TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019

On this day in history:

1796 - Australia’s first bushranger, John ‘Black’ Caesar, is shot.

1876 - The current state flag of New South Wales is adopted.

1900 - The British threaten to use natives in their war with the Boers.

1942 - During World War II, Singapore surrendered to the Japanese.

1961 - A Boeing 707 crashed in Belgium killing 73 people.

1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.

1989 - After nine years of intervention, the Soviet Union announced that the remainder of its troops had left Afghanistan.

1991 - The leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland signed the Visegard agreement, in which they pledged to cooperate in transforming their countries to free-market economies. BIRTHDAYS

Galileo Galilei 1564

John Sutter 1803 Charles Tiffany 1812 Harold Arlen 1905

Cesar Romero 1907

Kevin McCarthy 1914

Hank Locklin 1918 Harvey Korman 1927 Graham Hill 1929

Claire Bloom 1931 Gerhard M. Sessler 1931 Adolfo (Adolfo Sardina) 1933 Susan Brownmiller 1935

Bill Bradley (Will Jr.) 1938 Brian Holland 1941 - Songwriter Mick Avory (The Kinks) 1944 John Helliwell (Supertramp) 1945

Rusty Hamer 1947

David Brown (Santana) 1947 Sherry (Sharon) Jackson 1947 Marisa Berenson 1948 Jane Seymour 1951 - Actress Melissa Manchester 1951 Singer

Matt Groenig 1954 - Cartoonist Ali Campbell 1959 - Musician (UB40)

Mikey Craig 1960 - Musician (Culture Club)

Chris Farley 1964 Michael Easton 1967 Emily May Young 1970 Renee O’Connor 1971 Brandon Boyd 1976 - Musician (Incubus), author

Ashley Lyn Cafagna 1983