Today in History for 2nd February 2018:
Historical Events
1742 – British government of Robert Walpole resigns
1901 – Queen Victoria’s funeral takes place in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England
1923 – US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1933 – Hermann Goering bans Communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
1975 – Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea
2003 – Russian pop girl duo Tatu start a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘All The Things She Said’
Famous Birthdays
1859 – Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
1890 – Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (Indo-China)
1915 – Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002)
1932 – Robert Mandan, Clever Mo, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3’s a Crowd)
1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis star
1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
Famous Deaths
1491 – Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
1921 – Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72
1978 – Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
1981 – Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88
1987 – Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1992 – Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77