforcement and the families of those he blamed for ending his career, killing four people during a 6-day manhunt that ended with his apparent suicide at a cabin in San Bernardino County. The Baltimore Ravens survived a partial power outage during Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans to edge the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. One year ago: President Donald Trump launched his long-promised attack on banking rules that were rushed into law after the nation's economic crisis, signing new orders after meeting with business and investment chiefs and pledging further action to free big banks from restrictions. Paris was plunged into panic — again — when soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum shot an attacker who lunged at them with two machetes and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as the historic landmark went into lockdown; the suspect, believed to be Egyptian, was taken into custody. Today's Birthdays — Feb. 3: Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 85. Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is 78. Actress Bridget Hanley is 77. Actress Blythe Danner is 75. Football Hall of Famer Bob Griese is 73. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 71. Singer Melanie is 71. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 68. Actress Pamela Franklin is 68. Actor Nathan Lane is 62. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 62. Actor Thomas Calabro is 59. Rock musician/author Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) is 59. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 57. Actress Michele Greene is 56. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY'-suh) Berg is 54. Actress Maura Tierney is 53. Actor Warwick Davis is 48. Actress Elisa Donovan is 47. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 42. Actress Isla (EYE'-luh) Fisher is 42. Musician Grant Barry is 41. Human rights activist Amal Clooney is 40. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 36. Actor Matthew Moy is 34. Rapper Sean Kingston is 28. Actor Brandon Micheal (cq) Hall is 25.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sat, 03 Feb 2018 20:10:10 +0000 Re: February 3rd - The Day the Music Diedhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p68866,from=rss#post68866https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p68866,from=rss#post68866Today is Friday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2017. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1917, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, the same day an American cargo ship, the SS Housatonic, was sunk by a U-boat off Britain after the crew was allowed to board lifeboats. Ten years ago: A suicide truck bomber struck a Baghdad market in a predominantly Shiite area, killing 137 people. President George W. Bush designated four central Florida counties disaster areas in the wake of tornadoes that had ripped through the region, leaving 21 dead. Thurman Thomas, Bruce Matthews, Roger Wehrli, Michael Irvin, Charlie Sanders and Gene Hickerson were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Five years ago: Susan G. Komen for the Cure abandoned plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, following a three-day furor that resounded across the Internet, in Congress and among Komen affiliates. Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates had participated in a doping program. (In Jan. 2013, Armstrong publicly admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs.) Actor-director Ben Gazzara, 81, died in New York. Actor-filmmaker Zalman King, 70, died in Santa, Monica, Calif. One year ago: Rand Paul dropped his Republican campaign for president, opting to run for re-election to the Senate. Seeking to correct what he called a "hugely distorted impression" of Muslim-Americans, President Barack Obama visited a mosque in Catonsville, Md. Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, 74, died in Los Angeles. Today's Birthdays — Feb. 3: Comedian Shelley Berman is 92. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 84. Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton is 77. Actress Bridget Hanley is 76. Actress Blythe Danner is 74. Singer Dennis Edwards is 74. Football Hall of Famer Bob Griese is 72. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 70. Singer Melanie (Melanie Safka) is 70. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 67. Actress Pamela Franklin is 67. Actor Nathan Lane is 61. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 61. Actor Thomas Calabro is 58. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 56. Actress Michele Greene is 55. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY'-suh) Berg is 53. Actress Maura Tierney is 52. Actor Warwick Davis is 47. Actress Elisa Donovan is 46. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 41. Musician Grant Barry is 40. Human rights activist Amal Clooney is 39. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 35. Actor Matthew Moy is 33. Actress Rebel Wilson is 31. Rapper Sean Kingston is 27. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:24:06 +0000 Re: February 3rdhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p64153,from=rss#post64153https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p64153,from=rss#post64153Today is Wednesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2016. There are 332 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Ten years ago: An Egyptian passenger ferry sank in the Red Sea during bad weather, killing more than 1,000 passengers. Twenty-three al-Qaida prisoners escaped from a Yemeni prison, including one convicted of the 2000 attack on the destroyer USS Cole. Actor Al Lewis ("The Munsters") died in New York (he was probably 82, although he'd claimed to have been born in 1910, which would have made him 95). Five years ago: Tens of thousands of protesters staged unprecedented demonstrations against Yemen's autocratic president, Ali Abdullah Saleh (AH'-lee ahb-DUH'-luh sah-LEH'), a key U.S. ally in battling Islamic militants, as unrest inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia spread further in the Arab world. One year ago: An evening rush-hour commuter train with 750 people aboard slammed into a SUV at a crossing in Valhalla, New York, killing the vehicle's driver and six people on the train. A video released on militant websites purportedly showed a Jordanian pilot who was captured by the Islamic State group being burned to death. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 91. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 83. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 76. Actress Bridget Hanley is 75. Actress Blythe Danner is 73. Singer Dennis Edwards is 73. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 71. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 69. Singer Melanie is 69. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 66. Actress Pamela Franklin is 66. Actor Nathan Lane is 60. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 60. Actor Thomas Calabro is 57. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 55. Actress Michele Greene is 54. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY'-suh) Berg is 52. Actress Maura Tierney is 51. Actor Warwick Davis is 46. Actress Elisa Donovan is 45. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 40. Musician Grant Barry is 39. Human rights activist Amal Alamuddin Clooney is 38. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 34. Actor Matthew Moy is 32. Actress Rebel Wilson is 30. Rapper Sean Kingston is 26.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 03 Feb 2016 15:41:02 +0000 Re: February 3rdhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p59104,from=rss#post59104https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p59104,from=rss#post59104Today is Tuesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2015. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference off the Virginia coast; the talks deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy. Ten years ago: Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as attorney general. An interim report detailed conflicts of interest and flawed management in the U.N. oil-for-food program. An Afghan passenger jet carrying 104 people crashed east of Kabul, killing all on board. Five years ago: A suicide bomber killed seven people in northwestern Pakistan, including three U.S. soldiers. Motivational speaker James Arthur Ray was arrested on manslaughter charges after three people died following a northern Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he'd led in Oct. 2009. (Ray was convicted of three counts of negligent homicide and spent nearly two years in prison.) Actress Frances Reid, 95, died in Los Angeles. One year ago: U.S. stocks tumbled, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 320 points after reports of sluggish U.S growth added to investor worries about the global economy. Former Vice President Walter Mondale's wife, Joan, died in St. Paul, Minnesota, at age 83. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 90. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 82. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 75. Actress Bridget Hanley is 74. Actress Blythe Danner is 72. Singer Dennis Edwards is 72. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 70. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 68. Singer Melanie is 68. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 65. Actress Pamela Franklin is 65. Actor Nathan Lane is 59. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 59. Actor Thomas Calabro is 56. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 54. Actress Michele Greene is 53. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY'-suh) Berg is 51. Actress Maura Tierney is 50. Actor Warwick Davis is 45. Actress Elisa Donovan is 44. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 39. Musician Grant Barry is 38. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 33. Actor Matthew Moy is 31. Actress Rebel Wilson is 29. Rapper Sean Kingston is 25.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:30:58 +0000 Re: February 3rdhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p52590,from=rss#post52590https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p52590,from=rss#post52590Today is Monday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2014. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. An American Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed into New York's East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board. Ten years ago: John Kerry won Democratic presidential contests in five out of seven states: Missouri, Arizona, North Dakota, New Mexico and Delaware; John Edwards easily won his native South Carolina while Wesley Clark eked out victory in Oklahoma. Work in the U.S. Senate slowed to a crawl, a day after ricin powder was found in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Five years ago: Eric Holder became the first black U.S. attorney general as he was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden. The White House announced that Tom Daschle had asked to be removed from consideration as health and human services secretary after acknowledging he'd failed to pay all his taxes. One year ago: Eight people were killed when a tour bus crashed in San Bernardino County, Calif., while returning 38 tourists to Tijuana, Mexico. Monica Quan and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, were found shot to death in Irvine, Calif.; authorities blamed former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, who had declared a revenge war on officers and the families of those he blamed for ending his career. (Quan's father had represented Dorner in a failed appeal of his dismissal.) Dorner killed Riverside police officer Michael Crain during a 6-day manhunt that ended with Dorner's apparent suicide in San Bernardino County. The Baltimore Ravens survived a partial power outage at the Super Bowl in New Orleans to edge the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 89. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 81. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 74. Actress Bridget Hanley is 73. Actress Blythe Danner is 71. Singer Dennis Edwards is 71. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 69. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 67. Singer Melanie is 67. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 64. Actress Pamela Franklin is 64. Actor Nathan Lane is 58. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 58. Actor Thomas Calabro is 55. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 53. Actress Michele Greene is 52. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY'-suh) Berg is 50. Actress Maura Tierney is 49. Actor Warwick Davis is 44. Actress Elisa Donovan is 43. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 38. Musician Grant Barry is 37. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 32. Actor Matthew Moy is 30. Actress Rebel Wilson is 28. Rapper Sean Kingston is 24.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:51:21 +0000 Re: February 3rdhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p46009,from=rss#post46009https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p46009,from=rss#post46009Today is Sunday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2013. There are 331 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for a federal income tax, was ratified. One year ago: Susan G. Komen for the Cure abandoned plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, following a three-day furor that resounded across the Internet, in Congress and among Komen affiliates. Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong, ending a nearly two-year effort aimed at determining whether the seven-time Tour de France winner and his teammates had participated in a doping program. (In January 2013, Armstrong publicly admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs.) Actor Ben Gazzara, 81, died in New York. Actor-filmmaker Zalman King, 70, died in Santa, Monica, Calif. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 88. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 80. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 73. Actress Bridget Hanley is 72. Actress Blythe Danner is 70. Singer Dennis Edwards is 70. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 68. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 66. Singer Melanie is 66. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 63. Actress Pamela Franklin is 63. Actor Nathan Lane is 57. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 57. Actor Thomas Calabro is 54. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 52. Actress Michele Greene is 51. Country singer Matraca (muh-TRAY'-suh) Berg is 49. Actress Maura Tierney is 48. Actor Warwick Davis is 43. Actress Elisa Donovan is 42. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 37. Musician Grant Barry is 36. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 31. Actor Matthew Moy is 29. Rapper Sean Kingston is 23.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:22:16 +0000 February 3rd - The Day the Music Diedhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p40048,from=rss#post40048https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p40048,from=rss#post40048Today is Friday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2012. There are 332 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. On this date: In 1112, Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. In 1377, More than 2,000 people of the Italian city of Cesena are slaughtered by Papal Troops (Cesena Bloodbath). In 1451, Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. In 1509, The Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India. In 1534, The Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England. In 1637, Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) as sellers could no longer find buyers for their bulb contracts. In 1690, The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in America. In 1706, During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment. In 1781, American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius. In 1783, American Revolutionary War: Spain recognizes United States independence. In 1787, Shays' Rebellion is crushed. In 1807, A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the city of Montevideo, then part of the Spanish Empire now the capital of Uruguay. In 1809, The Illinois Territory is created. In 1813, José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence. In 1830, The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol. In 1834, Wake Forest University is established. In 1852, Justo José de Urquiza defeats Juan Manuel de Rosas at the Battle of Caseros. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference off the Virginia coast; the talks deadlocked over the issue of Southern autonomy. In 1870, The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to citizens regardless of race. In 1900, Governor of Kentucky William Goebel dies of wound sustained in an assassination attempt three days earlier in Frankfort, Kentucky. In 1913, The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax. In 1916, Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down. In 1917, World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after the latter announced a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. In 1918, The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long. In 1924, the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington, D.C., at age 67. In 1930, the chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft, resigned for health reasons. (He died just over a month later.) In 1931, The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258. In 1943, The USAT Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survived. The Chapel of the Four Chaplains, dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains story. In 1944, World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison. In 1945, World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 to 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000. In 1945, World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan. In 1947, The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon. In 1957, Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS). In 1958, Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community. In 1959, An American Airlines Lockheed Electra crashed into New York's East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board. In 1960, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of the "a wind of change" of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation. In 1961, The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post. In 1961, A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars. In 1966, The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. In 1967, Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. In 1969, In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress. In 1971, New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him. In 1972, The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. In 1972, the XI Olympic Winter Games opened in Sapporo, Japan. In 1984, John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth. In 1984, Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger. In 1989, After a stroke two weeks previous, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months. In 1989, A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. In 1991, the rate for a first-class postage stamp rose to 29 cents. In 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In 1996, The Lijiang earthquake in Lijiang, Yunnan, China. In 1998, Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, 38, for the pickax killings of two people in 1983; she was the first woman executed in the United States since 1984. In 1998, a U.S. Marine plane sliced through the cable of a ski gondola in Italy, sending the car plunging hundreds of feet, killing all 20 people inside. In 2007, A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339. In 2008, The New York Giants defeated the heavily favored and previously undefeated 18–0 New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, 17–14. In 2011, All available blocks of IPv4 internet addresses are officially distributed to regional authorities. Ten years ago: Former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay backed out of testifying before Congress about the collapse of the energy giant. More than 40 people were killed in an earthquake in Turkey. The New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI (36) as they defeated the St. Louis Rams 20-17. Five years ago: A suicide truck bomber struck a Baghdad market in a predominantly Shiite area, killing 137 people. President George W. Bush designated four central Florida counties disaster areas in the wake of tornadoes that had ripped through the region, leaving 21 dead. Thurman Thomas, Bruce Matthews, Roger Wehrli, Michael Irvin, Charlie Sanders and Gene Hickerson were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. One year ago: Tens of thousands of protesters staged unprecedented demonstrations against Yemen's autocratic president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key U.S. ally in battling Islamic militants, as unrest inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia spread further in the Arab world. Actress Maria Schneider, who was Marlon Brando's young co-star in Bernardo Bertolucci's steamy "Last Tango in Paris," died in the French capital at age 58. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Shelley Berman is 87. Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., is 79. Football Hall-of-Famer Fran Tarkenton is 72. Actress Bridget Hanley is 71. Actress Blythe Danner is 69. Singer Dennis Edwards is 69. Football Hall-of-Famer Bob Griese is 67. Singer-guitarist Dave Davies (The Kinks) is 65. Singer Melanie is 65. Actress Morgan Fairchild is 62. Actress Pamela Franklin is 62. Actor Nathan Lane is 56. Rock musician Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) is 56. Actor Thomas Calabro is 53. Actor-director Keith Gordon is 51. Actress Michele Greene is 50. Country singer Matraca Berg is 48. Actress Maura Tierney is 47. Actor Warwick Davis is 42. Actress Elisa Donovan is 41. Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee is 36. Musician Grant Barry is 35. Singer-songwriter Jessica Harp is 30. Rapper Sean Kingston is 22.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:39 +0000