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February 9th
1267 - The Synod of Breslau ordered the Jews of Silesia to wear special caps. 1499 - France and Venice signed a treaty against Milan. 1537 - Pope Paul III sent Cardinal Pole to England. 1540 - The first recorded horse race meeting took place at Roodeye Field, Chester. 1554 - At the Battle at London, Sir Thomas Wyatt was defeated. 1567 - Died this day, Lord Darnley, the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was murdered in his sick-bed in a house in Edinburgh when the house blew up. 1574 - Louis of Nassau ended the siege of Maastricht. 1621 - Alexander Ludovisi was elected Pope Gregory XV. 1667 - Russia and Poland signed a peace treaty. The Treaty of Andrussovo. 1674 - Charles II of England signed the Treaty of Westminster, ending the war with the Dutch. 1682 - Thomas Otway's Venice Preserved premiered in London. 1742 - British ex-premier Walpole became the Earl of Orford. 1744 - At the Battle at Toulon, the French and Spanish fought the English fleet of Admiral Matthews. 1773 - Born this day, William Henry Harrison, 9th US president, in Berkeley, Charles City County, Virginia. Married Anna Tuthill Symmes, daughter of Judge John Cleves Symmes and Unknown, on 22 November 1795 in North Bend, Ohio. (Anna Tuthill Symmes was born on 25 July 1775 in Flatbrook, Sussex Co., New Jersey, and died on 25 February 1864 in North Bend, Ohio and was buried in Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.) 1775 - The English Parliament declared the Massachusetts colony to be in rebellion. 1788 - Austria declared war on Russia. 1799 - The USS Constellation captured the French frigate Insurgente off the West Indies. 1801 - France and Austria signed the Peace of Luneville, effectively ending the Holy Roman Empire. 1807 - The French Sanhedrin was convened by Napoleon Bonaparte. 1812 - Pioneer missionary Samuel Newell married fellow Congregationalist Harriet Atwood. They afterward sailed for India with Adoniram and Ann Hasseltine Judson. (Harriet Newell and Ann Judson thereby became the first American women commissioned for missionary work abroad.) 1814 - Born this day, Samuel Tilden, philanthropist. 1819 - Born this day, Lydia E. Pinkham, patent-medicine maker and entrepeneur. 1819 - Born this day, William True Sleeper, New England Congregational clergyman and author of the hymns Jesus, I Come and Ye Must Be Born Again. 1822 - The American Indian Society was organised. 1825 - The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as the 6th US president. 1839 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'In spiritual things, this world is all wintertime so long as the Saviour is away.' 1846 - Born this day, William Maybach, German engineer, designed the first Mercedes automobile. 1849 - Giuseppe Mazzini proclaimed Rome a republic. 1855 - The 'Devil's Footprints' appeared in snowbound south Devon - 100 miles of cloven hoofprints in a single line. 1861 - Jefferson F. Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America, and Alexander Stephens as vice-president. 1861 - Tennessee voted against secession. 1861 - The Confederate Provisional Congress declared all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with the constitution of the Confederate states. 1863 - The fire extinguisher was patented by Alanson Crane. 1864 - Union General George Armstrong Custer marries Elizabeth Bacon in their hometown of Monroe, Michigan. 1866 - Born this day, George Ade, journalist, playwright, humourist. Died in 1944. 1867 - Nebraska became the 37th US state. 1870 - President Grant signed the bill establishing the US Federal Meteorological Service. 1871 - The US Federal fish protection office was authorised by Congress. 1871 - Born this day, Howard T. Ricketts, pathologist. 1874 - Born this day, Amy Lowell, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Died in 1925. 1877 - The US weather service established. 1880 - Born this day, James Stephens, Irish writer (The Charwoman's Daughter, The Crock of Gold). 1885 - The first Japanese arrived in Hawaii. 1886 - President Cleveland declared a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence. 1891 - Born this day, Ronald Colman, actor. Died in 1958. 1891 - The first shipment of asparagus arrived in San Francisco from Sacramento. 1893 - Canal builder De Lesseps and others were sentenced to prison for fraud. (Panama?). 1893 - The first public strip-tease took place at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. 1893 - Falstaff, the last opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, was first performed in Milan. 1895 - The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3. 1895 - Volleyball was invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts. 1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup. 1901 - Born this day, [Waldo] Brian Donlevy, actor. Died in 1972. 1904 - At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian ships Variag and Korietz were sunk off Korea. As a result, Japanese troops landed near Seoul, Korea. 1906 - Natal proclaimed a state of siege in the Zulu uprising. 1909 - The first US federal legislation prohibiting narcotics was enacted (opium). 1909 - France and Germany reached agreement over Morocco, with Germany recognising French special interests there in return for economic concessions. 1909 - The first forestry school was incorporated, at Kent, Ohio. 1909 - Born this day, Dean Rusk, former U.S. Secretary of State under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Died in 1994. 1909 - Born this day, Carmen Miranda [Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha], in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal, singer, dancer, actress. Her films include Down Argentine Way (1940) and That Night in Rio (1941) and her Broadway credits include Streets of Paris (1939). Died in 5 August 1955. 1912 - The US Tennis Association amended the rule taking a bye away from the defending champion. 1914 - Born this day, Ernest Tubb, Country Music Hall of Famer. Died in 1984. 1914 - Born this day, Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Louise Hovick], author. Died in 1970. 1914 - Born this day, Bill Veeck, baseball executive, promoter. Died in 1986. 1916 - Conscription began in Great Britain as the Military Service Act became effective. 1916 - The NL voted down a proposal by the Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase the club player limit from 21 to 22. (The Reds wanted to decrease it to 20). 1918 - The US Army chaplain school was organised at Fort Monroe, Virginia. 1918 - Sacha Guitry's Deburan premiered in Paris. 1920 - An International treaty recognised Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard. 1920 - A Joint Rules Commission banned foreign substances and alterations to baseballs. 1922 - The US Congress established the World War Foreign Debt Commission. 1922 - Snow was seen on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. 1922 - The Italian government of Bonomi fell. 1923 - Dobrolet, the Soviet state airline, was formed. It was renamed Aeroflot in 1932. 1923 - Born this day, Brendan Behan, Irish playwright, poet. Died in 1964. (The Hostage, The Quare Fellow). 1923 - Born this day, Kathryn Grayson [Zelma Kathryn Hednick], actress. 1924 - Nakhichevan ASSR was constituted within Azerbaijan SSR. 1925 - Haifa Technion (Israel), opened. 1925 - German Minister Stresemann proposed a security treaty with France. 1925 - Born this day, Dr Garret Fitzgerald, Irish statesman. 1925 - Born this day, Vic Wertz, baseball. Died in 1983. 1926 - Baseball's American League banned the use of resin by pitchers. 1926 - The teaching of the theory of evolution was forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools. 1928 - Born this day, Roger Mudd, newsman. 1929 - The Litvinov protocol, a pact for the renunciation of war, was signed in Moscow between Russia, Poland, Romania, Estonia and Latvia. 1930 - American pioneer linguist and missionary Frank Laubach wrote in a letter: 'The sense of being led by an unseen hand which takes mine, while another hand reaches ahead and prepares the way, grows upon me daily.' 1931 - Born this day, Robert Morris, sculptor. 1932 - US airship Columbia crashed during a storm at Flushing, New York. 1932 - America entered the 2-man bobsled competition for the first time, at the Olympic Winter Games held at Lake Placid, New York. 1933 - Born this day, Jo Ann Prentice, golf. 1933 - A temperature of -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C) was recorded at Moran, Wyoming. A state record. 1934 - A temperature of -14.3 degrees F (-25.8 degrees C) was recorded making it the coldest day in New York City, New York. 1934 - A temperature of -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C) was recorded at Vanderbilt, Michigan. A state record. 1934 - The Balkan Pact to prevent encroachment by the great powers was signed by Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Turkey. 1935 - The US female Figure Skating championship was won by Maribel Vinson. 1935 - The US male Figure Skating championship was won by Robin Lee. 1939 - The Belgian Spaak government fell. 1939 - Born this day, Janet Suzman, actress. 1939 - Born this day, Barry Mann, US singer, songwriter. Wrote many early 60’s pop hits including Saturday Night At The Movies (Drifters), You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling (Righteous Brothers), Walking In The Rain (Walker Brothers), also had the 1961 US No.7 solo single Who Put The Bomp, In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp. 1940 - Born this day, Brian Bennett, drums, The Shadows, 1963 UK No.1 single Foot Tapper plus 28 other UK top 40 singles. Plus hits with Cliff Richard. 1940 - Joe Louis beat Arturo Godoy in 15 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title. 1941 - British troops conquered El Agheila. 1941 - Nazi collaborators destroyed a pro-Jewish café called Alcazar, in Amsterdam. Alcazar refused to hang 'No Entry for Jews' signs in front of the cafe. 1941 - Born this day, Ben E. King, singer. 1941 - In a speech directed at the United States, Winston Churchill said: 'Put your confidence in us...give us the tools and we will finish the job'. 1942 - The French passenger liner Normandie burned and sank at its pier in New York City. 1942 - The Philadelphia National League baseball team decided to change its nickname from the Phillies to the Phils. The name, the Phillies, had been in use since the 1880s. Today, the team is known as both the Phillies and the Phils. 1942 - Born this day, Carole King [Klein], in Brooklyn, New York, US singer, songwriter, many with Gerry Goffin, 1962 UK No.3 and US No.22 single It Might As Well Rain Until September, 1970 US No.1 album Tapestry has sold over 15 million copies. Grammy award winner in 1971. 1942 - Born this day, Joe Pesci, Academy Award-winning actor, (Home Alone, Home Alone 2). 1942 - Soap went on ration in Britain for the first time. 1942 - Chiang Kai-shek met with Sir Stafford Cripps, the British viceroy in India. 1942 - Daylight Savings War Time came into effect in the US. 1942 - Japanese troops landed near Makassar, South Celebes. 1943 - Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a minimum 48 hour work week in the war industry. 1943 - Nazis arrested the sons of rich Dutch parents. 1943 - The NL was seeking a buyer for the Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, had fallen into arrears. 1943 - The Red Army took back Kursk 15 months after it fell to the Germans. 1943 - On this date in 1943 after six months of bloody jungle fighting, the US Fourteenth Marine Corps announced that the Japanese had evacuated Guadalcanal and that the area was secure. In preparation for the great Allied offensive aimed at the heart of Japan, the capture of Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands located east of New Guinea, was considered a strategic necessity. On the 2,510-square-mile island, the Japanese possessed an air base which put their long-range aircraft in range of New Caledonia, a Pacific island group that the Japanese could employ to isolate Australia. On 7 August 1942, 11,000 men of the US First Marine Division commanded by General Alexander A. Vandergrift assaulted the island, and took the airfield with little effort, renaming it Henderson Field. However, the Allied fleet failed to achieve naval superiority in the waters around the Solomon Islands and the marines at the airfield were not reinforced as planned. At night, hundreds of Japanese reinforcements and tons of supplies would arrive in the so-called "Tokyo Express" - an ingenious landing program involving the use of small Japanese speedboats that evaded the Allied naval defenses. Japanese forces on Guadalcanal launched several bloody offensives out of the jungle against the perimeter of Henderson Field, but the US First Marine Division managed to hang on. In November, while the Japanese forces massed for a major offensive against the American positions, the Allied fleet finally managed to gain naval superiority, and the First Division was relieved by the US Fourteenth Marine Corps under General Alexander M. Patch. It was now the turn of the Japanese troops to desperately hang on to their positions on Guadalcanal. In late January of 1943, Japanese command ordered an evacuation of the island and by the end of the first week of February it was complete. On 9 February, US command declared Guadalcanal secure. It was the first major Japanese land defeat in World War II (WWII). 1944 - Born this day, Barbara Lewis, singer. 1944 - Born this day, Alice Walker, Pulitzer prize winning author (The Color Purple). 1944 - German U-boats U-734 and U-238 were sunk off Ireland. 1945 - Germany destroyed Ruhrdammen. 1945 - Born this day, Bill Bergey, American football. 1945 - WAAF Margaret Horton failed to let go of a Spitfire after she completed ground checks at RAF Hibaldstow in Lincolnshire and it took off with her clinging to the tail. 1945 - Born this day, Mia Farrow [Maria de Lourdes Villers], US actress. 1946 - Joseph Stalin announced a new five-year plan for the Soviet Union, calling for production boosts of 50 percent. 1946 - The Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) formed. 1947 - Born this day, Joe Ely, country singer, toured with The Clash in the late 70's, one time member of Linda Ronstadt's band. 1947 - Born this day, Major Harris, The Delfonics, 1968 US No.4 and 1971 UK No.19 single La-La Means I Love You. 1947 - Bank robber Willie Sutton escaped from jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1948 - The US Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall prayed: 'We are tempted to despair of our world. Remind us, O Lord, that Thou hast been facing the same thing in all the world since time began.' 1948 - WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, Ohio (NBC) began broadcasting. 1949 - Born this day, Bernard Gallacher, golfer. 1949 - Hollywood actor Robert Mitchum was jailed in Los Angeles for two months for smoking marijuana. 1949 - Born this day, Judith Light, actress. 1950 - US Senator Joseph McCarthy said he had evidence there were individuals in the State Department who were card-carrying members of the Communist Party. 1950 - Screen actress Ingrid Bergman won a divorce from her husband, Dr. Petter Lindström, in Juarez, Mexico, clearing the way for her marriage to film director Roberto Rossellini. She had given birth to Rossellini's son five days earlier. Bergman was denounced by the Hollywood gossip circles and the American public for her affair and the illegitimate birth, and it would be many years before a film of hers would again be made in the United States. 1951 - Born this day, Dennis Thomas, Kool & The Gang, 1981 US No.1 and UK No.7 single Celebration, 1984 UK No.2 single Joanna plus over 15 other top 40 hits. 1951 - Actress Greta Garbo got US citizenship. 1951 - The St Louis Browns signed pitcher Satchel Paige, aged 45. 1953 - The Adventures of Superman TV series premiered in syndication. 1953 - General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ended his term as 4th director of the CIA. Allen W. Dulles, became acting director of CIA. 1953 - WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (ABC) began broadcasting. 1953 - The French destroyed six Viet Minh war factories hidden in the jungles of Vietnam. 1954 - Mario Scelba formed a new government in Italy. 1955 - The Dutch 2nd Chamber accepted crematory law. 1955 - The US federations of trade unions merged into AFL/CIO. 1955 - Born this day, Jimmy Pursey, UK rock musician, Sham 69, 1978 UK No.9 single If The Kids Are United, 1979 UK No.6 single Hersham Boys. 1955 - Leonard Wibberley's novel, The Mouse That Roared, was published on this date in Boston by Little Brown. 1955 - Born this day, Charles Shaughnessy, actor. 1955 - A temperature of -5 degrees F (15 degrees C) was recorded in Sicily. 1956 - KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, Nebraska (ABC) began broadcasting. 1956 - R. Lacoste followed Catroux as premier of Algeria. 1957 - Born this day, Gordon Strachan, football manager. 1958 - Born this day, Sandy Lyle, golfer. 1958 - Radio's last big serial debuted on CBS, as Frontier Gentleman began a brief run. Starring in the role of J.B. Kendall was John Dehner. 1959 - The Coasters's Charlie Brown peaked at No.2 on Billboard's chart. 1960 - The Hollywood 'Walk Of Fame' was dedicated. 1960 - Born this day, Holly Johnson, vocals, Big In Japan, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 1984 UK No.1 and US No.10 single Relax, and solo, 1989 UK No.4 Love Train and 1989 UK No.1 album Blast. 1960 - A verbal agreement was reached between representatives of the American and National Football Leagues. Both agreed not to tamper with player contracts. 1961 - Born this day, John Martin Kruk, baseball. 1962 - Neil Sedaka recorded Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (the original version). 1963 - Born this day, Travis Tritt, country singer, songwriter. 1963 - Born this day, Dave Rotheray, guitar, The Beautiful South, 1990 UK No.1 single A Little Time plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles. 1963 - Paul and Paula started a 3 week run at No.1 on the US singles charts with Hey Paula, it made it to No.8 in the UK. 1963 - The first Boeing 727 took off. It became the world's most popular way to fly. 1,832 of the aircraft were built before production stopped in 1984. 1964 - Born this day, Rachel Bolan, Skid Row, 1989 US No.4 and 1990 UK No.12 single 18 and Life. 1964 - The US embassy in Moscow was stoned by Chinese and Vietnamese students. 1964 - The Beatles, televised live from New York, first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. More than 73 million people across the country tuned in that night, and it was reported that during the hour in which the show was aired, the country experienced the lowest crime rate, among teenagers, of the decade. Conservative groups were outraged by the rock and roll quartet. They performed 5 songs including their current No.1 I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You, plus All My Loving, Till There Was You, and I Saw Her Standing There. 1964 - The ninth Winter Olympics closed in Innsbruck, Austria. 1966 - Liza Minnelli brought her night club act to the Big Apple. She opened in grand style at the Persian Room of the Plaza Hotel in New York. 1967 - The film for Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever were shown on BBC-TV's Top Of The Pops. It was the first Beatles single not to make No.1 since 1963, being held off the top by Engelbert Humperdink's Release Me. 1967 - Died this day, Canadian conductor Percy Faith, aged 67. He scored the 1960 US No.1 Theme From A Summer Palace, which was nine weeks at No.1. 1967 - Hurry Sundown with Diahann Carroll was released. 1968 - Hal Cone former manager of The Monkees and Head of Jones Records was found guilty of theft, forgery, receiving stolen property and conspiracy. 1969 - The first ever commercial flight of a Boeing 747 took place this day. The milestone ushered in the age of the Jumbo Jet. 1969 - Died this day, [George] Gabby Hayes, actor. 1969 - A young lady named Roslyn Kind made her quiet TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Ed said she's '...America's teenager who wasn't protesting or playing a guitar'. She only appeared once. Her sister appeared many times. Roslyn Kind is the sister of Barbra Streisand. 1970 - Sly and The Family Stone received a gold record for the single, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin). Sly (Sylvester) Stewart was a DJ in Oakland, California. 1971 - An earthquake measuring 6.6 struck the San Fernando Valley in California, killing 58 people. Property damage reached $900 million. 1972 - Paul McCartney's new group, Wings, made its first public appearance. Nottingham University was Wings' first stop on its Britain Tour. The group arrived unannounced asking social secretaries if they would like them to perform that evening. 1972 - Prime Minister Edward Heath's Conservative goverment declared a national state of emergency after a month-long miners' strike and power stoppages started to cripple industry. 1973 - Born this day, Glenn McGrath, cricketer. 1974 - Seasons In The Sun, recorded by Canadian Terry Jacks and his wife Susan as The Poppy Family, entered the record pop charts on this date and remained on them for 15 weeks. The song was in the Number 1 spot for 3 weeks, and was later certified gold. Seasons In The Sun had originally been recorded by The Kingston Trio ten years earlier. 1974 - The Love Unlimited Orchestra went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Love's Theme, it made No.10 in the UK. 1977 - Spain established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. 1978 - Canada announced it was expelling 13 Soviet diplomats who it said had tried to recruit a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer. 1979 - Born this day, Mena Adrienne Suvari, actress. 1980 - Marianne Faithfull lost her voice while singing on Saturday Night Live, leading to wide-spread speculation that she was back on drugs. 1981 - Died this day, Bill Haley (William John Clifton), rock 'n' roll singer, Bill Haley and the Comets. He spearheaded the Fifties rock revolution. He died in Harlington, Texas at the age of 55. Haley, with his Comets, recorded what became known as the anthem of rock and roll, Rock Around the Clock, from the movie, Blackboard Jungle. The song turned into a multimillion dollar hit and one of many hits Haley and the Comets had, including: Dim Dim the Lights, Razzle Dazzle, Crazy Man Crazy, Rock the Joint, See You Later Alligator and Shake Rattle & Roll. Bill Haley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Haley had sold over 60 million records during his career. 1981 - General Wojciech Jaruzelski took over from Josef Pinkowski as Polish prime minister during the Solidarity crisis. 1982 - George Harrison presented UNICEF with a cheque for $9 million, 10 years after the fund raising concert for Bangladesh. 1983 - Shergar, the 1981 Derby Winner, was stolen from his stable in County Kildare and a £2m ransom demanded. 1984 - NBC Entertainment president, Brandon Tartikoff, gave an interviewer the "10 Commandments for TV Programmers. Number 1: Never schedule a show because you like it. Number 10: All hits are flukes and never forget it!" 1984 - Actress Raquel Welch accepted a large damage settlement and an apology from Club International, a British men's magazine which published bogus nude photos of her. The photos were of another woman's body with Welch's head superimposed on top. In exchange, Welch agreed to drop her libel action. 1985 - Elaine Page and Barbara Dickson started a four week run at No.1 on the UK chart with I Know Him So Well. 1985 - Madonna started a 3 week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Like A Virgin. 1986 - Pete Townshend, Chrissie Hynde and The Communards played a charity show at London's Albert Hall for the victims of a volcanic eruption in Colombia. 1987 - Peter Gabriel was voted Best British Male Artist at the UK Record Industry's BPI awards. Sledgehammer won as Best Video. 1987 - The Housemartins won the best newcomers award at the Brits in London. 1987 - Twenty years after the first woman was admitted to the New York Stock Exchange, the Exchange Luncheon Club decided to install a ladies rest room! Before this, the women had to walk down a flight of stairs. 1991 - Lithuanians voted by a huge majority to restore the Soviet republic's pre-World War II (WWII) independence. 1991 - C & C Music Factory started a 2 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with Gonna Make You Sweat. It became a No.3 hit in the UK. 1991 - Jesus Jones went to No.1 on the UK album chart with their second LP Doubt. 1993 - Dateline NBC was forced to publicly apologise, and NBC president Michael Gartner resigned for a scandal caused by Dateline rigging a GM truck with explosives to simulate a 'scientific' crash-test demo. 1993 - Died this day, Bill Grundy, TV broadcaster. He conducted the famous Sex Pistols interview were the band swore on live TV. 1994 - Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa. 1997 - Died this day, Mississippi Blues man Jack Owens, aged 92, in recent years he had appeared in a jeans advertisement and also played for President Clinton. 1998 - Novelist Barbara Chase-Riboud dropped her $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit that alleged Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks SKG studio stole her ideas for the movie Amistad. Chase-Riboud said she and her lawyers reviewed Dreamworks' files and other documents and 'concluded neither Steven Spielberg nor Dreamworks did anything improper'. 1998 - Brit Award winners included All Saints best single & video with Never Ever, The Verve, best group and album with Urban Hymns, best male artist was Finley Quaye, best female was Shola Ama and Stereophonics won the best newcomers. 2000 - The first secretary of the Welsh Assembly, Alun Michael, quit his seat before a vote of no confidence. 2001 - A health trust apologised to plastic surgery patients for selling their surplus skin for chemical weapons research without a full explanation. 2001 - Eminem beefed up security for his UK shows following the threat of gay rights protests. Campaigners said the rapper was a homophobe who fuelled prejudice with hate-filled lyrics. 2001 - Don Felder filed suit against the Eagles after being ousted from the band. 2002 - Died this day, Princess Margaret, after suffering a stroke and a heart attack. She died in her sleep. Her body was laid to rest at Kensington Palace in order for the Royal Family to pay their respects. 2002 - The XIX Winter Olympics opened in Salt Lake City, Utah. 2002 - Billboard published the Top 5 selling albums in the world from 2001. Britney Spears Britney with 7 million sales, Shaggy Hotshot, 7.2 million, Destiny's Child Survivor, 7.8 million, and Linkin Park Hybrid with 8.5 million, but top of the pile was Dido No Angel with 8.6 million sales. 2003 - Gordon Brown insisted he had not ruled out entry into the euro and said the assessment had not even started. |
Trivia
Trivia - petty details or considerations, matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential; trifles; trivialities.
Trivial - of very little importance or value; insignificant: "Don't bother me with trivial matters." Trivially - unimportant, nugatory, slight, immaterial, inconsequential, frivolous, trifling.