On
This Date In 1675
During King Philip's War, Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637 – January 1711),
a colonial American woman was captured by Native Americans and held
for 11 weeks before being ransomed. After her release, she wrote a
book about her experience, The
Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity
and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson,
considered a seminal American work in the literary genre of captivity
narratives.
On
This Date In 1763
The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the
French and Indian War, ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris
by France, Great Britain, and Spain. In the Treaty of Paris, France
lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain
received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings
overseas. The treaty ensured the colonial and maritime supremacy of
Britain and strengthened the 13 American colonies by removing their
European rivals to the north and the south. Fifteen years later,
French bitterness over the loss of most of their colonial empire
contributed to their intervention in the American Revolution on the
side of the Patriots.
On
This Date In 1829
Pope Leo XII (August 22, 1760 – February 10, 1829), Pope from 1823
to 1829, died after lapsing into unconsciousness from illness.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09167a.htm
On
This Date In 1846
The members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had
been persecuted for their beliefs ever since Joseph Smith founded the
church in New York in 1830. Anti-Mormon prejudice proved virulent
with the murder of Smith and his brother in June 1844. On this day in
1846, convinced the Mormons would never find peace in the United
States, Smith's successor, Brigham Young, and 1600 Mormons of Nauvoo,
Illinois, began a long westward migration that eventually brought
them to the valley of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, part of the still
wild territories of the Mexican-controlled Southwest.
On
This Date In 1861
Jefferson Davis, a former U.S. senator from Mississippi who served as
U.S. secretary of war in the 1850s, received word he had been
selected president of the new Confederate States of America.
Delegates at the Confederacy's constitutional convention in
Montgomery, Alabama, chose him for the job.
On
This Date In 1862
During the American Civil War, The Battle of Elizabeth City was
fought on the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
Vessels of the U.S. Navy's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron,
opposed by vessels of the Confederate Navy's Mosquito Fleet; the
latter supported by a shore-based battery of four guns at Cobb's
Point near the southeastern border of the town, were defeated by
forces led by Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, known as the
Burnside Expedition. The resulting Union victory included Elizabeth
City, Cobb's Point, and its nearby waters, and the Confederate fleet
captured, sunk, or dispersed.
On
This Date In 1916
As a result of bitter disagreements with President Woodrow Wilson
over America's national defense strategies, Lindley M. Garrison
resigned his position as the United States secretary of war. The main
disagreement between Garrison and the president arose from the Wilson
administration's long-term national defense plans and short-term U.S.
military preparedness in light of the ongoing war in Europe. At the
time, Wilson favored a policy of strict neutrality—he would be
reelected later that year on a platform promising to keep America out
of the war—and he objected to Garrison's belief that a full-time
reserve army should be created as a foundation for national defense
and, more immediately, for support in case the U.S. entered the
European war. Assistant Secretary of War Henry Breckinridge also
resigned his position out of loyalty to Mr. Garrison.
On
This Date In 1927
Mary Violet Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano, was born in
Laurel, Mississippi. She was best known for the title role of Verdi's
Aida.
Born in the segregated Deep South, she rose to international fame
during a period of racial change in the 1950s and 60s (Price debuted
on Broadway in April 1952), and was the first African-American to
become a leading prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera. Her
successful career took her to leading opera houses around the world
and brought eighteen Grammy awards as well as the Presidential Medal
of Freedom. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb10.html
On
This Date In 1939
Pope Pius XI (May 31, 1857 – February 10, 1939), born Ambrogio
Damiano Achille Ratti, Pope from 1922 until his death on February 10,
1939, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an
independent state on February 11, 1929, died of a third heart attack
at age 81, only months before the outbreak of World War II. Pius XI
chose for his tomb a spot in the Papal Grotto occupied by some of the
Jacobite kings of England. They were moved to another location in the
Grotto, however, when workers digging in the Grotto for Pius' tomb
unearthed ancient archeological sites and tombs, included what is
believed to be the tomb of St. Peter. Today it is called the
Necropolis. Pius XI's tomb is just to the right as you enter the
Grotto. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7840303
On
This Date In 1942
During World War II, a Japanese submarine launched a brutal attack on
Midway, a coral atoll used as a U.S. Navy base. It was the fourth
bombing of the atoll by Japanese ships since the attack on Pear
Harbor on December 7, 1941.
On
This Date In 1957
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10,
1957). an American author who wrote the Little
House
series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family, died in
her sleep in her Mansfield farmhouse just three days after her 90th
birthday.
On
This Date In 1962
Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977), an American
pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency U-2 spy plane was shot down
while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace,
causing the 1960 U-2
incident,
and subsequently convicted of espionage against the Soviet Union and
sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison, was exchanged along with
American student Frederic Pryor in a well publicized spy swap for
Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher, a Soviet colonel who was caught by
the FBI and put in jail for espionage, at the Glienicke Bridge in
Berlin, Germany.
On
This Date In 1964
Glenn Edward Lee Beck, American conservative radio host, vlogger,
author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television
host, was born. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally
syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on
Premiere Radio Networks. He formerly hosted the Glenn Beck television
program, which ran from January 2006 to October 2008 on HLN and from
January 2009 to June 2011 on the Fox News Channel. Beck has authored
six New York Times-bestselling books.
On
This Date In 1965
During The Vietnam War, Viet Cong guerrillas blew up the U.S.
barracks at Qui Nhon, 75 miles east of Pleiku on the central coast,
with a 100-pound explosive charge under the building. A total of 23
U.S. personnel were killed, as well as two Viet Cong. In response to
the attack, President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a retaliatory air
strike operation on North Vietnam called Flaming Dart II.
On
This Date In 1966
Ralph Nader, a young lawyer and the author of the groundbreaking book
“Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American
Automobile,” testified before Congress for the first time about
unsafe practices in the auto industry.
On
This Date In 1967
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States
Constitution was ratified. It's purpose with succession to the
Presidency establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the
office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential
disabilities. It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II,
Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, which does not expressly
state whether the Vice President becomes the President, as opposed to
an Acting President, if the President dies, resigns, is removed from
office or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the
presidency. The Twenty-fifth Amendment was adopted on February 23,
1967.
On
This Date In 1970
An avalanche crashed down on a ski resort in Val d'Isere, France.
Approximately 100,000 cubic yards of snow came rushing down the
mountain, killing 42 people, mostly young skiers. The snow was 100
yards high in some spots, and was the worst such incident in French
history. French President Georges Pompidou declared it a national
tragedy, and authorities ordered evacuations of other resorts in the
region. This proved to be a wise move, as other avalanches followed
in the next few days. In fact, the abandoned hotel at Val d'Isere was
struck again two days later.
On
This Date In 1972
Dressed in a striking costume, his hair dyed red, rocker David Bowie
launched his Ziggy Stardust stage show with the “Spiders from
Mars”—guitarist Mick Ronson, bassist Trevor Bolder and drummer
Mick Woodmansey—at the Toby Jug pub in Tolworth, London. The show
was hugely popular, catapulting Bowie to stardom as he toured the UK
over the course of the next six months and creating, as described by
biographer David Buckley, a “cult of Bowie” that was “unique—its
influence lasted longer and has been more creative than perhaps
almost any other force within pop fandom.”
On
This Date In 1978
“Stained Class,” the fourth album by British heavy metal group
Judas Priest, was released. A popular album in the band's catalogue,
Stained Class showcased a more streamlined songwriting style. The
production is crisper, clearer, and cleaner than any of their
preceding albums. This is the only Judas Priest album to feature
songwriting by all five members (one of Ian Hill's few contributions
to the songwriting process for the band, and the sole contribution
thereof by then-drummer Les Binks – the guitar riff for “Beyond
the Realms of Death”). Following this album the band broke its
songwriting team down to Rob Halford, K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton,
with occasional contributions solely by Tipton.
On
This Date In 1978
“Van Halen,” the eponymous debut album by American hard rock band
Van Halen, was released. Recorded in 1977 and released in February
1978, it has sold over ten million copies in the United States alone
and is one of the most successful debuts by a hard rock band. Along
with 1984,
it gives Van Halen two original albums with Diamond status in sales.
On
This Date In 1989
Ronald H. Brown, a former Supreme Court lawyer and leader of the
National Urban League, was elected chairman of the Democratic Party
National Committee. He was the first African American to hold the top
position in a major political party in the United States.
On
This Date In 1992
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, accused of raping
18-year-old beauty-pageant contestant Desiree Washington, was found
guilty by an Indiana jury. The following month, Tyson was given a
10-year prison sentence, with four years suspended.
On
This Date In 1996
And after three hours, world chess champion Gary Kasparov lost the
first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM computer
capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second. Man was
ultimately victorious over machine, however, as Kasparov bested Deep
Blue in the match with three wins and two ties and took home the
$400,000 prize. An estimated 6 million people worldwide followed the
action on the Internet.
On
This Date In 2004
“The College Dropout,” the debut album of American hip hop artist
Kanye West, was released on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was recorded over
a period of four years, beginning in 1999. Prior to the album's
release, West had worked on Jay-Z's The
Blueprint
(2001), which showcased his style of melodic and soulful hip hop
production. Produced entirely by West, The College Dropout also
features contributions from musicians such as Jay-Z, John Legend,
Ervin "EP" Pope, Miri Ben-Ari, Syleena Johnson, and Ken
Lewis. Upon its release, The College Dropout became a massive
commercial success, producing three top-ten singles and selling over
441,000 copies in its first week alone. The album has been widely
considered a musical masterpiece, garnering “universal acclaim”
by music critics, based on an aggregate score of 88/100 from
Metacritic. At the 47th Grammy Awards in 2005, the album received a
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and a nomination for Album of the
Year, and its single, “Jesus Walk,” won a Grammy for Best Rap
Song.
On
This Date In 2006
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter
Games, a winter multi-sport event, were celebrated in Turin, Italy
from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the
second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being
the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. Italy also
hosted the Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome in 1960. Turin was
selected as the host city for the 2006 games in 1999.
On
This Date In 2008
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 – February 10, 2008), an
American actor best known for his role as police chief Martin Brody
in Jaws,
as choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All
That Jazz,
and as detective Buddy Russo in The
French Connection,
died from multiple myeloma at age 75. Scheider's final performance
was released posthumously in the 2010 thriller Iron
Cross.
Scheider was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award
and a BAFTA Award over the course of his career.
On
This Date In 2009
The 2009 satellite collision, the first accidental hypervelocity
collision between two intact artificial satellites in Earth orbit,
occurred 789 kilometres (490 mi) above the Taymyr Peninsula in
Siberia, when Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collided at a speed of 11.7
kilometres per second (7.3 mi/s), or approximately 42,120 kilometres
per hour (26,170 mph), faster than escape velocity on Earth. As of
December 2011, many pieces of debris are in a steady decay towards
Earth, expected to burn up in the atmosphere within one or two years.
On
This Date In 2010
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty to
revised corruption charges. He went on to say he wanted jurors to be
allowed to hear all of the audio recordings — some 500 hours’
worth — that federal authorities secretly made of his telephone
conversations. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/us/11blago.html
On
This Date In 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down, saying in a
nationally televised speech that he would hand authority to his vice
president in a move that enraged and bewildered hundreds of thousands
of protesters packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0210/Hosni-Mubarak-will-stay-but-transferring-some-power-to-vice-president
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Happy
Birthday
Leontyne Price (1927), Robert Wagner (1930), Roberta Flack (1937),
Howard Mudd (1942), Vernor Vinge (1944), Mark Spitz (1950), Robert
Iger (1951), George Stephanopoulos (1961), Glenn Beck (1964), Daryl
Johnston (1966), Laura Dern (1967), Laurie Dhue (1969), Lisa Marie
Varon (1971), Elizabeth Banks (1974), and Emma Roberts (1991).
RIP
William
Allen White (1868 – 1944), Jimmy Durante (1893 – 1980), Dame
Judith Anderson (1897 – 1992), Bertolt Brecht (1898 – 1956), John
Farrow (1904 – 1963), Georges Pire (1910 – 1969), Peter Allen
(1944 – 1992), and Cliff Burton (1962 – 1986).
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A man has to learn that he cannot
command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot
coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own
will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of
him who is master of himself.
Before complaining that you are a slave
to another, be sure that you are not a slave to self. Look
within;...You will find there, perchance, slavish thoughts, slavish
desires, and in your daily life and conduct slavish habits. Conquer
these; cease to be a slave to self, and no man will have the power to
enslave you.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream,
so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one
day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the
greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness
of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, and
evermore he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills,
brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills-He thinks in secret and
it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass.
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Comedian Brad Stine went after political correctness in its many
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If a man
will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control
and happiness are associated, he has but to look into his own heart,
and upon the world around,...Looking upon the lives of men and women,
he will perceive how the hasty word, the bitter retort, the act of
deception, the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring
wretchedness and even ruin in their train.
James
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