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Today In History Basic Datebook-February 22nd

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People on February 22nd: birthdates

Emme Anthony: 2008 (is 1 in 2009, 2 in 2010)
Celebrity Daughter, Jennifer Lopez and Marc's twin daughter
Max Anthony: 2008 (is 1 in 2009, 2 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Jennifer Lopez and Marc's twin son
John Ashton: 1948 (is 61 in 2009, 62 in 2010)
Actor, of Beverly Hills Cop
Drew Barrymore: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Los Angeles; E.T., Altered States, Firestarter, Irreconcilable Differences, Poison Ivy, Waynes World 2, Everyone Says I Love You, Scream, The Wedding Singer, Ever After, Home Fries, Never Been Kissed, Riding In Cars With Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Charlie's Angels movies, Duplex, 50 First Dates, Fever Pitch, Curious George, Music and Lyrics, Lucky You; John Jr.'s daughter, John's granddaughter
James Blunt: 1977 (is 32 in 2009, 33 in 2010)
Singer
Leslie Charleson: 1949 (is 60 in 2009, 61 in 2010)
Soap Actress, General Hospital's Dr. Monica Quartermaine; some say b. 1940 or 1945
Jackson William Coulouris: 2000 (is 9 in 2009, 10 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Lesli Kay and Keith's son
Robert De Leo: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Stone Temple Pilots
Jonathan Demme: 1944 (is 65 in 2009, 66 in 2010)
Movie Producer/Director, Writer, Movie Actor, PRON:DEH'-mee; Swing Shift, Silence of the Lambs
Paul Dooley: 1928 (is 81 in 2009, 82 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, 16 Candles, Strange Brew, Grace Under Fire's John Shirley
Rachel Dratch: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Comedienne, Saturday Night Live
Bruce Forsyth: 1928 (is 81 in 2009, 82 in 2010)
Comedian, TV Host, English, The Generation Game
William H. Frist: 1952 (is 57 in 2009, 58 in 2010)
Senator
Ellen Greene: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Actress, Singer, Little Shop Of Horrors
Avery Hanson: 1991 (is 18 in 2009, 19 in 2010)
Celebrity Relative, Hanson Brothers' sister
Bobby Hendricks: 1938 (is 71 in 2009, 72 in 2010)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Drifters
Liza Victoria Huber: 1975 (is 34 in 2009, 35 in 2010)
Soap Actress, Passions' Gwen Hotchkiss; Susan Lucci & Helmut's daughter
Miko Hughes: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Entertainment Figure, Zeus and Roxanne
Thomas Jane: 1969 (is 40 in 2009, 41 in 2010)
Actor
Thorsten Kaye: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Soap Actor, English, One Life To Live's Patrick Thornhart, Port Charles' Dr. Ian Thornhart, One Life to Live's and All My Children's Zachary Slater
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy: 1932 (is 77 in 2009, 78 in 2010)
Senator
Graham Lewis: 1953 (is 56 in 2009, 57 in 2010)
Music Figure, of Wire
Paul Liberstein: 1967 (is 42 in 2009, 43 in 2010)
Actor, The Office's Toby
David Lopez: 1979 (is 30 in 2009, 31 in 2010)
TV Actor, Ghostwriters' Alex
Louise Lopez: 1943 (is 66 in 2009, 67 in 2010)
Disco Singer, of Odyssey; Native New Yorker
Kyle MacLachlan: 1959 (is 50 in 2009, 51 in 2010)
TV/Movie Actor, Twin Peaks' FBI Special Agent Dale B. Cooper; movies Blue Velvet and Dune, Sex and the City's Trey MacDougal; some say b. 1958 or 1960
Donald May: 1927 (is 82 in 2009, 83 in 2010)
Actor, West Point Story, Colt .45, The Roaring 20s' Pat Garrison, Edge of Night's Adam Drake, As the World Turns, Falcon Crest
Tamara Mello: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Actress, Popular's Lily Esposito
Sylvette Miou-Miou: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Actress, French
Marni Nixon: 1930 (is 79 in 2009, 80 in 2010)
Opera Singer, Movie Actress
William Huckleberry Paisley: 2007 (is 2 in 2009, 3 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Kimberly Williams and Brad's son
Don Pardo: 1918 (is 91 in 2009, 92 in 2010)
Announcer, of NBC staff since 1944; for Saturday Night Live, Jeopardy, 50s prime time TV, daytime game shows, etc
Morgan James Pinter: 1990 (is 19 in 2009, 20 in 2010)
Celebrity Son, Colleen Zenk & Mark's son
Michael Rodrick: 1970 (is 39 in 2009, 40 in 2010)
Soap Actor, Another World's Cameron Sinclair
Zach Roerig: 1986 (is 23 in 2009, 24 in 2010)
Soap Actor, As the World Turns' Casey Hughes, One Life to Live's Hunter
Jeri Ryan: 1968 (is 41 in 2009, 42 in 2010)
Actress, German, Star Trek Voyager's Seven of Nine, Boston Public's Ronnie Cooke, The O.C.'s Charlotte
Lea Salonga: 1971 (is 38 in 2009, 39 in 2010)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Singer, Aladdin's Princess Jasmine, As the World Turns' Lien Hughes
Rebecca Schull: 1929 (is 80 in 2009, 81 in 2010)
Actress, Wings' Fay Evelyn Cochran
Geoffrey Scott: yr unknown
TV/Soap Actor, Dynasty's Mark Jennings 1982-84, Guiding Light's Billy Lewis
Al Sears: 1910 (is 99 in 2009, 100 in 2010)
Jazz Performer, Reeds; of Duke Ellington band
Tucker Smallwood: yr unknown
Actor, Malcolm and Eddie's T.R. Hawkins
Daniel E. Smith: 1990 (is 19 in 2009, 20 in 2010)
Actor, of The Bold & The Beautiful
Jose Solano: 1971 (is 38 in 2009, 39 in 2010)
Actor, Singer, Baywatch's Manny Guiterrez
Suave: 1966 (is 43 in 2009, 44 in 2010)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, member of GQ
Julie Walters: 1950 (is 59 in 2009, 60 in 2010)
Actress, English, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Calendar Girls
Michael Wilton: 1962 (is 47 in 2009, 48 in 2010)?
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, of Queensryche; AP says Feb 23, UP says Feb 22; some say b. Feb 23, 1962 (is 47 in 2009)
James Wlcek: 1964 (is 45 in 2009, 46 in 2010)
Soap Actor, As The World Turns' Linc Lafferty, Walker Texas Ranger's Trent Malloy
Bud Yorkin: 1926 (is 83 in 2009, 84 in 2010)
TV Producer/Director, Screen/Scriptwriter

People on February 22nd: birth anniversaries

Lord Robert Baden-Powell: 1857=d.Jan 8, 1941 (was 83)
Philanthropist, British, founded Boy Scouts & Girl Guides
Luis Bunuel: 1900=d.Jul 29, 1983 (was 83)
Movie Director, Spanish
Frederic Francois Chopin: 1810 O.S.=d.Oct 17, 1849 (was 39)
Composer, Pianist, Polish; other style says b. Mar 1, 1810 N.S.
James Europe Europe: 1881=d.May 9, 1919 (was 38)?
Bandleader, 1st black bandleader to record; some say d. May 10, 1919 (was 38)
Dwight Frye: 1899=d.Nov 7, 1943 (was 44)
Actor, Dracula, Frankenstein, Vampire Bat
Edward Gorey: 1925=d.Apr 15, 2000 (was 75)
Illustrator
Heinrich Hertz: 1857=d.Jan 1, 1894 (was 36)
Physicist, German, the first to broadcast and receive radio waves
Bill Holman: 1903=d.Feb 27, 1987 (was 84)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Smokey Stover
Steve Irwin: 1962=d.Sep 4, 2006 (was 44)
Movie Actor, The Crocodile Hunter Collision Course, Dr. Dolittle 2, Croc Files, Crocdile Hunter (his career has been a Croc so far!)
Ernest K-Doe: 1936=d.Jul 5, 2001 (was 65)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, b. in New Orleans; Mother-in-Law singer; RN:Ernest Kador Jr.
King Charles VII Of France: 1403=d.Jul 22, 1461 (was 58)
King, French, King of France (1422-61), drove out English
Paul Kollsman: 1900=d.????
Inventor, Engineer, German, of the altimeter
Sheldon Leonard: 1907=d.Jan 11, 1997 (was 89)
HALL OF FAMER, TV/Movie Actor, Producer/Director, b. in New York City; LN:Bershad; Danny Thomas Show's Phil Brokaw, Big Eddie; prodc'd Danny Thomas, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, Gomer Pyle, I Spy, etc.
Debbie Linden: 1961=d.Oct 5, 1997 (was 36)
Actress, Scotish, of Kenny Everett Show
James Russell Lowell: 1819=d.Aug 12, 1891 (was 72)
Poet, Essayist, Diplomat, Editor, abolitionist
Enid Markey: 1896=d.Nov 16, 1981 (was 85)
Movie Actress, Tarzan's 1st Jane; career from 1910s thru late 60s
Giulietta Masina: 1921=d.Mar 23, 1994 (was 73)
Movie Actress, Italian, Federico Fellini's wife
Sir John Mills: 1908=d.Apr 23, 2005 (was 97)
Movie Actor, Movie Director, English, b. in Felixstowe; Dundee and the Culhane star; Father of Juliet & Hayley
Jules Munshin: 1915=d.Feb, 1970
Movie/Stage Actor, Dancer, Singer, Comedian
Paul Neagu: 1938=d.Jun 16, 2004 (was 66)
Artist
Rembrandt Peale: 1778=d.Oct 3, 1860 (was 82)
Painter, portraits and historical
Arthur Schopenhauer: 1788=d.Sep 21, 1860 (was 72)
Philosopher, Author, German
Dan Seymour: 1915=d.May 25, 1993 (was 78)
TV/Movie Actor, Game Show Host, Singer, Dancer, movie villian; Casablanca
Rex Stewart: 1907=d.Sep 7, 1967 (was 60)
Cornetist
Oliver Swofford: 1945=d.Feb 12, 2000 (was 54)
Singer, RN: William Oliver Swofford; Good Morning Starshine
Buddy Tate: 1913=d.Feb 10, 2001 (was 87)
Tenor-sax, of Count Basie
Vaughn Taylor: 1910=d.Apr 26, 1983 (was 73)
Actor, Jailhouse Rock; Johnny Jupiter's Ernest P. Duckweather
George Washington: 1732 N.S.=d.Dec 14, 1799 N.S. (was 67)
President, General, b. at his parents' plantation near Fredricksburg, Virginia; 1st U.S. President 1789-96; led Continental army; 6 star general is history's highest ranking officer of the U.S. Army; on a $1 bill & quarter; you'd think that when asked to show his I.D. he'll pull a quarter?; died at his Mount Vernon home nearly three years after leaving office.; other style says b. Feb 11, 1731 O.S.
Charles Evans Whittaker: 1901=d.Nov 26, 1973 (was 72)
Supreme Court Justice, Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1957-62).
Del Wood: 1920=d.Oct 3, 1989 (was 69)
Country Singer, Pianist, RN:Adelaide Hazelwood; ragtime style
Robert Young: 1907=d.Jul 21, 1998 (was 91)
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Chicago; Father Knows Best's Jim Anderson, Marcus Welby MD's Dr. Marcus Welby, Little Women; Sanka decaffeinated coffee spokesman

People on February 22nd: death anniversaries

Sheldon Allman: 2002 (was 77)/b.Jun 8, 1924
Actor, singing voice of Mr. Ed; composed theme songs of George of the Jungle and other TV shows.
Peter Arno: 1968 (was 64)/b.Jan 8, 1904
Editorial Cartoonist, RN:Curtis Arnoux Peters Jr.; Urban Characterizations, New Yorker Magazine
Atilla The Hun: 1962 (was 69)/b.Mar 24, 1892
Singer, RN:Raymond Quevedo; Calypsoist
Angela Baddeley: 1976 (was 71)/b.Jul 4, 1904
TV Actress, English, Upstairs Downstairs
Florence Ballard: 1976 (was 32)/b.Jun 30, 1943
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Supremes; soloist
Charles Brockden Brown: 1810 (was 39)/b.Jan 17, 1771
Novelist, father of the American novel
Stephen Burns: 1990 (was 35)/b.Nov 15, 1954
Actor
Ilka Chase: 1978 (was 74)/b.Apr 8, 1903
Actress, Author, Panelist, Humorist, American, Masquerade Party; some say 1900 or 1905; d. Feb 15?
Papa John Creach: 1994 (was 76)/b.May 28, 1917
HALL OF FAMER, Violinist, Blues-Rock Performer, Jazz Performer, of Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship; some say May 18
John Fahey: 2001 (was 61)/b.Feb 28, 1939
Folk Guitarist, Banjoist, Songwriter, Acoustic innovator; John Fahey and Dr. Demento studied Folk Music Studies together at UCLA under Prof. D.K. Wilgus, and were good friends.
George F. Fitzgerald: 1901 (was 49)/b.Aug 3, 1851
Physicist, Irish, first suggested a method of producing radio waves, thus helping to lay the basis of wireless telegraphy.
Ed Flanders: 1995 (was 60)/b.Dec 29, 1934
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, b. in Minneapolis, MN; Backstairs at the White House's Pres Coolidge, A Moon for the Misbegotten, St. Elsewhere's Dr. Donald Westphall; d. suicide
Chuck Jones: 2002 (was 89)/b.Sep 21, 1912
Animator, Director, b. in Spokane, WA; Warner Bros cartoon director
Dick Kallman: 1980 (was 46)/b.Jul 7, 1933
Actor, Hank's Hank Dearborn
Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca: 1961 (was 71)/b.Apr 11, 1889
Bandleader, Jazz Performer, Cornetist, of Original Dixieline Jazz Band; Tiger Rag composer
Sir Charles Lyell: 1875 (was 77)/b.Nov 14, 1797
Geologist, Scotish, Father of Modern Geology
Phyllis McGinley: 1978 (was 72)/b.Mar 21, 1905
Poet, Author, Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters
Baron Karl Munchhausen: 1797 (was 76)/b.May 11, 1720
Revolutionary, Soldier, German, storyteller, some of whose tales were the basis for "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen."
Bill Nye: 1896 (was 45)/b.Aug 25, 1850
Author, Humorist
Helen Parrish: 1959 (was 36)/b.Mar 12, 1922
TV/Movie Actress, Variety Show Hostess, host of TV's 1st variety show: Hour Glass 1946, Our Gang 20s; some say b. 1924
Charles Wilson Peale: 1827 (was 85)/b.Apr 15, 1741
Painter, Revolutionary war figures
Abraham A. Ribicoff: 1998 (was 87)/b.Apr 9, 1910
Senator, Attorney/Lawyer
Dan Rice: 1900 (was 77)/b.Jan 25, 1823
Clown, NN:The Shakespeare clown
Winthrop Rockefeller: 1973 (was 60)/b.May 1, 1912
Politician, Philanthropist, second youngest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Robert Sarnoff: 1997 (was 78)/b.Jul 2, 1918
Businessperson, Executive, RCA head; NBC head 1955-65; David's son
Alexander Scourby: 1985 (was 71)/b.Nov 13, 1913
Soap Actor, Narrator; Secret Storm
Albert Shanker: 1997 (was 68)/b.Sep 14, 1928
Leader, of Labor, American Federation of Teachers
Harry Simeone: 2005 (was 94)/b.May 9, 1910
Arranger, Conductor, with His Chorale; Choral dir; The Little Drummer Boy Xmas tune
Harry Sothern: 1957 (was 72)/b.Apr 26, 1884
Actor, Buck Rogers' Dr. Huer 50s
David Susskind: 1987 (was 66)/b.Dec 19, 1920
HALL OF FAMER, TV Talk Show Host, TV Producer, Stage Producer, produc'd Mr. Peepers, Philco, DuPont, Get Smart, Mr. Broadway, & other plays, specials, & TV movies; of The David Susskind Show
Amerigo Vespucci: 1512 (was 57)/b.Mar 9, 1454
Navigator, Explorer, Merchant, Italian, not b. 1454 courtesy of Larousse Spanish Dictionary
Ian Wallace: 2007 (was 60)/b.yr unknown
Rock & Roll Drummer, of King Crimson
Andy Warhol: 1987 (was 58)/b.Aug 6, 1928
Artist, Producer, Gay, b. in Pittsburgh, PA; RN:Andrew Warhola; Campbell's soupcans, Brillo boxes, Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse-Tung; Pop art; some say 1927
Hugo Wolf: 1903 (was 42)/b.Mar 13, 1860
Composer, Austrian
Efrem Sr. Zimbalist: 1985 (was 95)/b.Apr 9, 1889
TV/Movie Actor, Violinist, Composer, Russian, Alma Gluck's hubby, Efrem Jr.'s dad, Stephanie's Grandad
Stefan Zweig: 1942 (was 60)/b.Nov 28, 1881
Biographer, Poet, Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright, Translator, Austrian

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