Daily Calendar for Monday, February 14, 2022
Born
- George W. G. Ferris, Jr. (inventor of the ferris wheel) β
- Florence Henderson (actress) β
- Gregory Hines (dancer & actor) β
- Simon Pegg (actor) β
- Drew Bledsoe (football player) β
- Rob Thomas (musician) β
- Freddie Highmore (actor) β
- Allie Grant (actress) β
Died
- Pietro Belluschi (architect) β
- Dolly the sheep (first cloned mammal) β
- Louie Bellson (big band & jazz drummer) β
Events
- Captain James Cook, English explorer, was murdered by Hawaiian natives in a scuffle over a stolen boatβ
- James Polk became the first president to be photographedβ
- First Lady Jackie Kennedy conducted a one hour televised tour of the White Houseβ
- First Double Dutch Jump Rope Tournament was heldβ
- Dolly the Cloned Sheep, the world’s first mammal cloned from an adult, put to death, due to lung problemsβ
- YouTube foundedβ
- A 70-pound meteorite from Barringer Crater in Arizona sold for $237,500 at auctionβ
Weather
- Valley Head, Alabama, had a record cold temperature of -18 degrees Fβ
- Valentine Day Blizzard in southern New England: 10-18ββ
- Mountain Home, Arkansas, received 24 inches of snowβ
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