Midwest Mafia: February 2007

Today is my birthday. So happy birthday to me!

February 10th in History

1635: Academie Francaise is founded in Paris by Cardinal Richelieu
1763: The Peace of Paris ceedes Canada to Britain
1837: Russian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.
1840: Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.
1846: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members embark from Illinois on their exodus to the west.
1863: The fire extinguisher is patented by its creator Alonson Crane.
1897: New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."
1931: New Delhi becomes the capital city of India
1942: The first ever record 'Gold Disc' is presented to Glenn Miller
1954: Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam, saying it has potential to turn into a quagmire.
1962: The Soviet Union exchanged capture American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
1967: The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.
1986: Largest ever Mafia trial, in Palermo, Sicily
1986: Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti flees the country to France
1989: The World Wrestling Federation admits in court that professional wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport.
1990: South African President F. W. De Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released from prison the following day.
1996: IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.
2005: Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.

also
Happy Birthday to:

Alan Hale born on February 10, 1892
Jimmy Durante born on February 10, 1893
Herb Pennock born on February 10, 1894
Judith Anderson born on February 10, 1897
Bertolt Brecht born on February 10, 1898
Walter H. Brattain born on February 10, 1902
Clément Harari born on February 10, 1919
John Frankenheimer born on February 10, 1930
Robert Wagner born on February 10, 1930
Marc Norman born on February 10, 1941
Michael Apted born on February 10, 1941
Greg Norman born on February 10, 1955
Robert Addie born on February 10, 1960
Alexander Payne born on February 10, 1961
Keri-Lynn born on February 10, 1961
Alex To born on February 10, 1962
Francesca Neri born on February 10, 1964
Dana Winner born on February 10, 1965
Laura Dern born on February 10, 1967
Vassilis Borbokis born on February 10, 1969
Noureddine Naybet born on February 10, 1970
Lisa Marie Varon born on February 10, 1971
Michael Dietz born on February 10, 1971
Jason Olive born on February 10, 1972
Lionel Potillon born on February 10, 1974
Ty Law born on February 10, 1974
Claire Goose born on February 10, 1975
Elizabeth Banks born on February 10, 1975
Julian Thomas born on February 10, 1975
Sascha Knopf born on February 10, 1975
Lance Berkman born on February 10, 1976
Rosanna Tavarez born on February 10, 1977
Salif Diao born on February 10, 1977
Don Omar born on February 10, 1978
Emma Peters born on February 10, 1978
Kimberly Fisher born on February 10, 1978
Gabriel García de la Torre born on February 10, 1979
Garcia Gabri born on February 10, 1979
Igor Gabilondo born on February 10, 1979
Cesar Izturis born on February 10, 1980
Enzo Maresca born on February 10, 1980
Lucas Castromán born on February 10, 1980
Jo Yeo-Jeong born on February 10, 1981
Kees Tol born on February 10, 1982
Cliff Burton born on February 10, 1986
Anastasia Ashley born on February 10, 1987
Emma Roberts born on February 10, 1991
Makenzie Vega born on February 10, 1994

p.s. especially Greg "The Shark" Norman