Today is...

[Scandinavia]

Well, I think I may start to like curling.

 

[TPW]

Yup; I guess they would have fun with all 9 of them!

Hmm Cuspie, I am suddenly imagining...

 

[TPW]

Well, I think I may start to like curling.

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Thata boy Scandinavia! There are some truly lovely looking ladies who curl...more than their hair.

 

[closed224]

Cleanest ice in the world from all the sweeping. They should come do my man camp room.

 

[not2big]

Diesel engine for container ship (the little blue things are men)

In History:

1455 - Johannes Gutenberg prints his first book, Bible (estimated date)
1540 - Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities of Cibola

1574 - France begins 5th "holy war" against Huguenots

1836 - Alamo besieged for 13 days until 6th March by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed

1896 - Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield

1903 - The US and Cuba sign an agreement by which Cuba releases Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to the US for naval stations (and gets ready to receive Islamic terrorists)

1915 - Nevada establishes convenient divorce law

1940 - Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" released

1945 - US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo and later a statue in the Marine Corps War Memorial

1995 - Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33)

 

[TPW]

February 24th

Today is...



World Bartender Day

Museum Advocacy Day

National Tortilla Chip Day

Single Tasking Day

World Spay Day

National Cupcake Day (Canada) :canada:




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[not2big]

In History:

303 - 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued by Emperor Diocletian
1389 - Battle at Falköping: Danes defeat King Albert of Sweden
1527 - Ferdinand of Austria crowned as king of Bohemia

1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain

1839 - Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia

1924 - Johnny Weissmuller, swims 100m record (57 2/5 secs) while Jane and Cheeta look on

1938 - Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles

1998 - Elton John knighted

2002 - Canada defeats the United States 5-2 to win the men's ice hockey Olympic Gold Medal

2014 - A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered (by JP) to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust

 

[JonPop]

"2014 - A 4.4 billion-year-old Crystal is discovered (by JP) to be the oldest known fragment from the earth's crust"

Yes. And I still wear it around my neck. It gives me strength to deal with the knuckleheads.

 

[TPW]

February 25th

Today is...



National Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

Inconvenience Yourself Day

National Clam Chowder Day
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[not2big]

In History:

138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.

1570 - Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England, absolves her subjects from allegiance

1751 - 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent) I wonder if Big Al was there.

1836 - Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm


1901 - US Steel Corp organized under J P Morgan

1940 - 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians) and BigO still hasn't changed the Chanel.

1950 - "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen

1957 - Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"

1963 - Beatles release their 1st single in US "Please Please Me"

1982 - Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs. Ah one ana two - here come the Lennon sisters

1998 - Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich

 

[TPW]

February 26th

Today is...



Levi Strauss Day

Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day :nerd:

National Bacon Day

National Chili Day

National For Pete's Sake Day

National Personal Chef's Day :hungry:

Pistachio Day

(My Birthday )​

 

[not2big]

364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.

1616 - Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo

1848 - Marx & Engels publish "Communist Manifesto"

1930 - 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)

1936 - Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen"

1984 - Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC "Hymietown"

 

[TPW]

February 27th

Today is...



National Strawberry Day

International Polar Bear Day

National Kahlua Day

National Day of Action (Peace Corps)

Read Me Day


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[MrB8]

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[not2big]

​In History

837 - 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1594 - Henri IV crowned king of France

1874 - Baseball 1st played in England at Lord's Cricket Ground

1907 - Psychiatrists Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud meet for the first time in Vienna

1981 - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"


1982 - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw

System not letting me add any more

 

[TPW]

February 28th

Today is...



Floral Design Day

International Sword Swallowers Day

International Tongue Twister Contest Day

National Chocolate Souffle Day

National Tooth Fairy Day

Open That Bottle Night

Rare Disease Day
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[not2big]

In History:

202 BC - Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China

1646 - Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church

1749 - 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published

1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal

1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws

2012 - Discovery of the largest prehistoric penguin, Kairuku grebneffi, at nearly 5ft tall

 

[closed224]

What no comment about the current resident largest penguin in the world? 5'101/2" 255lbs and shrinking?

 

[TPW]

March 1st

Today is...



National Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Day

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

Daughters' and Sons' Day :baby:

Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day

Namesake Day

National Horse Protection Day

National Peanut Lovers Day

Pig Day

Plan a Solo Vacation Day :fish2:

Refired, Not Retired Day

Saint David's Day

World Compliment Day :thanks:

Zero Discrimination Day
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[not2big]

752 BC - Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women.

492 - St Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1260 - Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus

1815 - Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law and still enforced in Paramus, NJ.

1872 - Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park

1896 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.

1913 - US federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment) Can't wait for April 15

1932 - The 20 month old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is kidnapped from their home in East Amwell, New Jersey in what became known as the "Lindbergh kidnapping"

1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed.

1957 - Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor

1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp