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1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author [17] 1952 – Rex Tillerson, American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th United States Secretary of State [17] 1953 – Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990) 1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter [28] 1953 – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman [29]
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. It offered e-cards. [4] [5] [6] The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
The King James Version is one of the versions authorized to be used in the services of the Episcopal Church and other parts of the Anglican Communion, [183] as it is the historical Bible of this church. It was presented to King Charles III at his coronation service. [184] [185] Other Christian denominations have also accepted the King James ...
[18] 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty. [19] [20] 1918 – Finnish Civil War: The battle of Tampere begins. [21] 1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Kontrrazvedka is established as the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. [22]
April 15:Day of the Sun in North Korea; Jackie Robinson Day and Tax Day in the United States Hillsborough Memorial 1632 – Thirty Years' War : A Swedish–German army defeated the forces of the Catholic League at the Battle of Rain , mortally wounding their commander Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly .
He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861. [15] 1872 – The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee. [16] 1879 – In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores. [17]
15 February 1564 – Galileo Galilei's birthday; 18 February 1745 – Alessandro Volta's birthday; 15 February 1786 – Cat's Eye Nebula discovered; 18 February 1838 – Ernst Mach's birthday; 11 February 1847 – Thomas Edison's birthday; 23 February 1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss's death; 22 February 1875 – Heinrich Hertz's birthday
Vinnie Burke (March 15, 1921 –February 01, 2002), American bass player, would have turned 103 this year. George Avakian (March 15, 1919 –November 22, 2017), Armenian record producer, would have turned 105 this year. Harry James (March 15, 1916 –July 05, 1983), American bandleader and trumpeter, would have turned 108 this year.