Today in History for 21st February 2017:
Historical Events
1598 – Boris Godunov crowned tsar
1874 – Benjamin Disraeli succeeds William Gladstone as British Prime Minister
1902 – Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, performs his 1st brain operation
1942 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht
1953 – Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1961 – Gabon adopts constitution
Famous Birthdays
1783 – Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
1836 – Emil Hartmann, composer
1876 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
1964 – Alana Soares, Redondo Beach Ca, playmate (Mar, 1983)
1969 – Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skiier (Olympic-gold-1992)
1978 – Nicole Parker, American actress
Famous Deaths
1842 – Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
1938 – Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39
1974 – Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player and co-founder of Tim Hortons, dies in a car crash at 44
1986 – Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, once thought to be the world’s oldest man ever but now disputed (b. 1865)
1997 – Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75
2012 – Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer, dies at 86