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Today in History ~ February 29
Events
1704 - Deerfield Razed in
Queen Anne's War [H]
1968 - Kerner Commission Report Released
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Birthdays Today
1468 - Paul III, last of Renaissance popes (1534-49)
1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
1736 - Ann Lee (Ann the Word or Mother Ann) (religious zealot: founder of Shakerism in U.S.) [H]
1792 - Gioacchino Rossini (operatic composer: The Barber of Seville)
1860 - Herman Hollerith, invented 1st electric tabulating machine
1876 - Theodore 'Theo' Hardeen (magician)
1904 - Jimmy Dorsey (bandleader: So Rare, Contrasts, June Night)
1904 - Pepper (John) Martin (baseball: St. Louis Cardinals CF)
1920 - Arthur Franz (actor: The Member of the Wedding, Dream No Evil)
1920 - Howard Nemerov (Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: Collected Works [1978]; 3rd poet laureate of U.S. [1988-1990])
1920 - Michele Morgan (Simone Roussel) (actress: The Fallen Idol, Joan of Paris, Bluebeard, Everybody's Fine)
1924 - Al Rosen (baseball: Cleveland Indians 3rd Baseman)
1928 - Joss Ackland (actor: The Hunt for Red October, The House that Dripped Blood, The Sicilian, A Woman Named Jackie)
1936 - Henri Richard (The Pocket Rocket) (hockey player: Montreal Canadiens: 4-time All-Star, played on 11 Stanley Cup champion teams [1955 - 1975])
1936 - Jack Lousma (astronaut)
1936 - Jack R. Lousma, astronaut (Skylab 3 & ST & 3)
1940 - Gretchen Christopher (singer: group: The Fleetwoods: Mr. Blue, Come Softly to Me, Tragedy)
1944 - John Niland (football: Dallas Cowboys Guard, Super Bowl V, VI)
1944 - Steve Mingori (baseball)
1948 - Al Clark (football)
1952 - Al Autry (baseball)
1972 - Antonio Sabato, Jr. (actor: Earth 2, Beyond the Law, War of the Robots,
Thundersquad)
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Famous deaths
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