The Tet offensive was a desperate coordinated attack on South Vietnam by North Vietnamese forces with Chinese expertise. Chinese generals advocated large strikes with land armies, Mao Zedong had advocated guerrilla warfare. A two day cease fire had been agreed to. As part of the guerrilla war, Lem was to find South Vietnamese police officers and their families and kill them. It is alleged he was successful. He was captured and interrogated before the famous scene with General Loan.
The picture and video was used by the peace movement to justify their anti war stance, without compassion for the victims of those they supported.
Daniel Pearl was a journalist for the Wall Street Journal. He was tracking leads from shoe bomber Richard Reid to Pakistan. He had Jewish ancestry and was Jewish. In Pakistan, he was captured by terrorists who made him read a card before beheading him and showing the film to the press. The card Daniel read had to do with his Jewish heritage, but the threat given by the terrorists was to all foreign journalists entering Pakistan. Pearl was not a spy. He was not a 'target.' He was a victim of terror. Much has been made of his heritage, but if he had been an Islamic rapist in Sydney, nothing would be made of his heritage.
There are myriad ways that the international press legitimise terror by not labelling it correctly. Daniel Pearl was an innocent victim of terror. Lem was a terrorist who was summarily executed. Same day, across the years, and the press collectively fail to report the facts.
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Happy birthday and many happy returns Harry Lime and Daniel Ung. Born on the same day, across the years, along with
- 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
- 1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (d. 1526)
- 1494 – Bona Sforza, Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old (d. 1557)
- 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
- 1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
- 1829 – William Stanley, English inventor and engineer (d. 1909)
- 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)
- 1882 – James Joyce, Irish writer (d. 1941)
- 1887 – Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)
- 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
- 1933 – Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2009)
- 1942 – Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hollies, Crosby & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
- 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer programmer (d. 2012)
Matches
- 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
- 865 – The Battle of the Morcuera took place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle took place at Hoz de la Morcuera near Miranda de Ebro. The battle pitted the Christian forces of Castile and Asturias under Rodrigo of Castile against the forces of the Emirate of Cordoba underMuhammad I of Córdoba resulting in a decisive Cordoban victory.
- 962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
- 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
- 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
- 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
- 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
- 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- 1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
- 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
- 1933 – Working as maids, the sisters Christine and Lea Papin murder their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case is the subject of a number of French films and plays.
- 1935 – Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
- 1972 – The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
- 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
Despatches
- 619 – Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop
- 1461 – Owen Tudor, Welsh soldier (b. 1400)
- 1918 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
- 1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
- 1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (Sex Pistols, Vicious White Kids, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Flowers of Romance) (b. 1957)
PM must tear up any thoughts of a treaty
Piers Akerman – Saturday, February 01, 2014 (9:47pm)
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott reopened debate about recognition of Aboriginal Australians in the Australian Constitution when he chose Australia Day to reiterate his government’s commitment to preparing a draft of a formal wording by September.
Continue reading 'PM must tear up any thoughts of a treaty'Family’s fight to escape tragedy
Miranda Devine – Saturday, February 01, 2014 (11:29pm)
THE freckled face of 13-year-old Jordan Rice made headlines around the world when he died with his mother in a flash flood that hit Toowoomba three years ago.
Continue reading 'Family’s fight to escape tragedy'
several great articles here - ed
===RACIST HAT
Tim Blair – Sunday, February 02, 2014 (4:30pm)
“I found this hat for sale at my local ‘cheap crap’ shop this morning,” writes reader Waxing Gibberish. “Should I beoffended or is it OK because the people selling the hat were Chinese?”
EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHES
Tim Blair – Sunday, February 02, 2014 (11:13am)
Julia Gillard, during her recent Dubai speech:
The majority of Australians when polled say that they do want Australia to become a republic.
Support for an Australian republic has collapsed to a 20-year low, with just 39.4 per cent of Australians saying they support a republic.
THEY WANT ACTION NOW
Tim Blair – Sunday, February 02, 2014 (11:05am)
An email went out on Friday from “Cole, Zoe, Opal and the QLD Leadership Team” of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, urging the movement’s claimed 90,000 followers to protest against Tony Abbott in Brisbane:
Tomorrow is our chance to get out, get on our feet, and show Abbott and his cronies that we support ambitious climate action, and that we want climate action now!
And here’s the turnout:
(Via Habib, who reports that the dismal protest “still got air time on every network, despite there being more punters in the pie shop than involved in this fracas. 10AM on a Saturday was always going to be a big ask.")
(Via Habib, who reports that the dismal protest “still got air time on every network, despite there being more punters in the pie shop than involved in this fracas. 10AM on a Saturday was always going to be a big ask.")
@smharmitage I have something substantial for the royal commission into institutional responses to child abuse. Can I email you? I've submit
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 27, 2014
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@smharmitage I've submitted already, but they are so slow and I will soon be overwhelmed
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 27, 2014
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@DaOddBall67 sure David
— catherine armitage (@smharmitage) January 29, 2014
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@smharmitage I have sent an email to what I believe to be your fairfax email ..
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 29, 2014
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And the dolphin makes 13
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (5:45pm)
The Australian Youth
Climate Council urges its alleged 90,000 members to rally in Brisbane
today to show Tony Abbott how much “we want climate action now”.
By an astonishing coincidence, the turnout showed about as much demand for climate action as the amount of warming we’ve actually had.
I hope Abbott was watching.
===By an astonishing coincidence, the turnout showed about as much demand for climate action as the amount of warming we’ve actually had.
I hope Abbott was watching.
The Cat catches three mice
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (3:30pm)
The Cat catches the mice of disinformation.
No, Harry Clarke, the pause in warming is not a falsehood and not mentioned merely by those fabled corrupt “deniers” in the pay of Big Tobacco (sic).
No, Insiders, it’s not false to say the SPC workers can get sick leave paid out (upon redundancy) or can get overtime.
No, Age/ABC/SBS, if you are going to hail Labor’s same-sex marriage campaign as a key election issue and big vote-winner, you can’t dodge the obvious conclusions when Labor’s vote gets hammered.
I’ve been worrying lately that there are just too many of “them” to fight. Thank heavens for a good Cat. Please feed it.
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Reader the Old and Unimproved Dave:
===No, Harry Clarke, the pause in warming is not a falsehood and not mentioned merely by those fabled corrupt “deniers” in the pay of Big Tobacco (sic).
No, Insiders, it’s not false to say the SPC workers can get sick leave paid out (upon redundancy) or can get overtime.
No, Age/ABC/SBS, if you are going to hail Labor’s same-sex marriage campaign as a key election issue and big vote-winner, you can’t dodge the obvious conclusions when Labor’s vote gets hammered.
I’ve been worrying lately that there are just too many of “them” to fight. Thank heavens for a good Cat. Please feed it.
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Reader the Old and Unimproved Dave:
Not too many to fight, Andrew. Simply a target-rich environment.Reader Alan of Sydney:
Where the ABC has come unstuck this time is that, for the first time in 40-odd years, conservatives have had enough - and are pushing back - hard! This is what is is discombobulating the ABC as never before. They’ve never had to deal with a large and angry commentariet that says “no, what you are saying is biased and untrue”. Frankly, the ABC don’t have a clue of how to deal with “conservative resistance”.
Wrong answer
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (7:23am)
This picture in 1999 of a man helping 16-year-old Andrew Johnson shoot up convinced the Carr Labor Government and many media outlets for some bizarre reason that a free heroin injecting centre was the answer:
So how did it work out for Johnson?
Not so good at all. Nor, indeed, for his three children, now in care.
But read today’s article at the link. Still not the slightest awareness that the wrong lesson was learned from that picture:
Dr Marianne Jauncey, medical director at the injecting centre, insists there is ‘’always hope’’. ‘’...[Johnson] is still only halfway through his story. While he is alive, there is a chance.’’Tell that to his parents:
‘’He’s beyond help now,’’ his mother, Roseanna, says. ‘’The police say we would be better off trying to forget we have a son.’’
The ABC’s Jon Faine says he’s not biased. Really? Click these links
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (6:07am)
Jon Faine claims he’s not biased, because the ABC also offended Bob Hawke by questioning his decision to help liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein:
But for those who need more evidence, here are some links about the completely ”unbiased” Jon Faine, a prominent Leftist in an ABC which lets only Leftists host its main current affairs shows, Note particularly Faine’s explicit refusal to cover the Climategate scandal, so embarrassing to his warmist cause, and the reprimand he earned from the ABC for his unprofessional hostility to reporters uncovering Julia Gillard’s role in the AWU slush fund scandal, now the subject of a police investigation. (Gillard insists she did nothing wrong.)
And, just for a laugh, who can forget his serious suggestion that the Herald Sun have a ”cleansing” of conservative columnists to mark the election of the Rudd Government?
Note. I do not criticise Faine for being biased. I criticise him for pretending he isn’t. We all have our biases, which inform our judgements on what is important and what is credible. My argument with the ABC is not that it gives a platform for Leftist presenters to decide what to cover and how, but that it denies the same opportunities to conservatives.
UPDATE
A Reachtel poll suggests the public are now onto a bias that for too long was not called out:
This perception of bias is likely to grow. Not only is the ABC’s bias more strident than I have ever known, conservatives are more angry and prepared to challenge it. The ABC brand is slowly crumbling.
(Thanks to reader Peter.)
===I remember Bob Hawke getting tetchy with us when he thought we were less than enthusiastic over his determination to participate in the first Gulf War.Strange definition of unbiased, really, to note that both Labor and Liberal think you’re too much to the Left. But this is how Faine interprets it:
We know, as does the audience, that when we cop it from everyone we are getting it about right.Faine is by no means a bad broadcaster, and I’d listen to him any day above his rivals. But the claim that he’s not biased is simply preposterous and I cannot tell if Faine is just trying to fool us or is just fooling himself. I suspect the latter, given that in the very same piece he likens Tony Abbott’s criticism of ABC bias to the real censorship and physical intimidation of journalists under the Putin government. Abbott equals Putin? Seriously, Jon?
But for those who need more evidence, here are some links about the completely ”unbiased” Jon Faine, a prominent Leftist in an ABC which lets only Leftists host its main current affairs shows, Note particularly Faine’s explicit refusal to cover the Climategate scandal, so embarrassing to his warmist cause, and the reprimand he earned from the ABC for his unprofessional hostility to reporters uncovering Julia Gillard’s role in the AWU slush fund scandal, now the subject of a police investigation. (Gillard insists she did nothing wrong.)
And, just for a laugh, who can forget his serious suggestion that the Herald Sun have a ”cleansing” of conservative columnists to mark the election of the Rudd Government?
Note. I do not criticise Faine for being biased. I criticise him for pretending he isn’t. We all have our biases, which inform our judgements on what is important and what is credible. My argument with the ABC is not that it gives a platform for Leftist presenters to decide what to cover and how, but that it denies the same opportunities to conservatives.
UPDATE
A Reachtel poll suggests the public are now onto a bias that for too long was not called out:
.Overall, 32.2 per cent believed the ABC was biased towards the Labor Party, while just 8.2 per cent said it was biased towards the Coalition.Reachtel should have also asked how much the ABC was biased to the Greens.
This perception of bias is likely to grow. Not only is the ABC’s bias more strident than I have ever known, conservatives are more angry and prepared to challenge it. The ABC brand is slowly crumbling.
(Thanks to reader Peter.)
The elite confounded. Republic not so inevitable, after all
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (5:39am)
Everyone at the best and most elite parties agrees a republic is not just a good thing but inevitable. From 2008:
Labor luvvies should get out more:
Incidentally, here is one more example of how governments - often with media help - can manipulate perceptions so that what is widely rejected can seem what is widely accepted. The 2020 Summit was among the most brazen attempts yet to defraud us and I was shocked so many media executives and stars took part in this farce.
UPDATE
Julia Gillard last month, showing again her famous talent for reading the public will:
===KEVIN RUDD ... said the desire for a republic at the 2020 summit was overwhelming and “there was a sense of inevitability” about it…
Of the 100 members of the [summit’s governance] group, everyone voted for a republic except for the former governor-general William Deane, who abstained, and the Liberal senator George Brandis, who opposed.
Labor luvvies should get out more:
Support for an Australian republic has collapsed to a 20-year low, with just 39.4 per cent of Australians saying they support a republic.I suspect opponents are actually rejecting the elitists and dividers pushing the republic as much as they are rejecting the republic itself.
Support was lowest among older Australians and Generation Y voters, with people aged 35 to 65 most supportive of abandoning the monarchy.
An exclusive ReachTEL poll of more than 2100 Australians, conducted on Thursday night for Fairfax, shows 41.6 per cent oppose the country becoming a republic...
Incidentally, here is one more example of how governments - often with media help - can manipulate perceptions so that what is widely rejected can seem what is widely accepted. The 2020 Summit was among the most brazen attempts yet to defraud us and I was shocked so many media executives and stars took part in this farce.
UPDATE
Julia Gillard last month, showing again her famous talent for reading the public will:
The majority of Australians when polled say that they do want Australia to become a republic.
ABC orders reporters to stop hypeing boat people stories
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (5:04am)
It says plenty about the ABC’s bias that this edict needed to be sent to ABC reporters:
===Head of ABC news content Gaven Morris ... instructed senior staff, including director of news Kate Torney and ABC News 24 editor Tony Hill, to provide advice to their teams about reporting on ‘’incidents at sea’’…The edict has already had an effect. This is the ludicrous story the ABC published on Friday about an asylum seeker complaining the navy sprayed him during what turned out to be a fight over his boat’s sabotaged engines:
‘’As you know, we currently have a set of claims by asylum seekers our editorial teams are continuing to work hard to get an accurate account of and to verify,’’ he wrote.
‘’During this process all our output should reflect the basic facts before us … we don’t need to interpret them beyond what we know, nor should be [sic] editorialising or seeking to add adjectives or any flourish.
‘’We’re not seeking to describe or embellish the allegations with descriptions like torture or mistreatment or violence and we’re not reporting whether we have proved or disproved anything the media has previously reported - the allegations and responses stand for themselves.’’
New details have emerged about asylum seeker claims that Australian sailors mistreated them during a boat interception operation earlier this month.This is how it was quickly rewritten:
New details have emerged about a boat interception operation earlier this month …
The Adventures of Dunsterforce
Andrew Bolt February 02 2014 (12:40am)
It is 1918. Lionel Dunsterville, Rudyard Kipling’s best friend from school, is now a Russian-speaking general in charge of a small force of soldiers, including Australians, on a ship. He writes:
A British General on the Caspian, the only sea unploughed before by British keels, on board a ship named after a South African Dutch President and whilom enemy, sailing from a Persian port under the Serbian flag to relieve from the Turks a body of Armenians in a revolutionary Russian town.An incredible story, and in passing a tribute to the British public schools which gave even boys destined for the army a classical education. Also a challenge to the popular prejudice that reckons British officers of World War One to be dunderheads of little imagination.
If anyone can tell me how I can lay my hands on an original hard copy edition, I’d be grateful.
UPDATE
Thanks to the many readers who sent me links to sellers of the book. Appreciated.
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February 2: Groundhog Day in Canada and the United States
- 1536 – An expedition to the New World led by Spanishconquistador Pedro de Mendoza founded what is now Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1922 – The novel Ulysses was first published in its entirety after this material by author James Joyce first appeared in serialized parts in the American journal The Little Review fromMarch 1918 to December 1920, becoming one of the most important works of Modernist literature.
- 1934 – The Export-Import Bank, the United States' official export credit agency, was established.
- 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
- 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer (pictured) became the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he held for a record 237 weeks.
Events[edit]
- 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".
- 865 – The Battle of the Morcuera took place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle took place at Hoz de la Morcuera near Miranda de Ebro. The battle pitted the Christian forces of Castile and Asturias under Rodrigo of Castile against the forces of the Emirate of Cordoba underMuhammad I of Córdoba resulting in a decisive Cordoban victory.
- 962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
- 1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes King of Burgundy.
- 1207 – Terra Mariana, comprising present-day Estonia and Latvia, is established.
- 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
- 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1542 – Portuguese forces under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
- 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
- 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- 1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
- 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.
- 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
- 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.
- 1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
- 1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
- 1920 – France occupies Memel.
- 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
- 1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
- 1933 – Working as maids, the sisters Christine and Lea Papin murder their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France. The case is the subject of a number of French films and plays.
- 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1935 – Leonarde Keeler tests the first polygraph machine.
- 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to conclusion as Soviet troops accept the surrender of 91,000 remnants of the Axis forces.
- 1957 – Iskander Mirza of Pakistan lays the foundation-stone of the Guddu Barrage.
- 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
- 1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
- 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
- 1972 – The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest at Bloody Sunday.
- 1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
- 1976 – The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
- 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- 1982 – February 1982 Hama massacre: the government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
- 1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
- 1988 – Auntie Anne's is founded by Anne F. Beiler in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 1989 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
- 1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
- 2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
- 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
- 2007 – The worst flooding in Indonesia in 300 years begins.
Births[edit]
- 1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)
- 1455 – John, King of Denmark (d. 1513)
- 1457 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (d. 1526)
- 1494 – Bona Sforza, Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old (d. 1557)
- 1502 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
- 1506 – René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (d. 1583)
- 1522 – Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
- 1600 – Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653)
- 1613 – Noël Chabanel, French missionary (d. 1649)
- 1621 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author (d. 1679)
- 1650 – Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
- 1650 – Nell Gwyn, English actress (d. 1687)
- 1669 – Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (d. 1732)
- 1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745)
- 1695 – William Borlase, English geologist (d. 1772)
- 1695 – François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769)
- 1700 – Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (d. 1766)
- 1711 – Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (d. 1794)
- 1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (d. 1785)
- 1717 – Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
- 1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1838)
- 1782 – Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician (d. 1835)
- 1786 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1856)
- 1802 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887)
- 1803 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (d. 1862)
- 1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884)
- 1829 – William Stanley, English inventor and engineer (d. 1909)
- 1841 – François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss scientist (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Julian Sochocki, Polish mathematician (d. 1927)
- 1849 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (d. 1921)
- 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator (d. 1913)
- 1860 – Curtis Guild, Jr., American politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
- 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949)
- 1862 – Émile Coste, French fencer (d. 1927)
- 1866 – Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (d. 1927)
- 1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (d. 1925)
- 1873 – Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat, 13th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Germany(d. 1956)
- 1875 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (d. 1962)
- 1878 – Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955)
- 1878 – Joe Lydon, American boxer (d. 1937)
- 1880 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
- 1881 – Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
- 1882 – Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (d. 1944)
- 1882 – James Joyce, Irish writer (d. 1941)
- 1883 – Johnston McCulley, American author (d. 1958)
- 1886 – William Rose Benét, American poet (d. 1950)
- 1887 – Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
- 1887 – Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)
- 1888 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969)
- 1889 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (d. 1952)
- 1890 – Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972)
- 1892 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
- 1893 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1974)
- 1893 – Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1970)
- 1893 – Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian military leader (d. 1924)
- 1895 – George Halas, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
- 1896 – Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (d. 1980)
- 1897 – Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (d. 1972)
- 1900 – Willie Kamm, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1901 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987)
- 1902 – Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
- 1904 – Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (d. 1997)
- 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-American author and philosopher (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Wes Ferrell, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1909 – Frank Albertson, American actor (d. 1964)
- 1912 – Millvina Dean, last remaining survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 2009)
- 1912 – Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (d. 1997)
- 1913 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician (d. 2004)
- 1915 – Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
- 1915 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (d. 2005)
- 1916 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
- 1917 – Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician
- 1918 – Hella Haasse, Dutch author (d. 2011)
- 1919 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (d. 1999)
- 1923 – James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988)
- 1923 – Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1923 – Liz Smith, American journalist
- 1923 – Clem Windsor, Australian rugby union player and surgeon (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer
- 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician, 20th President of France
- 1927 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991)
- 1927 – C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao, Indian civil servant (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Doris Sams, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Jay Handlan, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1928 – A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American judge, author, and activist (d. 1998)
- 1929 – George Band, English mountaineer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Věra Chytilová, Czech director
- 1931 – Les Dawson, English comedian and author (d. 1993)
- 1931 – Glyn Edwards, British actor
- 1931 – John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician
- 1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- 1931 – Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
- 1932 – Arthur Lyman, American vibraphone player (d. 2002)
- 1932 – Robert Mandan, American actor
- 1933 – M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Tony Jay, English actor (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Orlando "Cachaito" López, Cuban bassist (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2009)
- 1935 – Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist
- 1936 – Duane Jones, American actor (d. 1988)
- 1937 – Don Buford, American baseball player
- 1937 – Anthony Haden-Guest French-English journalist, poet, and critic
- 1937 – Remak Ramsay, American actor
- 1937 – Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and singer (Smothers Brothers)
- 1938 – Norman Fowler, English politician
- 1938 – Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1939 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer (d. 1991)
- 1940 – Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates and The Tornados) (d. 2000)
- 1940 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
- 1940 – Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
- 1940 – David Jason, English actor
- 1941 – Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey
- 1941 – Lee Redmond, American Guinness World Record holder for longest fingernails
- 1942 – Bo Hopkins, American actor
- 1942 – Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hollies, Crosby & Nash, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
- 1942 – Jang Sung-taek, North Korean politician (d. 2013)
- 1943 – Susan Hanson, English actress
- 1944 – Andrew Davis, English conductor
- 1944 – Karen Foss, American journalist
- 1944 – Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (d. 2012)
- 1945 – John Eatwell, British economist and politician
- 1946 – John Armitt, English chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority
- 1946 – Blake Clark, American comedian and actor
- 1946 – Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian politician, 3rd President of Mali
- 1946 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (d. 2009)
- 1947 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
- 1948 – Caroline Gipps, British academic
- 1948 – Ina Garten, American chef and author
- 1948 – Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- 1948 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (d. 1973)
- 1949 – Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and author
- 1949 – Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (d. 1996)
- 1949 – Brent Spiner, American actor
- 1949 – Ross Valory, American bass player (Journey and The Storm)
- 1950 – Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler
- 1950 – Libby Purves, English radio presenter, journalist and author
- 1950 – Barbara Sukowa, German actress
- 1950 – Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
- 1951 – Ken Bruce, Scottish radio presenter
- 1951 – Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
- 1952 – John Cornyn, American politician
- 1952 – Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
- 1952 – Rick Dufay, American guitarist who played in Aerosmith
- 1953 – Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
- 1953 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Christie Brinkley, American model and actress
- 1954 – Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier, actor, and singer
- 1954 – Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician (d. 2013)
- 1954 – John Tudor, American baseball player
- 1955 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author
- 1955 – Virginia Leng, Maltese horse rider
- 1955 – Kim Zimmer, American actress
- 1957 – Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
- 1958 – Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
- 1960 – Jari Porttila, Finnish journalist
- 1961 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (d. 2013)
- 1961 – Lauren Lane, American actress
- 1961 – Steve Penney, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 – Philippe Claudel, French director
- 1962 – Andy Fordham, English darts player
- 1962 – Luke Johnson, English entrepreneur
- 1962 – Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
- 1962 – Michael T. Weiss, American actor
- 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1963 – Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1963 – Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist
- 1963 – Stephen McGann, English actor
- 1965 – Carl Airey, English footballer
- 1965 – Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
- 1966 – Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player
- 1966 – Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Stone Temple Pilots, Army of Anyone, and Talk Show)
- 1966 – Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
- 1967 – Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
- 1968 – Sean Elliott, American basketball player
- 1968 – Scott Erickson, American baseball player
- 1968 – Thomas Teige, German martial artist and actor
- 1968 – Simon Wickham-Smith, English singer, astrologer, and academic
- 1969 – Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer
- 1970 – C. Ernst Harth, Canadian actor
- 1970 – Nikolaos Michopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1970 – Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
- 1970 – Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and screenwriter
- 1971 – Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter, actress and author.
- 1971 – Rockwilder, American rapper and producer
- 1972 – Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter
- 1972 – Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1972 – Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer
- 1973 – Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
- 1973 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
- 1973 – Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
- 1975 – Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Donald Driver, American football player
- 1975 – Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
- 1975 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
- 1976 – Lori Beth Denberg, American actress
- 1976 – James Hickman, English swimmer
- 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1977 – Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
- 1978 – Eden Espinosa, American actress and singer
- 1978 – Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer
- 1978 – Rich Sommer, American actor
- 1978 – Faye White, English footballer
- 1979 – Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
- 1979 – Christine Bleakley, Northern Irish television presenter
- 1979 – Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler
- 1979 – Mayer Hawthorne, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Klaus Mainzer, German rugby player
- 1979 – Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
- 1979 – Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
- 1980 – Angela Finger-Erben, German journalist
- 1980 – Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler
- 1980 – Gucci Mane, American rapper and producer
- 1980 – Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
- 1981 – Michelle Bass, English model
- 1982 – Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
- 1982 – Brandy Talore, American porn actress
- 1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 – Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete, long jumper and triple jumper
- 1983 – Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
- 1983 – Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fightstar)
- 1984 – Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor
- 1984 – Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter
- 1985 – Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player
- 1985 – Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 – Prinzzess, American pornographic actress and Penthouse Pet
- 1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress
- 1987 – Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
- 1987 – Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
- 1987 – Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
- 1987 – Javon Ringer, American football player
- 1987 – Jill Scott, English footballer
- 1987 – Martin Spanjers, American actor
- 1991 – Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
- 1992 – Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer
- 1992 – Danielle White, American singer-songwriter and actress (American Juniors)
- 1993 – Ravel Morrison, English footballer
- 1995 – Paul Digby, English footballer
- 1995 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer programmer (d. 2012)
Deaths[edit]
- 619 – Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop
- 1124 – Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1064)
- 1218 – Konstantin of Rostov (b. 1186)
- 1250 – Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
- 1260 – Sadok and 48 Dominican martyrs from Sandomierz
- 1294 – Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1229)
- 1307 – Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (b. 1265)
- 1448 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Muslim scholar of jurisprudence (b. 1372)
- 1461 – Owen Tudor, Welsh soldier (b. 1400)
- 1512 – Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
- 1529 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian author and diplomat (b. 1478)
- 1580 – Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1558)
- 1594 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (b. 1525)
- 1648 – George Abbot, English author (b. 1603)
- 1660 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
- 1660 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
- 1661 – Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (b. 1596)
- 1675 – Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1594)
- 1688 – Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (b. 1610)
- 1704 – Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (b. 1661)
- 1712 – Martin Lister, English physician (b. 1639)
- 1714 – John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
- 1723 – Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (b. 1666)
- 1768 – Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
- 1769 – Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
- 1802 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
- 1804 – George Walton, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1749)
- 1904 – William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
- 1905 – Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
- 1907 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
- 1909 – Carlo Acton, Italian composer and pianist (b. 1829)
- 1913 – Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and inventor (b. 1845)
- 1918 – John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
- 1919 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian military commander (b. 1894)
- 1925 – Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (b. 1867)
- 1925 – Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
- 1926 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
- 1932 – Agha Petros, Assyrian military leader (b. 1880)
- 1939 – Bernhard Gregory, German chess player (b. 1879)
- 1942 – Ado Birk, Estonian politician (b. 1883)
- 1942 – Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905)
- 1942 – Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
- 1945 – Alfred Delp, German priest (b. 1907)
- 1945 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
- 1945 – Johannes Popitz, Prussian politician (b. 1884)
- 1948 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker (b. 1870)
- 1948 – Bevil Rudd, South African runner (b. 1894)
- 1950 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
- 1952 – Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
- 1954 – Hella Wuolijoki, Finnish author (b. 1886)
- 1956 – Charles Grapewin, American actor (b. 1869)
- 1956 – Truxton Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (b. 1878)
- 1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
- 1957 – Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
- 1961 – Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1962 – Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist (b. 1914)
- 1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)
- 1970 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1970 – Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
- 1972 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
- 1973 – Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
- 1974 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1922)
- 1975 – Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian (b. 1883)
- 1979 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (Sex Pistols, Vicious White Kids, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Flowers of Romance) (b. 1957)
- 1980 – William Howard Stein, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- 1982 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b. 1905)
- 1983 – Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (Mississippi Sheiks) (b. 1897)
- 1986 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (b. 1957)
- 1987 – Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
- 1987 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish author (b. 1922)
- 1988 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (b. 1929)
- 1989 – Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
- 1989 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand politician (b. 1901)
- 1990 – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguiast (b. 1905)
- 1990 – Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
- 1992 – Bert Parks, American actor, and singer (b. 1914)
- 1993 – François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 1995 – Thomas Hayward, American tenor (b. 1917)
- 1995 – Fred Perry, English tennis player (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (b. 1919)
- 1996 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
- 1997 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
- 1997 – Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1998 – Haroun Tazieff, French geologist (b. 1914)
- 1999 – David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Triffids and The Blackeyed Susans) (b. 1962)
- 2002 – Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (Exodus) (b. 1960)
- 2002 – Claude Brown, American author (b. 1937)
- 2003 – Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Bernard McEveety, American director (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
- 2007 – Vijay Arora, Indian actor (b. 1944)
- 2007 – Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
- 2007 – Joe Hunter, American pianist (The Funk Brothers) (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
- 2007 – Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
- 2008 – Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (b. 1960)
- 2011 – Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (b. 1975)
- 2011 – Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Dorothy Gilman, American author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Arlene Ackerman, American educator (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (b. 1961)
- 2013 – John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Chris Kyle, American Navy Seal (b. 1974)
- 2013 – Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (b. 1943)
- 2013 – Pepper Paire, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2013 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Jack Singer, Canadian businessman (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Walt Sweeney, American football player (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Tyrice Thompson, American football player (b. 1985)
- 2013 – Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)
- Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity), and its related observances:
- A quarter day in the Christian calendar (due to Candlemas). (Scotland)
- Celebration of Yemanja (Candomblé)
- La Chandeleur or Crêpe Day (France)
- Our Lady of Navigators (Brazil)
- Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Constitution Day (Philippines)
- Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)
- Earliest day on which Shrove Monday can fall, while March 8 is the latest; celebrated on Monday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity), and its related observances:
- Bun Day (Iceland)[citation needed]
- Fastelavn (Denmark)
- Rosenmontag (Germany)
- Groundhog Day (United States and Canada)
- Inventor's Day (Thailand)[citation needed]
- World Wetlands Day (International)
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” - Deuteronomy 6:4-5
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
February 1: Morning
"They shall sing in the ways of the Lord." - Psalm 138:5
The time when Christians begin to sing in the ways of the Lord is when they first lose their burden at the foot of the Cross. Not even the songs of the angels seem so sweet as the first song of rapture which gushes from the inmost soul of the forgiven child of God. You know how John Bunyan describes it. He says when poor Pilgrim lost his burden at the Cross, he gave three great leaps, and went on his way singing--
"Blest Cross! blest Sepulchre! blest rather be
The Man that there was put to shame for me!"
Believer, do you recollect the day when your fetters fell off? Do you remember the place when Jesus met you, and said, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love; I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a thick cloud thy sins; they shall not be mentioned against thee any more forever." Oh! what a sweet season is that when Jesus takes away the pain of sin. When the Lord first pardoned my sin, I was so joyous that I could scarce refrain from dancing. I thought on my road home from the house where I had been set at liberty, that I must tell the stones in the street the story of my deliverance. So full was my soul of joy, that I wanted to tell every snow-flake that was falling from heaven of the wondrous love of Jesus, who had blotted out the sins of one of the chief of rebels. But it is not only at the commencement of the Christian life that believers have reason for song; as long as they live they discover cause to sing in the ways of the Lord, and their experience of his constant lovingkindness leads them to say, "I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth." See to it, brother, that thou magnifiest the Lord this day.
"Long as we tread this desert land,
New mercies shall new songs demand."
"Blest Cross! blest Sepulchre! blest rather be
The Man that there was put to shame for me!"
Believer, do you recollect the day when your fetters fell off? Do you remember the place when Jesus met you, and said, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love; I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a thick cloud thy sins; they shall not be mentioned against thee any more forever." Oh! what a sweet season is that when Jesus takes away the pain of sin. When the Lord first pardoned my sin, I was so joyous that I could scarce refrain from dancing. I thought on my road home from the house where I had been set at liberty, that I must tell the stones in the street the story of my deliverance. So full was my soul of joy, that I wanted to tell every snow-flake that was falling from heaven of the wondrous love of Jesus, who had blotted out the sins of one of the chief of rebels. But it is not only at the commencement of the Christian life that believers have reason for song; as long as they live they discover cause to sing in the ways of the Lord, and their experience of his constant lovingkindness leads them to say, "I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth." See to it, brother, that thou magnifiest the Lord this day.
"Long as we tread this desert land,
New mercies shall new songs demand."
Evening
"Thy love to me was wonderful." - 2 Samuel 1:26
Come, dear readers, let each one of us speak for himself of the wonderful love, not of Jonathan, but of Jesus. We will not relate what we have been told, but the things which we have tasted and handled-of the love of Christ. Thy love to me, O Jesus, was wonderful when I was a stranger wandering far from thee, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind. Thy love restrained me from committing the sin which is unto death, and withheld me from self-destruction. Thy love held back the axe when Justice said, "Cut it down! why cumbereth it the ground?" Thy love drew me into the wilderness, stripped me there, and made me feel the guilt of my sin, and the burden of mine iniquity. Thy love spake thus comfortably to me when, I was sore dismayed--"Come unto me, and I will give thee rest." Oh, how matchless thy love when, in a moment, thou didst wash my sins away, and make my polluted soul, which was crimson with the blood of my nativity, and black with the grime of my transgressions, to be white as the driven snow, and pure as the finest wool. How thou didst commend thy love when thou didst whisper in my ears, "I am thine and thou art mine." Kind were those accents when thou saidst, "The Father himself loveth you." And sweet the moments, passing sweet, when thou declaredst to me "the love of the Spirit." Never shall my soul forget those chambers of fellowship where thou has unveiled thyself to me. Had Moses his cleft in the rock, where he saw the train, the back parts of his God? We, too, have had our clefts in the rock, where we have seen the full splendours of the Godhead in the person of Christ. Did David remember the tracks of the wild goat, the land of Jordan and the Hermonites? We, too, can remember spots to memory dear, equal to these in blessedness. Precious Lord Jesus, give us a fresh draught of thy wondrous love to begin the month with. Amen.
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Jesaiah, Jeshaiah
[Jēsā'iah,Jē shā'iah] - jehovah is opulent or hath saved.
1. A son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel (1 Chron. 3:21). 2. A son of Jeduthun and a musician in David's time (1 Chron. 25:3, 15).
3. A Levite, son of Rehabiah and grandson of Eliezer, son of Moses (1 Chron. 26:25).
4. A son of Athaliah and head of his father's house at Elam, who with seventy males returned from Babylon with Ezra (Ezra 8:7).
5. A Merarite included in the above seventy (Ezra 8:19).
6. A son of Benjamin, the father of Ithiel whose descendants dwelt in Jerusalem (Neh. 11:7).
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Today's reading: Exodus 27-28, Matthew 21:1-22 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Exodus 27-28
The Altar of Burnt Offering
1 "Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. 2 Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. 3 Make all its utensils of bronze--its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans....Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 21:1-22
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 "Say to Daughter Zion,'See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"
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