February 15
It's Febrauary 15th
On this day in 1872 – First issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
In 1940 – Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata was officially premiered at the Carnegie Chamber Hall by saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who had commissioned it, and the composer.
In 1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
In 1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
In 1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
In 2001 – The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
In 2003 – The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907.
In 2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings.
Birthdays
Brendon Small
Miranda July
on Criterion Channel
in "The Future"
Sarah Wynter
as Amanda in Three Dollars
Birdman
Jane Child
Chris Farley
on YouTube Primetime Movies
Joseph R. Gannascoli
Ali Campbell
Christopher McDonald
as Terry in "The Black Room"
on Tubi
Lynn Whitfield
on Tubi
Jane Seymour
as Emma Prentiss in "Jack the Ripper"
Melissa Manchester
Marisa Barenson
in "Broken Poet"
John Trudell
"...on Becoming Human"
Brian Holland
Gregory Mcdonald
on the Internet Archive
Susan Brownmiller
"Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape"
Claire Bloom
as Nora Helmer in "A Doll's House"
as Helana Charles in "Look Back in Anger"
Bruce Dawe
"Condolences of the Season ; Selected Poems"
Harvey Korman
on Tubi
Robert Drew
"Who's Out There?"
Allan Arbus
as Jessy in "Greaser's Palace"
Kevin McCarthy
as Stan Grayson in "Nightmare"
The Los Angeles Times called Nightmare "draggy" and wrote: "Its opening scenes are effective, but things go haywire fast."
as Dr. Robert Hoak in "Piranha"
Roger Ebert mocked the "really bad special effects" and the "odd compulsion" of the characters "to jump into the water the very moment they discover it is infested by piranhas". Steven Spielberg called the film "the best of the Jaws ripoffs".
as Sergie in "Dark Tower"
TV Guide awarded the film one out of five stars, calling it a "dull, talky, and incoherent haunted-skyscraper suspense thriller."
Cesar Romero
as Luigi in "Shadow Man" aka "Street of Shadows"
Harold Arlen
"Harold Arlen and His Songs"
Mary Adshead
"Grace at The Sausage Hatch"
Totò
in "The Hawks and the Sparrows"
2 films on Tubi
Robert Fuchs
Charles-André van Loo
"Mercury and Argus"
On this day in 1872 – First issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
In 1940 – Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata was officially premiered at the Carnegie Chamber Hall by saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who had commissioned it, and the composer.
In 1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
In 1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
In 1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
In 2001 – The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
In 2003 – The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907.
In 2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings.
Birthdays
Brendon Small
Miranda July
on Criterion Channel
in "The Future"
Sarah Wynter
as Amanda in Three Dollars
Birdman
Jane Child
Chris Farley
on YouTube Primetime Movies
Joseph R. Gannascoli
Ali Campbell
Christopher McDonald
as Terry in "The Black Room"
on Tubi
Lynn Whitfield
on Tubi
Jane Seymour
as Emma Prentiss in "Jack the Ripper"
Melissa Manchester
Marisa Barenson
in "Broken Poet"
John Trudell
"...on Becoming Human"
Brian Holland
Gregory Mcdonald
on the Internet Archive
Susan Brownmiller
"Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape"
Claire Bloom
as Nora Helmer in "A Doll's House"
as Helana Charles in "Look Back in Anger"
Bruce Dawe
"Condolences of the Season ; Selected Poems"
Harvey Korman
on Tubi
Robert Drew
"Who's Out There?"
Allan Arbus
as Jessy in "Greaser's Palace"
Kevin McCarthy
as Stan Grayson in "Nightmare"
The Los Angeles Times called Nightmare "draggy" and wrote: "Its opening scenes are effective, but things go haywire fast."
as Dr. Robert Hoak in "Piranha"
Roger Ebert mocked the "really bad special effects" and the "odd compulsion" of the characters "to jump into the water the very moment they discover it is infested by piranhas". Steven Spielberg called the film "the best of the Jaws ripoffs".
as Sergie in "Dark Tower"
TV Guide awarded the film one out of five stars, calling it a "dull, talky, and incoherent haunted-skyscraper suspense thriller."
Cesar Romero
as Luigi in "Shadow Man" aka "Street of Shadows"
Harold Arlen
"Harold Arlen and His Songs"
Mary Adshead
"Grace at The Sausage Hatch"
Totò
in "The Hawks and the Sparrows"
2 films on Tubi
Robert Fuchs
Charles-André van Loo
"Mercury and Argus"
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