February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruess https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/t3040 Runboard| February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruess en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:22:21 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:22:21 +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 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruesshttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p83750,from=rss#post83750https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p83750,from=rss#post83750In 1984 - CBS premiered "Star Wars: A New Hope" on their network. The movie drew 36% of the total television viewing audience.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:26:53 +0000 Re: February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruesshttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p81018,from=rss#post81018https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p81018,from=rss#post81018In 1970 - The Beatles album "Beatles Again" was released in the U.S. It contained the song "Hey Jude."nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:59:08 +0000 Re: February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruesshttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p77621,from=rss#post77621https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p77621,from=rss#post776211616, astronomer Galileo Galilei met with a Roman Inquisition official, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine, who ordered him to abandon the "heretical" concept of heliocentrism, which held that the earth revolved around the sun, instead of the other way around. Today's Birthdays — Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019: Game-show host Tom Kennedy (Name That Tune, Split Second) is 92. Guitarist Paul Cotton (Poco) is 76. Actor-director Bill Duke is 76. Actress Marta Kristen (Lost in Space) is 74. Singer Mitch Ryder is 74. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey, The Babys) is 69. Singer Michael Bolton is 66. The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is 65. Actor Greg Germann (Ally McBeal) is 61. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 61. Bandleader John McDaniel is 58. Actor-martial artist Mark Dacascos (Hawaii Five-0, The Chairman on Iron Chef America is 55). Actress Jennifer Grant is 53. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) is 51. Singer Erykah Badu is 48. Actor Maz Jobrani (Superior Donuts) is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 47. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 44. Actor Greg Rikaart is 42. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 40. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 39. Pop singer Nate Ruess (fun.) is 37. Tennis player Li Na is 37. Latin singer Natalia Lafourcade is 35. Actress Teresa Palmer is 33. Actor Alex Heartman is 29. Actress Taylor Dooley (The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D) is 26.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 26 Feb 2019 23:45:43 +0000 Re: February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruesshttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p73301,from=rss#post73301https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p73301,from=rss#post73301Today is Monday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2018. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (The bomb failed to topple the North Tower into the South Tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both structures were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.) Ten years ago: A power failure later blamed primarily on human error resulted in sporadic outages across large parts of Florida. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, visiting Beijing, won a verbal assurance from Chinese officials to use their influence to jump-start the stalled process of dismantling North Korea's nuclear programs. The New York Philharmonic, led by Lorin Maazel, performed a historic concert in North Korea before the communist nation's elite. Former Israeli military chief Dan Shomron, who commanded the 1976 hostage rescue at Entebbe, died in Tel Aviv at age 70. Five years ago: A deeply divided Senate voted, 58-41, to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be U.S. defense secretary. A hot air balloon burst into flames during a sunrise flight over the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor and then plummeted 1,000 feet to earth, killing 19 tourists (one tourist and the balloon's pilot survived). One year ago: At the 89th Academy Awards, "Moonlight," an LGBT coming of age drama, won three Oscars, including best picture of 2016 (in a startling gaffe, the musical "La La Land" was mistakenly announced as the best picture winner before the error was corrected). Joseph Wapner, the retired Los Angeles judge who presided over "The People's Court" from 1981 to 1993, died at age 97. Kurt Busch won the Daytona 500, surviving a crash-filled season opener to win the race for the first time in 16 tries. Today's Birthdays — Feb. 26: Game show host Tom Kennedy is 91. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 75. Actor-director Bill Duke is 75. Singer Mitch Ryder is 73. Actress Marta Kristen (TV: "Lost in Space") is 73. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 68. Singer Michael Bolton is 65. The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), is 64. Actor Greg Germann is 60. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 60. Bandleader John McDaniel is 57. Actor-martial artist Mark Dacascos is 54. Actress Jennifer Grant is 52. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 50. Singer Erykah Badu (EHR'-ih-kah bah-DOO') is 47. Actor Maz Jobrani (TV: "Superior Donuts") is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 46. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 43. Actor Greg Rikaart is 41. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 39. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 38. Pop singer Nate Ruess (roos) (fun.) is 36. Tennis player Li Na is 36. Latin singer Natalia Lafourcade is 34. Actress Teresa Palmer is 32. Actor Alex Heartman is 28. Actress Taylor Dooley is 25.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:55:35 +0000 Re: February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruesshttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p69202,from=rss#post69202https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p69202,from=rss#post69202Today is Sunday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2017. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Feb. 26, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed a congressional act establishing Mount McKinley National Park (now Denali National Park) in the Alaska Territory. The Original Dixieland Jass Band (an all-white group) made what's generally regarded as the first commercial jazz recording, "Dixie Jass Band One-Step" and "Livery Stable Blues," in New York for the Victor label. Ten years ago: Iraq's Shiite vice president, Adel Abdul-Mahdi (ah-DEEL' AHB'-dool-MAH'-dee), narrowly escaped death as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it had been searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs; at least 10 people were killed. Five years ago: Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot to death in Sanford, Fla., during an altercation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who said he acted in self-defense. (Zimmerman was later acquitted of second-degree murder.) The black-and-white silent film "The Artist" won best picture at the Academy Awards, as well as best actor for its star, Jean Dujardin (zhahn doo-zhahr-DAN'); Meryl Streep won best actress for "The Iron Lady." The West held off a late charge from the East in a 152-149 victory in the NBA All-Star game in Orlando, Fla. The Daytona 500 was postponed for the first time in its 54-year history because of heavy rain. One year ago: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stunned the Republican establishment by endorsing Donald Trump for president. A gunman killed four people in a home in Mason County, Wash., before fatally shooting himself after a standoff. A teenager who raped and killed his high school math teacher was sentenced in Salem, Mass., to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 40 years. Today's Birthdays — Feb. 27: Game show host Tom Kennedy is 90. Singer Fats Domino is 89. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 74. Actor-director Bill Duke is 74. Singer Mitch Ryder is 72. Actress Marta Kristen (TV: "Lost in Space") is 72. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 67. Singer Michael Bolton is 64. The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn), is 63. Actor Greg Germann is 59. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 59. Bandleader John McDaniel is 56. Actor-martial artist Mark Dacascos is 53. Actress Jennifer Grant is 51. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 49. Singer Erykah Badu (EHR'-ih-kah bah-DOO') is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 45. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 42. Actor Greg Rikaart is 40. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 38. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 37. Pop singer Nate Ruess (roos) (fun.) is 35. Tennis player Li Na is 35. Latin singer Natalia Lafourcade is 33. Actress Teresa Palmer (Film: "The Choice") is 31. Actor Alex Heartman is 27. Actress Taylor Dooley is 24.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sun, 26 Feb 2017 13:56:46 +0000 Re: February 26thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p64517,from=rss#post64517https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p64517,from=rss#post64517Today is Friday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2016. There are 309 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1916, actor-comedian Jackie Gleason was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Ten years ago: On the final day of the Turin Winter Olympics, Sweden beat Finland 3-2 to win the men's hockey gold. Germany finished first in overall medals with 29 and golds with 11, while the Americans won 25 medals overall, nine of them gold. Drew Lachey leaped to victory with professional partner Cheryl Burke on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Five years ago: In a statement, President Barack Obama said Moammar Gadhafi had lost his legitimacy to rule and urged the Libyan leader to leave power immediately. Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the International Space Station, making its final visit before being parked at a museum. One year ago: Internet activists declared victory over the nation's big cable companies after the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband service to prevent companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from creating paid fast lanes and slowing or blocking web traffic. "Jihadi John," the masked knife-wielding Islamic State militant seen in execution videos, was identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a London-raised university graduate known to British intelligence for more than five years. Theodore Hesburgh, 97, a Catholic priest who transformed the University of Notre Dame into a school known almost as much for academics as football and who championed human rights around the globe, died in South Bend, Ind. Today's Birthdays: Game show host Tom Kennedy is 89. Singer Fats Domino is 88. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 73. Actor-director Bill Duke is 73. Singer Mitch Ryder is 71. Actress Marta Kristen (TV: "Lost in Space") is 71. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 66. Singer Michael Bolton is 63. The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is 62. Actor Greg Germann is 58. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 58. Bandleader John McDaniel is 55. Actor-martial artist Mark Dacascos is 52. Actress Jennifer Grant is 50. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 48. Singer Erykah Badu (EHR'-ih-kah bah-DOO') is 45. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 44. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 41. Actor Greg Rikaart is 39. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 37. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 36. Pop singer Nate Ruess (roos) (fun.) is 34. Tennis player Li Na is 34. Latin singer Natalia Lafourcade is 32. Actor Alex Heartman is 26. Actress Taylor Dooley is 23.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:30:17 +0000 Re: February 26thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p59518,from=rss#post59518https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p59518,from=rss#post59518 Ten years ago: Fifteen months after Japan's last liftoff ended in a spectacular fireball, an orange and white H-2A rocket blasted off from a remote southern island, carrying a weather and navigation satellite into orbit. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered his country's constitution changed to allow presidential challengers in an upcoming fall election. A fragment of granite bearing the name "John" — all that remained of a memorial to the six people killed in the 1993 terror attack on the World Trade Center — was installed as the central piece of a new post-9/11 memorial. Former Time magazine editor and U.S. ambassador to Austria, Henry A. Grunwald, died in New York at age 82. Five years ago: New York Gov. David Paterson announced he wouldn't seek re-election amid a criminal investigation over his handling of a domestic violence complaint against a top aide. (Investigators found no evidence of witness tampering.) At the Vancouver Olympics, the Americans reached 34 medals with a silver and a bronze in short-track speedskating. One year ago: President Barack Obama, speaking in St. Paul, Minn., said he would ask Congress for $300 billion to update aging roads and railways. Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill pushed by social conservatives that would have allowed people with sincerely held religious beliefs to refuse to serve gays. Today's Birthdays: Game show host Tom Kennedy is 88. Singer Fats Domino is 87. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 72. Actor-director Bill Duke is 72. Singer Mitch Ryder is 70. Actress Marta Kristen (TV: "Lost in Space") is 70. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 65. Singer Michael Bolton is 62. The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is 61. Actor Greg Germann is 57. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 57. Bandleader John McDaniel is 54. Actress Jennifer Grant is 49. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 47. Singer Erykah Badu (EHR'-ih-kah bah-DOO') is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 43. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 40. Actor Greg Rikaart is 38. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 36. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 35. Pop singer Nate Ruess (roos) (fun.) is 33. Tennis player Li Na is 33. Actor Alex Heartman is 25. Actress Taylor Dooley is 22.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:39:47 +0000 Re: February 26thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p53087,from=rss#post53087https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p53087,from=rss#post53087Today is Wednesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2014. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1904, the United States and Panama proclaimed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to undertake efforts to build a ship canal across the Panama isthmus. Ten years ago: Two church-sanctioned studies documenting sex abuse by U.S. Roman Catholic clergy said that about four percent of clerics had been accused of molesting minors since 1950 and blamed bishops' "moral laxity" in disciplining offenders for letting the problem worsen. Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski (try-KAWF'-skee) was killed in a plane crash in southern Bosnia. Five years ago: President Barack Obama laid out his first budget plan, predicting a federal deficit of $1.75 trillion. General Motors Corp. posted a $9.6 billion loss for the fourth quarter of 2008. The Pentagon, reversing an 18-year-old policy, said it would allow some media coverage of returning war dead, with family approval. Former Chicago Bulls player Norm Van Lier died at age 61. One year ago: A deeply divided Senate voted, 58-41, to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be U.S. defense secretary. A hot air balloon burst into flames during a sunrise flight over the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor and then plummeted 1,000 feet to earth, killing 19 tourists (one tourist and the balloon's pilot survived). Today's Birthdays: Singer Fats Domino is 86. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 71. Actor-director Bill Duke is 71. Singer Mitch Ryder is 69. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 64. Singer Michael Bolton is 61. The prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is 60. Actor Greg Germann is 56. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 56. Bandleader John McDaniel is 53. Actress Jennifer Grant is 48. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 46. Singer Erykah Badu (EHR'-ih-kah bah-DOO') is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 42. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 39. Actor Greg Rikaart is 37. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 35. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 34. Pop singer Nate Ruess (roos) (fun.) is 32. Tennis player Li Na is 32. Actor Alex Heartman (TV: "Power Rangers Samurai") is 24. Actress Taylor Dooley is 21.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:07:36 +0000 Re: February 26thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p46508,from=rss#post46508https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p46508,from=rss#post46508Today is Tuesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2013. There are 308 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by terrorists exploded in the parking garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. One year ago: In a case that drew national attention, Trayon Martin, 17, was shot to death in Sanford, Fla., during an altercation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who said he'd acted in self-defense. (Zimmerman is awaiting trial on a charge of second-degree murder.) The black-and-white silent film "The Artist" won best picture at the Academy Awards, as well as best actor for Jean Dujardin (zhahn doo-zhahr-DAN') and two other prizes; Meryl Streep won best actress for "The Iron Lady." The West held off a late charge from the East in a 152-149 victory in the NBA All-Star game in Orlando, Fla. The Daytona 500 was postponed for the first time in its 54-year history after heavy rain saturated Daytona International Speedway. Today's Birthdays: Singer Fats Domino is 85. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 70. Actor-director Bill Duke is 70. Singer Mitch Ryder is 68. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 63. Singer Michael Bolton is 60. Actor Greg Germann is 55. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is 55. Bandleader John McDaniel is 52. Actress Jennifer Grant is 47. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 45. Singer Erykah Badu (EHR'-ih-kah bah-DOO') is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 41. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 38. Actor Greg Rikaart is 36. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 34. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 33. Pop singer Nate Ruess (roos) (fun.) is 31. Actor Alex Heartman (TV: "Power Rangers Samurai") is 23. Actress Taylor Dooley is 20.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:42:44 +0000 Re: February 26thhttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p40513,from=rss#post40513https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p40513,from=rss#post40513Today's Birthdays: Singer Fats Domino is 84. Country-rock musician Paul Cotton (Poco) is 69. Actor-director Bill Duke is 69. Singer Mitch Ryder is 67. Rock musician Jonathan Cain (Journey) is 62. Singer Michael Bolton is 59. Actor Greg Germann is 54. Former Democratic National Chairman Tim Kaine is 54. Bandleader John McDaniel is 51. Actor Mark Dacascos (Wo Fat on the new Hawaii Five-0, the Chairman on Food Network's Iron Chef America) is 48. Actress Jennifer Grant is 46. Rock musician Tim Commerford (Audioslave) is 44. Singer Erykah Badu is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rico Wade (Society of Soul) is 40. Olympic gold medal swimmer Jenny Thompson is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kyle Norman (Jagged Edge) is 37. Actor Greg Rikaart is 35. Rock musician Chris Culos (O.A.R.) is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Corinne Bailey Rae is 33. Country singer Rodney Hayden is 32. Actress Taylor Dooley is 19. Other notable birthdays, Feb. 26: 1945, Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress 1947, Sandie Shaw, English singer 1956, Kevin Dunn, American actor 1957, Joe Mullen, American ice hockey player 1959, Rolando Blackman, American basketball player 1962, Kelly Gruber, American baseball player 1968, J. T. Snow, American baseball player 1972, Jonny Quinn, Northern Irish drummer (Snow Patrol) 1973, Marshall Faulk, American football player 1973, Jenny Thompson, American swimmer 1977, Tim Thomas, American basketball player 1977, Josh Towers, American baseball player 1980, Steve Blake, American basketball player 1983, Jerome Harrison, American football player Born on this day, Feb. 26, passed away: 1361, Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia (d. 1419) 1802, Victor Hugo, French writer (d. 1885) 1829, Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902) 1846, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (d. 1917) 1852, John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform (d. 1943) 1887, Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950) 1887, William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966) 1906, Madeleine Carroll, English actress (d. 1987) 1907, Dub Taylor, American actor (d. 1994) 1908, Tex Avery, American cartoonist (d. 1980) 1914, Robert Alda, American actor (d. 1986) 1916, Jackie Gleason, American actor, writer, composer, and comedian (d. 1987) 1919, Mason Adams, American actor (d. 2005) 1920, Tony Randall, American actor (d. 2004) 1921, Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (d. 2007) 1922, Margaret Leighton, British actress (d. 1976) 1931, Robert Novak, American political columnist (d. 2009) 1932, Johnny Cash, American musician (d. 2003) 1943, Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (d. 1981) Notable deaths, Feb. 26: 1813, Robert Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1746) 1989, Roy Eldridge, American musician (b. 1911) 1990, Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1938) 1997, David Doyle, American actor (b. 1929) 1998, James Algar, American film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912) 2008, Buddy Miles, American drummer (Band of Gypsies) (b. 1947) 2009, Johnny Kerr, American basketball player and Chicago Bulls broadcaster (b. 1932) 2009, Norm Van Lier, American basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1947)nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:54:01 +0000 February 26th - Happy Birthday Mark Dacascos & Nate Ruesshttps://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p40512,from=rss#post40512https://broguesholonet.runboard.com/p40512,from=rss#post40512Today is Sunday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2012. There are 309 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1962, after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, astronaut John Glenn told a joint meeting of Congress, "Exploration and the pursuit of knowledge have always paid dividends in the long run." On this date: In 747 BCE, Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. In 364, Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor. In 1266, Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples. In 1658, Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest. In 1794, The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba. In 1861, Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., received its initial funding from its namesake, businessman Matthew Vassar. In 1870, an experimental air-driven subway, the Beach Pneumatic Transit, opened in New York City for public demonstrations. In 1876, Japan and Korea sign a treaty granting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing Dynasty China. In 1909, Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. In 1914, HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. In 1917, The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park (see Grand Canyon National Park). In 1920, The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in Berlin. In 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. In 1935, Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1935, Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom. In 1936, In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. In 1940, the United States Air Defense Command was created. In 1942, "How Green Was My Valley" won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941, beating out nine other films, including "The Maltese Falcon" and "Citizen Kane." In 1946, Finnish observers report the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets. In 1952, Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada. In 1952, Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that Britain had developed its own atomic bomb. In 1960, A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. In 1961, Hassan II becomes King of Morocco. In 1966, Apollo Program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket In 1966, Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam. In 1970, National Public Radio was incorporated. In 1971, U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. In 1972, The Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam kills 125 in West Virginia. In 1980, Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations. In 1987, the Tower Commission, which had probed the Iran-Contra affair, issued its report, which rebuked President Ronald Reagan for failing to control his national security staff. In 1991, Gulf War: United States Army forces capture the town of Al Busayyah. In 1992, Armenian forces attacked the village of Khodzhaly, resulting in the deaths of 613 Azerbaijanis, according to Azerbaijani authorities. (Armenian forces did not deny the attack, but have said the death toll is exaggerated.) In 1993, a bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. In 1995, The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. In 2004, Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ten years ago: Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, at times combative, insisted during a Senate hearing that he knew nothing about manipulation of company books and denied misleading Congress as alleged by some lawmakers and Enron officials. Pharmacist Robert R. Courtney pleaded guilty in Kansas City, Mo., to watering down chemotherapy drugs. (Courtney was later sentenced to 30 years in prison.) Gunmen killed 11 minority Shiite Muslims praying in a mosque in Pakistan. Five years ago: Iraq's Shiite vice president, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, narrowly escaped death as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it had been searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs; at least 10 people were killed. The Iraqi Cabinet approved draft legislation to manage the country's vast oil industry and divide its wealth among the population. One year ago: In a statement, President Barack Obama said Moammar Gadhafi had lost his legitimacy to rule and urged the Libyan leader to leave power immediately. Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the International Space Station, making its final visit before being parked at a museum.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rogue9a)Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:53:30 +0000