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Alexander:

a Greek name meaning "Protector of men."

Namesakes

Alexander the Great
Macedonian ruler who conquered much of the known world of his day.  Ruled the largest western empire of the ancient world

Alexander I - VIII
Eight Roman Catholic popes served under this name, from Alexander I (105-115) to Alexander VIII (1689-1691).

Alexander I (1777 - 1825)
Tsar of Russia, 1801-25.  Led Russia through the Napoleonic wars, personally commanding troops at the Battle of Austerlitz

Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922)
American inventor who specialized in telecommunications and aircraft.

Alexander Fleming (1881 - 1955)
British bacteriologist who discovered and developed penicillin.

Alexander Hamilton (1757 - 1804)
American lawyer and statesman. Mortally wounded in a duel with political opponent Aaron Burr.

 

February 16th, A Day in History

1760 Cherokee Indians held hostage at Fort St. George are killed in revenge for Indian attacks on frontier settlements
1862 Fort Donelson, Tennessee, falls to Grant's Federal forces, but not before Nathan Bedford Forrest escapes
1865 Columbia, South Carolina, surrenders to Federal troops
1914 First airplane flight to Los Angeles from San Francisco
1934 Thousands of Socialists battle Communists at a rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden
1937 Dupont patents a new thread, nylon, which will replace silk in a number of products and reduce costs
1945 American paratroopers land on Corregidor, in a campaign to liberate the Philippines
1946 First commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct.
1951 Stalin contends the U.N. is becoming the weapon of aggressive war
1952 The FBI arrests 10 members of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina
1957 A U.S. flag flies over an outpost in Wilkes Land, Antarctica.
1959 Fidel Castro takes the oath as Cuban premier in Havana.
1961 First all-solid-propellant rocket put into orbit
1965 Four persons are held in a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell and the Washington Monument
1966 The World Council of Churches being held in Geneva, urges immediate peace in Vietnam
2002 Alexander Thomas Schloesser is born, quite possibly the best little boy ever!!!!!

 

February 16th, A Day in Rock & Roll History

1963 "Please Please Me" by The Beatles hits #1 on the British pop chart. It was their first #1 hit
1964 A week after their debut appearance, The Beatles perform for the second time on "The Ed Sullivan Show" -- this time they aren't in the studio, they're performing live from the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. 70 million people watch
1968 Aretha Franklin day is declared in Detroit
1974 Elton John releases "Bennie and the Jets." 
1990 Ike Turner is sentenced to 4 years in prison on cocaine charges

1992

 Mick Jagger spends the night in a Tokyo airport hotel because he didn't have proper papers to enter the country. Eventually Japanese Immigration officials issued him a visa and he went on his way

1993

 A Faces reunion takes place at the Brit Awards in London. Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, Kenny Jones and Bill Wyman (who was filling in for the sick Ronnie Lane) perform "Stay With Me" and "Sweet Little Rock 'n Roller

 

Others Born on February 16th

1620 Frederick William, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia.
1838 Henry Adams, U.S. historian, son and grandson of the presidents
1903 Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist and radio comedian
1904 George Kennan, U.S. diplomat and historian.
1909 Hugh Beaumont (actor: To the Shores of Tripoli, Leave It to Beaver)
1940 Sonny (Salvatore) Bono (singer: group: Sonny & Cher
1944 Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Sportswriter, Independence Day)

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