“February 14”
Contributed by Pearleen Ang
“BORN TODAY”
1992 – Freddie Highmore
1976 – Big Smo
1974 – Matt Redman
1973 – Steve McNair
1972 – Rob Thomas
1971 – Viscera (RIP)
1970 – Simon Pegg
1960 – Meg Tilly
1955 – James Eckhouse
1948 – Teller
1934 – Florence Henderson
1929 – Allan Miller
1894 – Jack Benny (RIP)
“DIED TODAY”
Vic Morrow (Born: February 14, 1929 / Died: July 23, 1982,)
Stuart Erwin (Born: February 14, 1903 / Died: December 21, 1967)
Vincent Crane (Born: May 21, 1943 / Died: February 14, 1989)
Iriving Gordon (Born: February 14, 1915 / Died: December 1, 1996 )
Buddy Knox (Born: July 20, 1933 / Died: February 14, 1999)
Mick Tucker (Born: July 17, 1947/ Died: February 14, 2002)
Donna Atwood (Born: February 14, 1925 / Died: December 20, 2010)
Steven Stucky (Born: November 7, 1942 / Died: February 14, 2016)
“MOVIES TODAY”
1941 – The Disney Mickey Mouse short The Little Whirlwind is released. This short features Thelma Boardman as the voice of Minnie for the first time.
1973 – The World’s Greatest Athlete – An American feature film released by Walt Disney Productions. It starred John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, and Jan-Michael Vincent.
1986 – The Delta Force – An American action-thriller starring Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin (in his final film) as leaders of an elite squad of Special Forces troops based on the real life U.S. Army Delta Force unit.
1986 – Knights of the City – Originally Cry of the City, it is an action adventure film starring Leon Isaac Kennedy, Nicholas Campbell, John Mengatti and Janine Turner. A street gang that is also a rap group tries to get a record contract.
1986 – Quicksilver – An American drama film released in 1986 on Columbia Pictures, starring Kevin Bacon. Jack Casey (Kevin Bacon) used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over.
1986 – Wildcats – An American sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie starring Goldie Hawn, James Keach and Swoosie Kurtz, and is also the film debut of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson.
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs – An American thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn.
1992 –Wayne’s World – An American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris and starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of the Aurora, Illinois-based public-access television cable TV show Wayne’s World.
1997 – Absolute Power – An American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents.
1997 – Fools Rush In – A romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant. Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek star. After a one night stand with Isabel, Alex realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one’s own cultural traditions.
1997 – Vegas Vacation – A comedy film directed by Stephen Kessler. It is the fourth installment in National Lampoon’s Vacation film series, and was written by Elisa Bell, based on a story by Bell and Bob Ducsay. The film stars Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo and Randy Quaid, with Ethan Embry and Marisol Nichols as Griswold children Rusty and Audrey.
2003 – The Jungle Book 2 – An American-Australian animated musical film produced by DisneyToon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The film is a sequel to Walt Disney’s 1967 film The Jungle Book, and stars Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Mowgli and John Goodman as the voice of Baloo.
2003 – Daredevil – An American superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom and out of the courtroom as the masked vigilante Daredevil.
2003 – Dark Blue – Set in the Los Angeles Police Department in 1992, “Dark Blue” is a thriller that takes place just days before the acquittal of four white officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King and the subsequent L.A. riots.
2003 – Gods and Generals – An American period war drama film written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell tells of the rise and fall of legendary war hero Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as he leads the Confederacy to great success against the Union from 1861 to 1863. Prequel to the 1993 classic “Gettysburg”.
“MUSIC TODAY”
1953 – Teresa Brewer’s “Till I Waltz Again with You” hits #1
1967 – Aretha Franklin recorded one of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*–“Respect” at Atlantic Records Studio in New York City.
1968 – Manfred Mann topped the U.K. chart with “The Mighty Quinn”.
1970 – “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)”/”Everybody Is A Star” became a double-sided #1 for Sly & the Family Stone.
1970 – We had no idea how great this new act would be in the years to come. But on this date, the Carpenters first debuted on the chart with their remake of the Beatles’ “Ticket To Ride”.
1970 – For the third week in a row and fourth overall, Led Zeppelin II topped the Album chart.
1970 – A song charged ahead on this date (49-13), serving notice that it would be a factor, not only that year but for all-time, as Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” calmed the seas.
1976 – Jimmy Buffett released the single “Margaritaville”.
1977 – Leo Sayer released the single “When I Need You”.
1981 – The Police had a hot song as “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” moved from 78 to 57.
1981 – ABBA continued to have the #1 Adult Contemporary song with the fantastic “The Winner Takes It All”.
1981 – Charly McClain claims a #1 country single with “Who’s Cheatin’ Who”
1983 – Michael Jackson released the single “Beat It”.
1987 – Bon Jovi made it six weeks at #1 for the album Slippery When Wet.
1987 – Steve Winwood had one of the hottest songs with “The Finer Things”, which moved from 95 to 72.
1987 – Bon Jovi climbed to the top with “Livin’ On A Prayer”.
1998 – The “Titanic” Soundtrack was the #1 album for the fourth straight week. Celine Dion was a solid #2 with Let’s Talk About Love. Listeners couldn’t get enough of the song “My Heart Will Go On”, which was on both albums.
1998 – Usher had the #1 song with “Nice & Slow”.
“TV/RADIO TODAY”
1942 – Anti Fascist TV Broadcast In the midst of World War II, a new anti-fascist broadcast was aired on four major U.S. television stations.
1943 – Kasserine Pass – One of the most significant World War II American defeats occurred during the battle of the Kasserine Pass.
1962 – First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives a tour of the White House shown on Television which 3 out of 4 Americans watch on TV
1964 – Chad and Jeremy guest star on ABC’s The Patty Duke Show.
1972 – John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono began a week of hosting The Mike Douglas Show on television
1956 – Trombonist Larry Collins (best known as a member of Spike Jones’ band) performs on the ABC-TV series Mickey Mouse Club. Today is Guest Star Day.
1980 – Walter Cronkite announced his retirement from the “CBS Evening News.”
1985 – Cable News Network (CNN) reporter Jeremy Levin was freed. He had been being held in Lebanon by extremists.
1986 – Frank Zappa was a guest star on Miami Vice on television.
1986 – Disney’s D-TV Valentine airs on NBC. Hosted by Ludwig Von Drake, this special stars Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and all the Disney characters in classic “love-themed” shorts put to modern music.
2001 – Barbra Streisand’s farewell concert, Barbra Streisand – Timeless was shown on FOX-TV.
“OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…”
278 A.D.- Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed. Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. Claudius believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the army because of their strong attachment to their wives and families. To get rid of the problem, Claudius banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Valentine was arrested and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14, on or about the year 270. Legend also has it that while in jail, St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer’s daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it “From Your Valentine.”
1859 – Oregon became the 33rd member of the Union.
1903 – Actor Stuart Erwin is born in Squaw Valley, California. His Disney credits include The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, Son of Flubber, and Moochie of the Little League.
1912 – Arizona becomes the 48th state of the union.
1915 – Grammy Award-winning songwriter Iriving Gordon is born in Brooklyn, New York. His song “Two Brothers” can be heard in Epcot’s The American Adventure (sung by Ali Olmo).
1919 – Alan Alexander Milne (future creator of Winnie-the-Pooh) is discharged from the Brtish Army.
1929 – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Seven gangster rivals of Al Capone were murdered in Chicago when Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn ordered the kill of rival George “Bugs” Moran. (Known as St. Valentine’s Day Massacre).
1929 – In England, Sir Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin after leaving a plate of staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, he noticed that a mold that had fallen on the culture had killed many of the bacteria.
1929 – The original Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant opens at 1624 Vine Street in California.
1933 – Governor William A. Comstock had declared an eight-day bank holiday-really a temporary moratorium. This decision was made in light of the current financial emergency that was taking place in the city of Detroit and the rest of the state of Michigan.
1937 – The United Mine Workers of America gave an ultimatum. They demanded 30 hours a week and a 15 cent pay raise or strike as of April 1st of 1937 (in a couple of months).
1939 – The German Reich launches the battleship Bismarck, which was the largest battleship ever commissioned up to that date.
1948 – NASCAR holds its first race for modified stock cars on a 3.2 mile-course at Daytona Beach.
1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta to take the middleweight boxing title in their 6th and final fight. In 1943 LaMotta handed Robinson his first defeat.
1951 – USA – Schools that were closed since a strike that took place since January 23rd were re-opened. The teachers had picketed up until a day before this date, demanding a pay raise higher than the $100.00 a year offered by the school board once a year.
1967 – If you were anywhere near Sunset Strip on this date, you had to go in. The Doors were live at the Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles.
1967 – Pirates Arcade Museum opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland.
1968 – The fourth Madison Square Gardens opened.
1970 – Billboard Magazine reports that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is “Mounting Total War Against Tape Pirating of Prerecorded Music.”
1972 – The musical Grease opened off-Broadway at the Eden Theatre in downtown Manhattan. It would become one of the most popular plays in history, with a total of 3,388 performances.
1972 – “Steppenwolf Day” was declared in Los Angeles after news that the group broke up.
1973 – David Bowie collapsed at the end of his concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, reportedly from exhaustion.
1974 – The New Seekers broke up.
1974 – Bob Dylan and the Band concluded a tour with a show at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
1977 – Janis Ian received 461 Valentine’s Day cards after the lyrics of her 1975 song “At Seventeen” indicated she had never received any. It’s news like this that makes one think there is indeed hope for the world!
1980 – Phil Lynott, leader of Thin Lizzy, married Caroline Crowther.
1980 – Lou Reed married Sylvia Morales in New York City.
1981 – Billy Idol left the group Generation X for a solo career.
1984 – Elton John married Renate Blauel.
1989 – Vincent Crane, keyboardist with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (“Fire” from 1968), died at age 45 when he took too many painkillers while dealing with manic depression.
1990 – The Rolling Stones set up shop at the Korakuen Dome in Tokyo, Japan, where they would play 10 nights.
1990 – Oscar nominations are announced for the 62nd Annual Academy Awards: Best Picture – Dead Poets Society (Disney’s Touchstone Pictures) Actor in a Leading Role – Robin Williams (Dead Poets Society) Directing – Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society) Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen – Tom Schulman (Dead Poets Society) Song – “Kiss the Girl”; Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid) & “Under the Sea”; Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (The Little Mermaid) Original Score – Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid).
1992 – Three Dog Night performs at Disney-MGM Studios as part of a Lost 70s Valentine Day celebration.
1993 – Harry Nilsson (“Without You” from 1972) suffered a heart attack at his home in Agoura Hills, California. He recovered from this one but would die of another one.
1994 – Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead married Deborah Koons.
1995 – A couple gets married at Walt Disney World’s Tower of Terror attraction in Florida, as part of a Disney promotion featuring Valentine’s Day weddings.
1996 – Prince married Mayte Garcia.
1998 – The Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop has its grand opening at the Downtown Disney Marketplace in Florida.
1999 – The first Disney Cruise Line wedding occurs on Castaway Cay.
1999 – Buddy Knox (“Party Doll” from 1957), who was a lifetime smoker, died of cancer in Bremerton, Washington at the age of 65.
2000 – KISS announced they would do a farewell tour in makeup.
2001 – Dick Cook, chairman of the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, announces that its Academy Award-winning animated motion picture Beauty and the Beast will be released in IMAX and other large-format venues around the world in March 2002.
2002 – Sylvester Stallone filed a lawsuit against Kenneth Starr. The suit alleged that Starr had given bad advice about selling Planet Hollywood stock.
2002 – MickTucker, drummer of Sweet, died at the age of 54 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England from leukemia.
2002 – The acclaimed Napa Rose restaurant (located in the Disneyland Resort) offers a tempting special four-course Valentine feast.
2002 – Forty couples are married in a mass Valentine’s Day ceremony in Newport News, Virginia. Steve Holy sings “Good Morning Beautiful” for the couples’ first dance.
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