Today in History for 19th February 2018:
Historical Events
607 – Boniface III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1950 – Groundbreaking ceremony held for Mississippi Vocational College (later Mississippi Valley State University)
1971 – Walt Wesley becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score 50 pts in a game
1985 – ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy
1989 – Edgar Bowers wins Bollingen Prize
1989 – “Legs Diamond” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 64 performances
Famous Birthdays
1897 – Alma Rubens, American actress (Humoresque), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1931)
1920 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
1949 – William Messner-Loebs, American comics writer
1973 – Terrence Rencher, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1985 – Haylie Duff, American singer/actress
1986 – Henri Karjalainen, Finnish racing driver
Famous Deaths
1620 – Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam
1785 – Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84
1969 – Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
1986 – James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss), dies at 81
1993 – Gerhard Gesell, judge (Pentagon Papers), dies of liver cancer at 82
1997 – Stanley Pearson, footballer, dies at 76