Today is...

[TPW]

February 1st is also...

International Face & Body Art Day









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[closed224]

TPW I love what you have done with your lips and the candy decorating day. Very erotic.


And I am speechless on the body art. I cant imagine the talent required to do that.

 

[TPW]

TPW I love what you have done with your lips and the candy decorating day. Very erotic.


And I am speechless on the body art. I cant imagine the talent required to do that.

Haha...thank you Wishful. My avatar change is also in celebration of February - the month of love, sex and candy - a personal favourite.

I agree...the talent required and the end results of body art are truly stunning.

 

[not2big]

In History:

1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

1587 - Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

1669 - French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion

1788 - 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet

1865 - 13th amendment abolishing slavery approved (National Freedom Day)

1893 - Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)

1920 - Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police

1949 - RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)

1953 - "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television and it was a day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times.

1957 - Felix Wankel's first working prototype DKM 54 of the Wankel engine was running at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany. Can the RX8 be far behind.

1965 - Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala

1975 - "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65

1982 - "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest

2004 - Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.

 

[TPW]

February 2nd

Today is...



Groundhog Day

Ayn Rand Day

Candlemas

Crepe Day (La Chandeleur)

Groundhog Job Shadow Day

Heavenly Hash Day

Hedgehog Day

Imbolic

Marmot Day

Sled Dog Day


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[not2big]

In History:

506 - Alaric II, king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Lex Romania Visigothorum (or Breviary of Alaric), a collection of Roman law

962 - Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor

1653 - New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)

1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico & Arizona for $15 million

1863 - Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for first time

1901 - Queen Victoria's funeral takes place.

1920 - France occupies (German) Memel territory

1925 - Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km

1940 - Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch)

1950 - 1st broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS-TV. Who remembers Dorothy Kilgallen?

1959 - Buddy Holly's last performance

 

[TPW]

February 3rd

Today is...



The Day the Music Died
…dubbed so by a lyric in the Don McLean song "American Pie", is a reference to the deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959. Pilot Roger Peterson was also killed.

African American Coaches Day :first:

Elmo's Birthday arty:

Four Chaplains Memorial Day ray:

National Carrot Cake Day :hungry:

National Cordova Ice Worm Day

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[not2big]

In History:

1451 - Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.

1576 - Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris during the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

1743 - Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants

1815 - World's first commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland

1876 - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football

1919 - League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)

1943 - 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others

1959 - "The Day the Music Died" plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J. P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake Iowa.

1966 - 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)

1993 - Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in LA Calif

1997 - Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY. Billions and billions attend.

 

[TPW]

February 4th

Today is...



Liberace Day

Digital Learning Day

Facebook's Birthday

Medjoola Date Day

National Create A Vacuum Day

National Homemade Soup Day

National Signing Day

National Stuffed Mushroom Day

National Thank a Mailman Day

Quacker Day

USO Day

World Cancer Day
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[not2big]

I created a vacuum in a cylinder this morning and kept it on for 20 minutes.

 

[not2big]

In History:

960 - The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
1194 - 100,000 ransom is paid for Richard I, King of England
1784 - 1st unmanned balloon flight in Ireland

1789 - 1st US electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as President and Vice-President

1824 - J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public

1924 - 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix, France

1938 - Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is officially released

1941 - United Service Organization (USO) founded

1971 - British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt

1982 - Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash

2003 - The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.

 

[TPW]

February 5th

Today is...



National Chocolate Fondue Day

Adlai Stevenson Day

Move Hollywood and Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day

National Weatherman's Day :rain: :snow:

Western Monarch Day

World Nutella Day
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[not2big]

In History:

1512 - French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna

1572 - Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out

1679 - German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

1818 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.

1879 - Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow

1885 - King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal colonial possession

1901 - Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot

1937 - 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released

1948 - Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion

1962 - Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16 degrees

1974 - Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph

1981 - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane

1988 - 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan. What ever happened to a Haystacks Calhoun?

1994 - "Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV

1997 - OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson in a civil court action.

2013 - UK House of Commons votes in favour of same-sex marriage

 

[DDCRLO]

Inspirational. Thank you! :angel:

 

[TPW]

February 6th

Today is...




Working Naked Day


Bubble Gum Day

Canadian Maple Syrup Day

Girl Scout Cookie Day

Give Kids a Smile Day

Lame Duck Day

National Doodle Day

Wear Red Day


Today is also our friendly neighbourhood nekked nerd's birthday...


arty::dance::dance:arty:
Happy Birthday Nerd-Since-92!
:Booty::nerd:

 

[closed224]

Happy birthday Nerd. Thanks for nothing on the naked work day though. I just got arrested.

 

[Cool-Since-92]

Happy birthday Nerd. Thanks for nothing on the naked work day though. I just got arrested.

Thanks Wishful! Hmmm, guess I could let you borrow my "get out of jail free card"....:ballchain:

 

[not2big]

i believe he is also naked

In History:

337 - St Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1626 - Huguenot rebels & French sign Peace of La Rochelle

1778 - France recognizes USA, signs Treaty of Alliance in Paris; 1st US treaty

1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.

1899 - Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate

1935 - "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time

1952 - Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne (63 years later and she is still there)

1965 - Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1

1968 - Former Pres Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one

1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)

1982 - "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart

2014 - Jay Leno ends his time on The Tonight Show

 

[TPW]

February 7th

Today is...



Ballet Day

Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Dump Your Significant Jerk Day

"e" Day (math) :nerd:

Ice Cream For Breakfast Day

National Fettuccine Alfredo Day

Send a Card to a Friend Day

Take Your Child to the Library Day

Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day :nono:


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[closed224]

God I can't believe I screwed up the ice cream for breakfast day.