What Happened In February 1967 In History

Historical Events for February, 1967

• 3rd » Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
• 10th » The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution known as 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• 13th » United States American researchers discover the Madrid Codex (I-II) Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the Biblioteca Nacional de España National Library of Spain.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1967

• 1st » Meg Cabot, American author
• 1st » Shishupal Natthu Patle, Indian politician
• 2nd » Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player
• 2nd » Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
• 3rd » Dave Benson Phillips, English actor
• 3rd » Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
• 3rd » Bob Taylor (footballer) named Bob Taylor, English footballer
• 4th » Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
• 5th » Chris Parnell, American actor
• 6th » Anita Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 6th » Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard) (d. 2007)
• 7th » Richie Burnett, Welsh darts player
• 7th » Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
• 8th » Rachel Cusk, Canadian-English author
• 9th » Todd Pratt, American baseball player
• 10th » Laura Dern, American actress, director, and producer
• 10th » Jacky Durand, French cyclist
• 10th » Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (d. 1999)
• 10th » Vince Gilligan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 11th » Uwe Daßler, German swimmer
• 11th » Hank Gathers, American basketball player (d. 1990)
• 11th » Ty Treadway, American actor and talk show host
• 12th » Chris McKinstry, Canadian computer scientist (d. 2006)
• 12th » N. Ravikiran, Indian singer-songwriter
• 13th » Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach
• 14th » Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet
• 14th » Manuela Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 14th » Mark Rutte, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 15th » Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 15th » Kelley Menighan Hensley, American actress
• 15th » Syed Kamall, English politician
• 15th » Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 16th » Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Chanté Moore, American singer-songwriter
• 18th » Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 18th » Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
• 18th » Tracey Edmonds, American businesswoman
• 18th » Colin Jackson, Welsh sprinter and hurdler
• 18th » Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
• 18th » John Valentin, American baseball player
• 18th » Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian martial artist
• 19th » Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
• 20th » Paul Accola, Swiss skier
• 20th » Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nirvana (band) known as Nirvana and Fecal Matter (band) known as Fecal Matter) (d. 1994)
• 20th » David Herman, American comedian and actor
• 20th » Andrew Shue, American actor
• 20th » Kath Soucie, American actress
• 20th » Lili Taylor, American actress
• 20th » Tom Waddle, American football player
• 21st » Leroy Burrell, American runner
• 21st » Silke-Beate Knoll, German sprinter
• 22nd » Psicosis II, Mexican wrestler
• 22nd » Anthony Hardwood, Hungarian-American porn actor
• 22nd » Alf Poier, Austrian comedian and actor
• 22nd » Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Hélène Darroze, French chef
• 23rd » Chris Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker (band) called Tweaker, Die Warzau, and Exotic Birds)
• 24th » Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
• 24th » Fernando Tejero, Spanish actor
• 25th » Ed Balls, English politician
• 25th » Jonathan Freedland, English journalist
• 26th » James Allodi, Canadian actor and director
• 26th » Mark Carroll (rugby league) called Mark Carroll, Australian rugby player
• 26th » Currie Graham, Canadian-American actor
• 27th » Jonathan Ive, English designer
• 27th » Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer
• 28th » Colin Cooper, English footballer and manager
• 28th » Martin Tielli, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rheostatics and Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle)

Famous Deaths for February 1967

• 4th » Albert Orsborn, American 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886)
• 5th » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
• 5th » Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
• 6th » Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
• 11th » Tran Tu Binh, Vietnamese general and diplomat (b. 1907)
• 11th » A. J. Muste, Dutch-American clergyman and activist (b. 1885)
• 14th » Sig Ruman, German-American actor (b. 1884)
• 15th » Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
• 16th » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 18th » Dragiša Cvetković, Yugoslav politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 18th » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904)
• 21st » Charles Beaumont, American author (b. 1929)
• 28th » Henry Luce, Chinese-American publisher, co-founded 'Time (magazine) named Time Magazine (b. 1898)

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