Polaroid Square Shooter 2 195X Land Camera (1971-1972) ridged plastic body, uses Packfilm Type 80, for instant photography. This camera was owned by Anton K’s late grandfather Norman ClarkePolaroid SX-70 Land Camera from 1972, invented by Edwin H Land (photo by Colin M.L. Burnett)
1948 – NASCAR was incorporated on the 21st February 1948.
1970 – Swissair Flight 330: A mid-air bomb explosion and subsequent crash killed 38 passengers and 9 crew members near Zürich, Switzerland on the 21st February 1970.
1902 – Ansel Adams the American photographer was born on the 20th February 1902 (died 1984).
1913 – King O’Malley drove in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra on the 20th February 1913.
1927 – Sidney Poitier the American actor and director was born on the 20th February 1927.
1933 – Adolf Hitlersecretly met with German industrialists on the 20th February 1933, to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party‘s upcoming election campaign.
1943 – The Parícutin volcano began to form in Parícutin, Mexico on the 20th February 1943.
1946 – J. Geils the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from The J. Geils Band was born on the 20th February 1946.
1947 – Peter Strauss the American actor and producer was born on the 20th February 1947.
1949 – Ivana Trump the Czech-American skier and model was born on the 20th February 1949.
1950 – Walter Becker the American singer-songwriter an guitarist from Steely Dan was born on the 20th February 1950.
1953 ~ Justine Saunders the Australian actress was born on the 20th February 1953 (died 2007).
1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth on the 20th February 1962, making 3 orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
1965 – Ranger 8 crashed into the moon on the 20th February 1965, after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo programastronauts.
1966 – Cindy Crawford the American model and actress was born on the 20th February 1966.
1967 – Kurt Cobain the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Nirvana was born on the 20th February 1967 (died 1994).
1971 – The United States Emergency Broadcast System was accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert on the 20th February 1971.
1973 – Kimberley Davies the Australian actress was born on the 20th February 1973.
1988 – Rihanna the Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress was born on the 20th February 1988.
1898 – Enzo Ferrari the Italian race car driver and founder of Ferrari was born on the 18th February 1898 (d. 1988).
1906 ~ Hans Asperger the Austrianpediatrician, medical theorist and medical professor was born on the 18th February 1906 (died 1980). Hans Asperger was best known for his early studies on mental disorders, especially in children. There was a resurgence of interest in Hans Asperger’s work in the 1980s, regarding autism spectrum disorders and Asperger syndrome (AS), which was named after him.
1913 – Pedro Lascuráin became President of Mexico for 45 minutes on the 18th February 1913, becoming the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
1933 – Yoko Ono the Japanese-American singer-songwriter was born on the 18th February 1933.
1947 ~ Dennis DeYoung the American singer, songwriter, musician and founding member of STYX was born on the 18th February 1947. Dennis DeYoung was the lead vocalist and keyboardist in Styx from 1961 to 1999, and wrote many Styx songs such as the 1980 hit song Babe . YouTube video: Styx ~ Babe (1979) ~ Number 1 in the US and Canada, number 3 in Australia and New Zealand, and number 6 in the UK (written by Dennis DeYoung)…
1950 – Cybill Shepherd the American actress and singer was born on the 18th February 1950.
1952 – Juice Newton the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 18th February 1952.
1954 – John Travolta the American actor, singer, and producer was born on the 18th February 1954.
1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips the American actor and director was born on the 17th February 1962.
1963 – Michael Jordan the American basketball player and actor was born on the 17th February 1963.
1965 – The Ranger 8 probe was launched on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon on the 17th February 1965, in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis aka Sea of Tranquility became the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
1971 – Denise Richards the American model and actress was born on the 17th February 1971.
1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong the American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Green Day was born on the 17th February 1972.
1972 – Taylor Hawkins the American singer-songwriter and drummer from the Foo Fighters was born on the 17th February 1972.
1981 – Paris Hilton the American model, actress and singer was born on the 17th February 1981.
1991 – Ed Sheeran the English singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 17th February 1991.
2008 – Kosovo declared independence on the 17th February 2008.
2010 ~ Ruby Hunter the Australian singer and songwriter died on the 17th February 2010, aged 54 (born 31st October 1955). Ruby Hunter was a member of the Ngarrindjeri nation of Aboriginal tribes, and often performed with her partner Archie Roach, whom both met as homeless teenagers. Ruby was forcibly taken from her family at the age of 8 as part of the Stolen Generation. Ruby Hunter received two ARIA Award nominations, for Best Indigenous Release for Thoughts Within (1995), and Best Blues & Roots Album for Feeling Good (2000).
1948 – Art Spiegelman the American cartoonist was born on the 15th February 1948.
1951 – Jane Seymour the English actress was born on the 15th February 1951.
1954 – Matt Groening the American cartoonist, screenwriter, producer and author was born on the 15th February 1954. Matt Groening created the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012) as well as 2 successful television series The Simpsons and Futurama.
2003 – Protests against the Iraq war took place in over 600 cities worldwide on the 15th February 2003. It was estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people participated, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
1950 – Roger Fisher the American guitarist from Heart was born on the 14th February 1950.
1952 ~ Simon Woodroffe (OBE) the English motivational speaker and entrepreneur was born on the 14th February 1952. He started the sushi chain YO! Sushi in 1997, and has appeared on the Dragons’ Den.
1958 – Grant Thomas the Australian footballer was born on the 14th February 1958.
1968 – Latifa the Tunisian singer and actress was born on the 14th February 1968.
1972 – Rob Thomas the American singer-songwriter from Matchbox Twenty was born on the 14th February 1972.
1975 – Scott Owen the Australian bassist from The Living End was born on the 14th February 1975.
1977 – Cadel Evans the Australian cyclist was born on the 14th February 1977.
1977 – Jim Jefferies the Australian comedian and actor was born on the 14th February 1977.
1981 ~ Luke Jacobz the Australian actor and television presenter was born Luke Jacob Ashwood on the 14th February 1981. Twitter: www.Twitter.com/LukeJacobz
2000 – The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros on the 14th February 2000, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
1931 – New Delhi became the capital of India on the 13th February 1931.
1947 – Kevin Bloody Wilson the Australian comedian was born on the 13th February 1947.
1949 ~ Tim Storrier (AM) the Australian artist was born on the 13th February 1949. Tim Storrier won the 2012 Archibald Prize with a self portrait entitled The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch).
1978 – Hilton bombing: a bomb exploded in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia on the 13th February 1978, killing 2 rubbish collectors and a policeman.