February 2
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1802 - The first leopard to be exhibited in the United States was shown by Othello Pollard in Boston, MA. Where else can you expect to find a leopard on display, huh? It cost 25 cents to see the ‘import from Bengal’.1863 - Samuel Langhorne Clemens decided to use a pseudonym for the first time on this very day. Now he is better remembered by the name, Mark Twain.
1876 - Baseball’s National League was born. Eight competing baseball teams met in New York City’s Grand Central Hotel. The first president of the new league was Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, who later became a U.S. Senator. The eight original cities with teams were: Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Louisville and Hartford. Two of the original teams are now in the American League (Boston and New York) while Louisville and Hartford are now minor-league baseball towns.
1887 - The first Ground Hog Day. GH Day is when a bunch of folks in Punxsutawney, PA get up before the crack of dawn, put on tuxedos and fancy gowns, march to the city park, and pull old Punxsutawney Phil out of his little house in a tree trunk. Then they observe him as he goes about doing his groundhog shadow thing. If the woodchuck (aka ground hog) doesn’t see his shadow, it means spring is on its way. If the critter sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter, which upsets the folks gathered ’round. So they fry him up for breakfast... Surely, you’ve heard of ‘ground chuck’? (Sorry.)
1892 - William Painter of Baltimore, MD patented the crown-cork bottle cap this day.
1913 - Jim Thorpe signed a pro baseball contract with the New York (baseball) Giants this day. And, if you will allow a little digression, here is some interesting history regarding Jim’s transition from amateur to professional athlete. Thorpe had run into problems at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. He was stripped of his gold medals for his pentathlon and decathlon victories when, somehow, Olympic officials learned that he had received what could be considered a pittance for playing pro baseball ... well, it was really semiprofessional baseball ... in North Carolina. Therefore, they determined that Thorpe was not an amateur and was not eligible to compete in the Olympic Games. In 1982, the decision was reversed and Jim Thorpe was honored as the record holder for the 1912 events, and co-winner with those who had received the original gold. The following year, the gold medals were finally presented to his family (30 years after his death). We now resume our regular programming...
1927 - Rio Rita opened on Broadway in New York City. The musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous. Rio Rita premiered at the new Ziegfeld Theatre and, after moving to the Lyric Theatre and Majestic Theatre, closed on April 7, 1928 after 494 performances, considered a very long run at that time.
1934 - The first Buck Rogers XZ-31 Rocket Pistol was made -- for the annual American Toy Fair. The suggested retail price for this clever little toy of destruction was 50 cents.
1935 - Leonard Keeler conducted a test of the polygraph -- lie detector -- machine in Portage, WI. It marked the first time that one of the mysterious boxes was used.
1937 - Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded one of Guy’s most famous tunes. Boo Hoo was waxed on Victor Records and became one of the group’s all-time great hits.
1946 - The Mutual Broadcasting System presented Twenty Questions for the first time on radio. Bill Slater was the master of ceremonies. The show moved to television in 1949.
1949 - Golfer Ben Hogan was seriously hurt in an auto accident in Van Horn, TX.
1953 - J. Fred Muggs (the chimp) joined NBC’s Today show.
1958 - Radio’s last big serial debuted on CBS. Frontier Gentleman began a brief run. Starring in the role of J.B. Kendall was John Dehner.
1959 - “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” Famous words from Vince Lombardi head coach of the Green Bay Packers, who, on this day, signed a five-year contract with the club that made the ‘green-and-yellow’ a team of destiny in the 1960s.
1959 - The Coasters tune, Charlie Brown, was released. The tune went to #2 and stayed there for three weeks, but didn’t make it to the top spot of the charts. A catchy song (“Fee fee fi fi fo fo fum. I smell smoke in the auditorium...”), it was on the charts for a total of 12 weeks. And what song was at number one, preventing Charlie Brown from reaching the top, you ask? Venus, by Frankie Avalon.
1962 - John Uelses became the first pole-vaulter to jump 16 feet indoors. Only one problem, though. The ceiling was only 15’6", so, John went through it to set the mark. (We’re still trying to verify that!)
1967 - A second professional basketball league was formed by representatives of the NBA: the American Basketball Association.
1967 - Bolivia adopted its fourteenth constitution.
1970 - ‘Pistol’ Pete Maravich became the first collegiate player to score over 3,000 career points. Maravich went on to become a star for the, then, New Orleans Jazz (now, Utah Jazz). Sadly, Maravich died of a heart attack (Jan. 5, 1988), after collapsing during a pickup three-on-three game, in a California gym.
1974 - Amazing at it may sound now, Barbra Streisand hit #1 for the first time on this day -- with The Way We Were.
1979 - The first Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was struck at the U.S. Mint in San Francisco. Public issue began July 1.
1980 - Reports surfaced that the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of the U.S. Congress. The sting used phony Arab businessmen in what became known as Abscam a code name protested by Arab-Americans.
1984 - Ralph Sampson, one of the Houston Rockets ‘Twin Towers’, was named Rookie of the Month in the National Basketball Association. To earn the honor, Sampson averaged 24.4 points, 12 rebounds and 2.43 blocked shots per game during the month of January. In addition, Sampson became the only rookie (up to that time) to be named to the NBA’s All-Star Game.
1987 - Dennis Leonard, after four knee operations, decided to retire from professional baseball. Leonard, 35, was a three-time 20-game winner.
1989 - U.S. President George Bush (I) met at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.S-Japanese relations.
1992 - Longtime Miss America TV emcee Bert Parks died in La Jolla, CA at age 77.
1993 - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service agreed to accept nine million dollars from singer Willie Nelson to settle his $17-million tax debt. And the Feds said they would take proceeds from sales of Nelson’s Who’ll Buy My Memories? - The IRS Tapes, plus any judgment he might get in a lawsuit against his former accountant.
1995 - Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman space-shuttle pilot this day as the space shuttle Discovery (STS-63) blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
1996 - Films made their debuting in the U.S.: The Juror, starring Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Heche; and White Squall, with Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage and Scott Wolf.
1996 - Dancer, actor singer Gene Kelly died in Los Angeles after complications from two strokes. He was 83 years old. Kelly is immortalized as that guy who sang and danced in the rain in Singin’ in the Rain (1952). He danced as he splashed in the puddles, but he also choreographed exactly how he would splash, and he directed exactly how the camera should zoom in on his face as he did so. Kelly also starred in An American in Paris (1951) and enjoyed many other film and TV roles.
1998 - The state of Florida charged American Family Publishers and its celebrity spokesmen, Dick Clark and Ed McMahon, with using deceptive tactics to sell magazine subscriptions through its nationwide sweepstakes. “In their zeal to sell magazines, American Family Publishers and its high-profile pitchmen have misled millions of consumers. They have clearly stepped over the line from advertising hype to unlawful deception,” Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth said. Butterworth filed a civil complaint against AFP, Clark and McMahon in state court in Tampa, where the company processed sweepstakes entries. The following year the sweepstakes company agreed to stop sending letters claiming “You Are A Winner!” under a $33 million settlement of lawsuits brought by several U.S. states.
2000 - Searchers recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of Alaska Airlines Flight #261 in the Pacific Ocean. The plane had gone down off the California coast January 31, 2000.
2001 - These movies opened in U.S. theatres: Head Over Heels, with Monica Potter and Freddie Prinze Jr.; and Valentine, starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards.
2002 - Jim Kelly of the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers star John Stallworth were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2003 - Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years as president of the Czech Republic.
2004 - U.S. President George Bush (II) proposed a $2.4 trillion federal budget with a projected deficit of $521 billion for the year.
2005 - Former heavyweight boxing champ Max Schmeling died at the age of 99 at his home in Hollenstedt, Germany. Schmeling’s fights with Joe Louis set off a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the U.S. on the eve of World War II.
2006 - A leaked memo in the U.K., detailing a conversation between U.S. President George Bush (II) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003, revealed that Blair intended to follow the U.S. into Iraq even without a U.N. resolution. The memo also revealed that Bush had considered provoking a response from Iraq -- using falsely marked U-2 spy planes -- to provide an excuse for war.
2007 - It was opening day in the U.S. for Because I Said So, starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Neil Hopkins, Piper Perabo, Colin Ferguson, Levi Chambers; and The Messengers, starring Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller and John Corbett.
2007 - A French court convicted 56 people in a baby-trafficking case involving the sale of 23 Bulgarian infants over two years - for up to $9,000 each.
2008 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
2008 - Mitt Romney beat all other Republicans in the Maine caucuses.
2009 - Eric Holder won Senate confirmation as the first African-American Attorney General of the U.S. The Senate approval came after supporters from both parties touted his impressive resume. He also convinced Republicans of his commitment to fight terrorism; and overcame their fears about his unwillingness to back the general public right to keep and bear arms. (Holder’s oposition to the Second Amendment stemmed from his belief that it does not protect an individual’s right to keep and bear arms for purposes unrelated to a State’s operation of a well-regulated militia.)
2010 - Germany and Switzerland clashed over banking secrecy after Berlin indicated it would buy a disc holding details of some 1,500 suspected tax-dodgers with funds in Swiss accounts. The move resulted in many of the dodgers making voluntary tax declarations to clear their records with the German government.
2011 - U.S. regulators began development of drinking water limits for perchlorate, a noxious component of rocket fuel, flares and fire works known to hamper thyroid function and hinder brain development in young children. Most of the contaminations stemmed from military and munitions operations.
2012 - NFL owners approved a $200 million loan to help the San Francisco 49ers build a $billion+ stadium south of Santa Clara, CA.
2013 - Nebraska Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy resigned during a scandal over thousands of late-night calls to four women made from his state-issued cellphone. One of the four said she had a romantic relationship with Sheehy.
2013 - Newly reelected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began forming a new government and said its most important task was to ensure that Iran did not gain nuclear arms.
2014 - Saudi Arabia instituted jail terms of up to 20 years for people joining terrorist groups and fighting abroad. This, as the kingdom struggled to deter Islamist Saudis from becoming jihadists.
2014 - The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8 to win Super Bowl XLVIII (48). Seattle was handed a 2-0 lead on the first play of the game when Denver snapped the ball into the end zone for a safety, and the Seahawks never looked back. The NFL’s best defense kept the NFL’s best offense off the scoreboard until there were just 3 seconds left in the third quarter. The game was played at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. MVP was Seahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith.
2015 - The new Al-Arab television news channel backed by billionaire Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, was shut down just hours after it went on air in Bahrain. Al-Arab said the suspension was for “technical and administrative reasons,” while the newspaper Akhbar al-Khaleej attributed the suspension to Al-Arab “not adhering to the norms prevalent in Gulf countries.”
2016 - An Israeli court convicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on two counts of obstruction of justice for pressuring a confidant not to testify in multiple legal cases against him.
2017 - American Airlines formally opened an office in Havana, as the company moved ahead with plans for Cuba despite uncertainty over what POTUS Donald Trump’s administration would bring.
2017 - At the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump boasted of his TV ratings during his time hosting The Apprentice reality show. He urged attendees to “pray” for his successor, former California governor and Hollywood macho man Arnold Schwarzenegger. “They hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take my place,” said Mr. Trump, who still has an executive producer credit on the Celebrity Apprentice. “And we know how that turned out. The ratings went right down the tubes.”
2018 - Motion pictures opening in the U.S. included: Winchester, starring Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook and Jason Clarke; A Fantastic Woman, with Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes and Luis Gnecco; and Scorched Earth, starring Gina Carano, John Hannah and Stephanie Bennet.
2018 - The U.S. Federal Reserve imposed harsh penalties on Wells Fargo Bank barring it from future growth until the bank fixes its problems. The San Francisco bank had its reputation tarnished by revelations it opened phony customer accounts and sold auto insurance to customers who did not need it.
2018 - Oregon’s top federal prosecutor said that state had a formidable problem with marijuana overproduction that winds up on the black market. According to U.S. Attorney Billy Williams, the surplus has attracted criminal networks and generated money laundering, drug violence and environmental contamination from pesticides.
2019 - China called on Washington to negotiate with Russia -- instead of pulling out of the 1987 nuclear arms treaty. The Trump administration saw the treaty as a restraint on its ability to compete with Beijing and Moscow. Beijing says the cancelled agreement was of great significance … in enhancing international and regional peace and urged Washington and Moscow to properly deal with disputes through constructive dialogue.
2020 - Super Bowl LIV (54), played at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, wound up with the Kansas City Chiefs beating the San Francisco 49ers 31-20. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was Most Valuable Player, completing 26 of 42 pass attempts for 286 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions -- and rushing for 29 yards and one touchdown. The halftime show, with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, was seen by an estimated 102 million viewers on FOX. Average ticket price for the big game hit $5,828 on StubHub and was the second-highest price seen for a Super Bowl over the previous 10 years. The range of ticket prices for this one ran from $3,700 to $60,000.
2020 - Chinese health authorities said there had been 361 deaths and 20,438 confirmed cases from the newly identified COVID-19 coronavirus. The incubation period apparently was so long that people might not have known where or when they picked it up. Based on the first 425 confirmed cases in China, each infection had led to 2.2 others.
2021 - President Biden issued executive orders confronting the most intractable immigration issues that his predecessor left behind: reuniting migrant children who had been separated from their families, rebuilding a working asylum system, and restoring opportunities for foreign workers and students to enter the U.S.
2021 - The U.S. Senate confirmed former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg tobe President Biden’s transportation secretary. Buttigieg was the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history to win Senate confirmation. Cuban-born Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary.
2021 - Amazon revealed plans for the next phase of its headquarters redevelopment in Arlington, Virginia, featuring a signature 350-foot (107-meter) helix-shaped office tower that can be climbed from the outside like a mountainside.
2021 - Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Novavax vaccine would be produced in a new government facility in Montreal that is due to be finished later this year. Canada had a deal to buy an initial 52 million doses of the Novavax vaccine.
2022 - CNN President Jeff Zucker resigned after acknowledging a consensual relationship with another network executive, ending a nine-year tenure at the helm of the one of the nation’s largest media companies.
2022 - The U.S. Army decided that soldiers who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine would be immediately discharged -- the move was critical to maintain combat readiness.
2022 - The NFL’s Washington Football Team chose the name, Commanders. The team had dropped their previous name, Redskins, in mid-2020 following a years-long campaign from critics.
2023 - Apple, Amazon, and Google-parent Alphabet all announced slowing earnings. Google saw its first advertising revenue decline since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Apple reported fourth quarter revenue that was 5 percent below the same period a year earlier, its first such drop in several years. The CEOs of Amazon and Alphabet, which were among tech giants that had announced layoffs, said they needed to continue cutting costs.
2023 - The United States reported that it was tracking a Chinese surveillance balloon detected hovering over the northern U.S. "Once the balloon was detected, the U.S. government acted immediately to protect against the collection of sensitive information," Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. The balloon was spotted over Billings, Montana after it flew over the Aleutian Islands and through Canada.
2024 - Argylle opened in U.S. movie theatres. The spy action comedy stars Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell and Bryan Cranston.
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Birthdays on This Day February 2
1754 - Prince Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French statesman, diplomat; died May 17, 18381875 - Fritz Kreisler
Austrian-born violin virtuoso/composer: Caprice Viennois, Tambourin Chinois, Liebesfreud, La Gitana; died Jan 29, 19621882 - James Joyce
poet, author: Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegan’s Wake, Chamber Music; died Jan 13, 19411890 - Charles Correll
creator with Freeman Gosden of: Amos ’n’ Andy; voice of Andy (Brown) on radio; died Sep 26, 19721895 - George Halas
Pro Football Hall of Famer: Chicago Bears owner/coach: 40 seasons, seven NFL titles, 324 coaching wins; pioneer of the National Football League: only person associated with NFL throughout first 50 years; died Oct 31, 19831901 - Jascha Heifetz
Russian-born violin virtuoso, first public appearance at age of six; died Dec 10, 19871905 - Ayn Rand (Alissa Rosenbaum)
social critic, writer: The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged; died Mar 6, 19821906 - Gale Gordon (Charles Aldrich)
actor: The Lucy Show, The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour, My Little Margie, Our Miss Brooks; died June 30, 19951909 - Frank Albertson
actor: Johnny Cool, Don’t Knock the Twist, Psycho, The Last Hurrah, Shed No Tears, It’s a Wonderful Life; died Feb 29, 19641909 - Judith Barrett (Lucille Kelly)
actress: Those Were the Days!, Disputed Passage, Illegal Traffic, Armored Car, Marriage Humor, The Fighting Parson, Dynamite, The Sock Exchange, Yellowstone, Road to Singapore; died Mar 10, 20001912 - Burton Lane (Levy)
composer: How Are Things in Glocca Morra, That Old Devil Moon, Look to the Rainbow, How About You, I Hear Music, Come Back to Me, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, How Could You Believe Me?; Broadway musicals: Finian’s Rainbow [collaboration with Yip Harburg], On a Clear Day You Can See Forever [collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner] contributed songs to over 30 films: Babes on Broadway, Royal Wedding, Ship Ahoy, St. Louis Blues; credited with discovering Judy Garland; died Jan 5, 19971923 - James Lafayette Dickey
poet: The Firebombing; novelist: Deliverance; died Jan 19, 19971923 - Bonita Granville
actress: The Lone Ranger, Guilty of Treason, The Glass Key, White Banners, Westward Passage; died Oct 11, 19881923 - Red (Albert Fred) Schoendienst
Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman: SL Cardinals [World Series: 1946/all-star: 1946, 1948-1955], NY Giants, Milwaukee Braves [World Series: 1957, 1958/all-star: 1957]; hit .300 or better on seven occasions; coach, manager: SL Cardinals: guided Cardinals twice to World Series; died Jun 6, 20181923 - Liz Smith
journalist: gossip columnist: Newsday & syndicated; died Nov 12, 20171925 - Elaine Stritch
Emmy Award-winning actress: Point of View/Law and Order [1993]; Three Violent People, Providence, September, Company; singer: The Ladies Who Lunch; died Jul 17, 20141927 - Stan Getz (Stanley Gayetzby)
jazz musician: The Girl from Ipanema [w/Astrud Gilberto]; 17-time winner of Down Beat mag’s top tenor saxophone poll; died June 6, 19911927 - Herb Kaplow
news reporter: ABC-TV News; died Jul 27, 20131931 - Les Dawson
actor: Nona, The Boys in Blue, Christmas Box, Electric Cinema, Holiday with Strings, State of the Union; died June 10, 19931937 - Tom Smothers
entertainer: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Smothers Brothers Show, The Steve Allen Show; Dick’s Brother; died Dec 26, 20231940 - Alan Caddy
musician: guitar: groups: The Tornados: Telstar, Johnny Kidd and The Pirates: Shakin’ All Over; died Aug 16, 20001940 - David Jason
actor: The Quest, Micawber, A Perfect Two Ronnies Show, March in Windy City, Amongst Barbarians1941 - Cory Wells
singer: group: Three Dog Night: Mama Told Me Not to Come, Pieces of April, Celebrate, Joy to the World, Shambala; died Oct 21, 20151942 - Bo Hopkins
actor: The Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, The Rockford Files, Dynasty, The Innocent and the Damned, Doc Elliot1942 - Graham Nash
singer, musician: group: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Ohio; Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Wasted on the Way1944 - Geoffrey Hughes
actor: The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket, The Man From the PRU, Nijinsky, Tiffany Jones, Carry On at Your Convenience, Till Death Us Part; died Jul 27, 20121946 - Howard Bellamy
singer, songwriter, musician: guitar, banjo, mandolin: group: The Bellamy Brothers: Let Your Love Flow, Slippin’ Away, If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me, Sugar Daddy, Dancin’ Cowboys, Old Hippie1946 - Blake Clark
actor: Toy Story film series, Grown Ups, Good Luck Charlie, Community, Rango, Hawaiian Vacation, That’s My Boy1947 - Farrah Fawcett
actress: Charlie’s Angels, The Burning Bed; ex-Mrs. Lee Majors; Playboy pictorial [12/95]; died Jun 25, 20091947 - Peter Lucia
musician: drums: group: Tommy James and The Shondells: I Think We’re Alone Now, Mirage, Mony Mony, Crimson and Clover, Sweet Cherry Wine, Crystal Blue Persuasion1948 - Alan McKay
musician: guitar: group: Earth Wind and Fire: Shining Star, That’s the Way of the World, September, Got to Get You Into My Life, Sing a Song1949 - Brent Spiner
actor: Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day, Warehouse 13, The Aviator, Material Girls, Superhero Movie, Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, The Big Bang Theory, Young Justice, The Simpsons1949 - Ross Valory
musician: bass: group: Journey: Who’s Crying Now, Open Arms1953 - Duane Lee ‘Dog’ Chapman
bounty hunter, former bail bondsman, TV host: Dog the Bounty Hunter, actor: Aussie Park Boyz; more1953 - Mike Fanning
football [defensive tackle]: Los Angeles Rams: Super Bowl XIV, Detroit Lions1954 - Christie Brinkley
model: Cover Girl Cosmetics; actress: National Lampoon’s Vacation1954 - John (Thomas) Tudor
baseball: pitcher: Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, SL Cardinals [World Series: 1985, 1987], LA Dodgers [World Series: 1988]1955 - Michael Talbott
actor: Miami Vice, Three Blind Mice, Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys, Little Vegas, Vacation, Jack Reed: Badge of Honor, Used Cars1962 - Michael T. Weiss
actor: The Pretender, Profiler, Days of Our Lives, Dark Shadows, Freeway, The Legend of Tarzan1968 - Sean Elliott
basketball [forward]: Arizona Univ; NBA: San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons1968 - Scott Erickson
baseball [pitcher]: Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, LA Dodgers1969 - Jody Hull
hockey [right wing]: Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers1971 - Ken Dilger
football [tight end]: Univ of Illinois, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers1975 - Donald Driver
football [wide receiver]; NFL: Green Bay Packers: 4× Pro Bowl [2002, 2006, 2007, 2010], Super Bowl champs [XLV], Packers Receiving Yards All-Time Leader, Packers Receptions All-Time Leader1977 - Shakira (aka Shakira f. Wyclef Jean aka Shakira Mebarak)
Grammy Award-winning singer: LPs: Magia, Peligro, Pies Descalzos, The Remixes, ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, MTV Unplugged, Laundry Service / Servicio de Lavanderia, Laundry Service: Washed & Dried, Grandes Éxitos, Live & Off the Record [En Vivo Y En Privado], Fijación Oral Vol. 1, Oral Fixation Vol. 2, Fijación Oral Vol. 1/Oral Fixation Vol. 2, Oral Fixation Tour: Live from Miami; she is the highest-selling Colombian music artist of all time1978 - Eden Espinosa
stage actress: Wicked; TV actress: Law & Order, Robot Chicken, Dog Whisperer, Today; singer: LP: Look Around1981 - Emily Rose
actress: Haven, Brothers & Sisters, Jericho, ER, Perfect Plan, Harry’s Law, The Thanksgiving House, Graceland; Uncharted video game series1983 - Carolina Klüft
Swedish track and field athlete: 2004 Athens Olympics gold medalist in Heptathlon1986 - Gemma Arterton
actress: Quantum of Solace, St Trinian’s, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Byzantium, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters1987 - Gerard Piqué
Spanish footballer [defender]: F.C. Barcelona [2008- ]; Spain U16 [2002–2003]; Spain U17 [2004]; Catalonia [2008– ]; Spain U19 [2006]; Spain U20 [2007]; Spain U21 [2006–2008]; Spain [2009–2018]: 2010 FIFA World Cup champs1988 - Zosia Mamet
actress: Girls, Mad Men, United States of Tara, Parenthood, Rhymes with Banana, The Last Keepers, Shiva and May
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Hit Music on This Day February 2
1945Don’t Fence Me In (facts) - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
Accentuate the Positive (facts) - Johnny Mercer
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