This Day In History

February 21st

1842  John J. Greenough of Washington, DC. patents the sewing machine.
1878  The first telephone directories are issued in the US are distributed in New Haven, Connecticut.
1904  The National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan.
1932 William N. Goodwin of Newark, New Jersey patents the camera exposure meter.
1976  One of the original Supremes singing group, Florence Ballard, dies in Detroit, Michigan.
1982  Legendary DJ Murray The K dies in Los Angeles, California of cancer.
1999  Film Critic Gene Siskel dies at age53.

1921  Fencer Albert Axelrod
1927  Humorist & columnist Erma Bombeck Fiste
1927  Fashion Designer Hubert de Givenchy
1943  Record Executive David Geffen
1946  Tricia Nixon (Cox) (Daughter of US President Richard M. Nixon)

1956

• Dungaree Doll - Eddie Fisher

• Moritat (A Theme from the 'Three Penny Opera') - Dick Hyman Trio

• See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley and his Comets

• Are You Satisfied? - Rusty Draper

1965

• Downtown - Petula Clark

• This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis and The Playboys

• The Boy from New York City - The Ad Libs

• King of the Road - Roger Miller

1974

• The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand

• Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

• Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin

• That's the Way Love Goes - Johnny Rodriguez

1983

• Shame On the Moon - Bob Seger

• Baby, Come to Me - Patti Austin and James Ingram

• Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

• Faking Love - T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks

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