4 Feb 07- Sunday
1902 Charles A Lindbergh Detroit MI, pilot (1st fly solo across Atlantic)
1913 Rosa Lee Parks civil rights activist (bus protester)
1921 Betty Friedan Peoria IL, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique)
1928 Dave Ketchum Quincy IL, actor (Agent 13-Get Smart)
1941 John Steel rock drummer (Animals)
1944 Florence LaRue Gordon Pennsylvania, rocker (5th Dimension)
1945 David Brenner Philadelphia PA, comedian/TV talk show host (Nightlife)
1946 Roy Yeager Doraville GA, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1947 Dan Quayle (Senator-R-IN)/(44th Vice-President-R 1989-93)
1948 Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier], Detroit MI, rocker (School's Out)
1950 Philip Ehart rock drummer (Kansas)
1952 Jerry Shirley rock drummer (Humble Pie)
1962 Clint Black Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man)
1503 Queen Elizabeth consort of Henry VII of England, dies
1789 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as President & Vice President 1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery AL, Jefferson Davis elected President of Confederacy
1899 Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
1915 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Mississippi Penitentiary
1936 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
1938 Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts
1941 United Service Organization (USO) founded
1957 Joseph Hardaway creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66
1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1969 John Madden is named head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders
1971 National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC
1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1972 Senator Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
1974 Patricia Hearst (19 kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
1977 Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"
1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" released
1983 Karen Carpenter singer/drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32
1985 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
1991 US postage raises from 25¢ to 29¢
1994 20 die in armed assault on mosque in Khartum Sudan
1997 OJ Simpson found liable in murders of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson
2003 Charlie Haas, &Shelton Benjamin defeated Los Guerreros for the WWE Smackdown World Tag Team Title
P-O-T-A-T-O-E - DAN QUAYLE
"I knew he was wrong, but since he’s the vice president I went back to the blackboard and put an e on the end and went back to my seat." - William Figueroa - 12 year old spelling be contestant
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