Today in History for 15th February 2022:
Historical Events
1775 – Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
1852 – Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
1932 – As a member of gold medal winning US 4-man bobsleigh team at Lake Placid, Eddie Eagan (boxing gold Antwerp 1920) becomes only Olympian to win gold medals at both summer and winter Games in different sports
1958 – Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra
1996 – NFL coaching maestro Bill Belichick is fired by Cleveland, finishing his Browns coaching career with a record of 36-44
2018 – Denver’s Serbian center Nikola Joki? records fastest triple double in NBA history (14 minutes, 33 seconds) in the Nuggets’ 134-123 win at Milwaukee; Joki? finishes with 30 points, 17 assists, 15 rebounds
Famous Birthdays
1620 – Francois Charpentier, French scholar and archaeologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1702)
1760 – Jean-Francois Le Sueur, French composer during the revolution, born in Drucat-Plessiel, France (d. 1837)
1823 – Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton
1931 – W K Reid, British ombudsman
1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author
1947 – David Brown, American guitarist (Santana), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
Famous Deaths
1503 – Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies
1847 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), dies at 52
1988 – Neil R. Jones, American sci-fi writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
2005 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2009 – Joe Cuba, Puerto-Rican musician (b. 1931)
2012 – Charles Anthony [Caruso], American tenor, dies from kidney failure at 82