Monday, February 23, 2026

On this day in music history:

American VI: Ain’t No Grave by Johnny Cash (2010)

Intermundia by Olivia Belli (2024)

American VI: Ain’t No Grave

Album by Johnny Cash,

released February 23, 2010.

Track list: Ain't No Grave; Redemption Day; For the Good Times; I Corinthians 15:55; Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound; Satisfied Mind; I Don't Hurt Anymore; Cool Water; Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream; Aloha Oe.

Intermundia

Album by Olivia Belli,

released February 23, 2024.

Track list: Anima I; Bet Ha-Chaim; Respiro 1; Valadier; Diomedea; Respiro 2; Mirando; Anima II; Pian Perduto; Respiro 3; Amber Maze; Frater; Respiro 4; Sibyl.

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Albert Einstein, on imagination:

 

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.

- Albert Einstein.


Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:

 

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

a.k.a. Zitkala-Ša


Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:
American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923); Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).

Born on this day – Beatriz Michelena:


Beatriz Michelena


Actress

Writer

Producer

February 22, 1890 – October 10, 1942

Credits:
A Phyllis of the Sierras (1915); Golden Gate Weekly, No. 55 (1913); Heart of Juanita (1919); Just Squaw (1919); Mignon (1915); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1914); Salomy Jane (1914); Salvation Nell (1915); The Flame of Hellgate (1920); The Lily of Poverty Flat (1915); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Rose of the Misty Pool (1915); The Unwritten Law (1916); The Woman Who Dared (1916).

Born on this day – Luis Buñuel:


Luis Buñuel


Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983

Credits:
A Woman Without Love (1952); An Andalusian Dog (1929); Arena (1983); Belle de Jour (1967); Carmen (1926); Centinela, alerta! (1937); Daughter of Deceit (1951); Death in the Garden (1956); Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); Don Quintín el amargao (1935); Dry martini (2008); El (1953); En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965); España 1936 (1937); Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959); Gran Casino (1947); Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (1984); Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); La chute d'un corps (1973); La hija de Juan Simón (1935); La novia de medianoche (1997); Las Hurdes (1933); Le moine (1972); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Mauprat (1926); Mexican Bus Ride (1952); Nazarin (1959); Quién me quiere a mí? (1936); Robinson Crusoe (1954); Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951); Simon of the Desert (1965); Susana (1951); That Obscure Object of Desire (1977); The Brute (1953); The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); The Golden Age (1930); The Great Madcap (1949); The History of the Vatican (1940); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Milky Way (1969); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); The River and Death (1954); The Young and the Damned (1950); The Young One (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Tristana (1970); Una historia decente (1971); Viridiana (1961); Wuthering Heights (1954).

Born on this day – John Mills:


John Mills


Actor

Producer

Director

February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Credits:
Lights2 (2005); Bright Young Things (2003); The Gentleman Thief (2001); Great Performances (1998); Bean (1997); Hamlet (1996); Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); The English Programme (1994); Deadly Advice (1994); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); Frankenstein (1992); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Night of the Fox (1990); Ending Up (1989); A Tale of Two Cities (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); The Lady and the Highwayman (1988); Spit MacPhee (1988); Who's That Girl (1987); Hold the Dream (1987); When the Wind Blows (1986); Hotel (1986); Edge of the Wind (1985); Murder with Mirrors (1985); A Woman of Substance (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Sahara (1983); Gandhi (1982); Young at Heart (1980–1982); The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion) (1979); Zulu Dawn (1979); The Love Boat (1979); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); Dr. Strange (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Zoo Gang (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Young Winston (1972); Dulcima (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Run Wild, Run Free (1969); Emma Hamilton (1968); A Black Veil for Lisa (1968); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Chuka (1967); Africa: Texas Style (1967); The Family Way (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); King Rat (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); The Truth About Spring (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); Tiara Tahiti (1962); The Valiant (1962); Flame in the Streets (1961); The Parent Trap (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); Season of Passion (1959); Tiger Bay (1959); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Dunkirk (1958); The Circle (1957); Town on Trial (1957); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); War and Peace (1956); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); The Baby and the Battleship (1956); Escapade (1955); Above Us the Waves (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Colditz Story (1955); Hobson's Choice (1954); The Long Memory (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); Operation Disaster (1950); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The History of Mr. Polly (1949); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); The October Man (1947); So Well Remembered (1947); Great Expectations (1946); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Waterloo Road (1945); Information Please (1944); Victory Wedding (1944); This Happy Breed (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); We Dive at Dawn (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); In Which We Serve (1942); The Big Blockade (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Old Bill and Son (1941); All Hands (1940); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Green Cockatoo (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); Nine Days a Queen (1936); The First Offence (1936); Charing Cross Road (1936); Car of Dreams (1935); Born for Glory (1935); The Doctor's Secret (1934); Blind Justice (1934); The Lash (1934); Those Were the Days (1934); The River Wolves (1934); A Political Party (1934); Britannia of Billingsgate (1933); The Ghost Camera (1933); Midshipmaid Gob (1932).

Born on this day – Elizabeth MacRae:


Elizabeth MacRae


Actress

February 22, 1936 – May 27, 2024

Credits:
77 Sunset Strip (1962); Another World (1964–1999); Barnaby Jones (1976); Bonanza (1968); Burke's Law (1964); CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Country Comedy Shows (2006); Days of Our Lives (1976–1977); Death Valley Days (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); For Love or Money (1963); General Hospital (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966–1969); Guiding Light (1984); Gunsmoke (1962–1965); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1975); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Mannix (1972); Maverick (1961); Naked City (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Rawhide (1964); Rendezvous (1959); Rhoda (1977); Route 66 (1960–1964); Sam Benedict (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1985); Stoney Burke (1963); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Conversation (1974); The Fugitive (1964); The House of the Dead (1978); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Untouchables (1962); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); The Virginian (1965); The Wild Westerners (1962); Wild Is My Love (1963).