Spacetime for the week of 2/7/07

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

By Ed Bushnell

February 7
1942 – Cornelius Warnerdam becomes the first person to clear 15 feet on an indoor pole vault.  
1962 – Jane Fonda makes her acting debut on NBC’s “A String of Beads.”  

1964 – Baskin-Robbins introduces a new flavor of ice cream: Beatle Nut. On the same day, the Beatles land at JFK for their first American tour.

February 8  
1802 – Simon Willard patents the Banjo Clock.  
1887 – The first ski club in the U.S. forms (the Aurora Club of Red Wing, MN).  1915 – “Birth of a Nation” premieres in Los Angeles.


February 9  
1934 – The coldest day ever recorded in NYC:   -14.3 degrees F.  
1969 – The 747 makes its first commercial flight.  
1997 – “The Simpsons” becomes the longest running animated series in television history.


February 10  
1863 – P.T. Barnum stages the wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Warren.  
1920 – Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with the ball.  
1940 – “Tom and Jerry” debut; “In the Mood” hits #1.

February 11  
660 B.C. – Emperor Jimmu Tenno allegedly founds Japan.  
1942 – “Archie” comic book debuts.  1978 – China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens. It retains its ban, however, on “Archie.”

February 12  
1879 – The first artificial ice rink in the U.S. opens, at Madison Square Garden.  1964 – The Beatles play Carnegie Hall. 1995 – Sun Cayun sets a women’s indoor pole vault record at 4.13 meters (13.55 feet).

February 13  
1924 – King Tut’s tomb is opened.  
1959 – “Barbie” goes on sale.  
1982 – Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” enters its 402nd week on the charts.


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