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Gravdigr · 02-23-2017, 01:48 PM

February 23

Today is Fat Thursday.

There are 47 days until Easter, 304 days until Christmas, and 311 days remaining in 2017.

Events

532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.

1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.

1739 – At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.

1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.

1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.

1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.

1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay (GitMo) to the United States "in perpetuity".

1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.

1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8th in the Gregorian calendar).

1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

1940 - Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics to 'This Land Is Your Land' in his room at the Hanover House Hotel in New York City.

1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.

1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.

1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.

1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.

1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.<--Interesting read.

1987 – Light from SN 1987A, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, reaches the Earth.

1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.

2002 - The Bee Gees made their last ever concert appearance when they appeared at the Love and Hope Ball, Miami Beach, Florida.

2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.

2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.

Births

1685 – George Frideric Handel

; 1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois; 1915 – Paul Tibbets (pilot of the Enola Gay); 1932 – Majel Barrett ('Nurse Chapel' on Star Trek TOS, 'Lwaxana Troi' on Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: DSN, ship's computer voices throughout); 1940 – Peter Fonda; 1944 – Johnny Winter

; 1948 – Steve Priest

(Sweet); 1951 – Ed "Too Tall" Jones; 1951 – Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement); 1952 – Brad Whitford

(Aerosmith); 1955 – Howard Jones; 1958 – David Sylvian♪ ♫(Japan); 1962 – Michael Wilton

(Queensrÿche); 1965 – Michael Dell (Dell Technologies); 1969 – Daymond John (Shark Tank, founded FUBU); 1994 – Dakota Fanning

Deaths

1821 – John Keats; 1848 – John Quincy Adams (6th POTUS); 1931 – Nellie Melba♪ ♫; 1944 – Leo Baekeland (Velox photographic paper, Bakelite); 1965 – Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy); 1995 – James Herriot (authored All Creatures Great And Small); 2003 – Howie Epstein

(Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

02-23-2017, 01:48 PM	#584
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	February 23 Today is Fat Thursday. There are 47 days until Easter, 304 days until Christmas, and 311 days remaining in 2017. Events 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1739 – At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer. 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas. 1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland. 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union. 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall. 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus. 1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay (GitMo) to the United States "in perpetuity". 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club. 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8th in the Gregorian calendar). 1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. 1940 - Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics to 'This Land Is Your Land' in his room at the Hanover House Hotel in New York City. 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag. 1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers. 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. 1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages. 1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.<--Interesting read. 1987 – Light from SN 1987A, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, reaches the Earth. 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people. 2002 - The Bee Gees made their last ever concert appearance when they appeared at the Love and Hope Ball, Miami Beach, Florida. 2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2. Births 1685 – George Frideric Handel; 1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois; 1915 – Paul Tibbets (pilot of the Enola Gay); 1932 – Majel Barrett ('Nurse Chapel' on Star Trek TOS, 'Lwaxana Troi' on Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: DSN, ship's computer voices throughout); 1940 – Peter Fonda; 1944 – Johnny Winter; 1948 – Steve Priest(Sweet); 1951 – Ed "Too Tall" Jones; 1951 – Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement); 1952 – Brad Whitford(Aerosmith); 1955 – Howard Jones; 1958 – David Sylvian♪ ♫(Japan); 1962 – Michael Wilton(Queensrÿche); 1965 – Michael Dell (Dell Technologies); 1969 – Daymond John (Shark Tank, founded FUBU); 1994 – Dakota Fanning Deaths 1821 – John Keats; 1848 – John Quincy Adams (6th POTUS); 1931 – Nellie Melba♪ ♫; 1944 – Leo Baekeland (Velox photographic paper, Bakelite); 1965 – Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy); 1995 – James Herriot (authored All Creatures Great And Small); 2003 – Howie Epstein(Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. 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