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100 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 1924 | George Guest: British Organist | |||
09 Feb 1924 | Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 1949 | Bernard Gallacher: British golfer | |||
09 Feb 1949 | Janet Issaca Ashford: Writer | |||
09 Feb 1949 | Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck: Composer, dies at 60 | |||
09 Feb 1949 | Judith Light, American actress and producer | |||
09 Feb 1949 | Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist | |||
09 Feb 1949 |
School of space medicine In 1949, the first Department of Space Medicine in the world was established at the United States Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field, Texas, and Dr. Hubertus Strughold subsequently became the first professor of Space Medicine. After WW II the commandant, Col. Harry G. Armstrong, a pioneer in aviation medicine, gathered* together certain leading German scientists in the field of aviation medicine and space science. Dr. Strughold had been director of aeromedical research for the German Air Force, and was then professor of Physiology and director of the Physiological Institute a the University of Heidelberg. He joined the staff of the USAF School of Aviation Medicine in 1947. |
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50 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 1974 | Brad Maynard: Punter (New York Giants) | |||
09 Feb 1974 | John Wallace: NBA forward (Toronto Raptors) | |||
09 Feb 1974 | Orlando Bobo: Guard (Minnesota Vikings) | |||
09 Feb 1974 | Cees de Lange: Dutch conferencier, dies at 60 | |||
09 Feb 1974 | "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41 | |||
09 Feb 1974 | US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill | |||
09 Feb 1974 | US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr | |||
09 Feb 1974 | John Wallace, American basketball player and coach | |||
09 Feb 1974 | Amber Valletta, American model and actress | |||
09 Feb 1974 | Brad Maynard, American football player | |||
09 Feb 1974 | Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress and singer | |||
09 Feb 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. | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 1999 | Bryan Mosley, English actor (b. 1931) | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 2004 | Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925) | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 2009 | Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1933) | |||
09 Feb 2009 | Eluana Englaro, Italian medical patient (b. 1970) | |||
09 Feb 2009 | Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant took home five prizes for his collaboration with bluegrass singer Alison Krauss at this year's Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. The duo won album of the year for Raising Sand and record of the year for Please Read The Letter. Coldplay, (who won song of the year for Viva La Vida) Adele, Duffy, Radiohead and Peter Gabriel were among other UK acts to be honoured. | |||
09 Feb 2009 | Ringo Starr became the 2,401st person to be added to the Hollywood Walk Of Fame during a ceremony that marked the 50th anniversary of the attraction. The Beatles as a group were given a star in 1998. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
09 Feb 2014 | Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920) | |||
09 Feb 2014 | Mauro Pane, Italian race car driver (b. 1963) | |||
09 Feb 2014 | Graham John Hills, Scottish chemist and academic (b. 1926) | |||
09 Feb 2014 | Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924) | |||
09 Feb 2014 | Marius, Danish giraffe (b. 2011) |