Fun On this date in history...

I think it may have been later, but I can't quite recall.

On This Day...

On Feb 14, 248, St. Valentine (a Roman Priest at the time) was beheaded by Emperor Claudius II

The St. Valentine's Day massacre and the discovery of penicillin occured on the same day in 1929.

On Feb 14, 1977, the band B-52's play their first gig.

 

Ha the B-52's are awesomely terrible.

 

Salman Rushdie was issued a fatwa by the tyrant Ayatollah Khomeini on this date twenty five years ago

This is one of the defining moments of western civilization in the last quarter century. Rather than stand up for the western writer using his right to free speech, Rushdie was villianized as being insensitive despite these extremists wanting to murder him. This is one of the many instances where the most extreme and intolerant religious extremists have perverted and terrorized our freedom of speech and religion to their own ends

 

On This Day...

The USS Maine explodes on Feb 15, 1898, killing 260 of it's nearly 400 crew members. It's loss is one of the events that led to the Spanish - American war.

On Feb 15, 1903, the first Teddy bear goes on sale.

The animated Disney film, Cinderella debuts on Feb 15, 1950

On Feb 15, 1965, Canada adopts the Maple Leaf flag as it's official flag.

Ethel Merman passes away on Feb 15, 1984

"The Intimidator" Dale Earnhardt wins his first Daytona 500 on Feb 15, 1998.

 

On This Day...

On Feb 16, 1923, archeologist Howard Carter opens King Tut's tomb.

On Feb 16, 1951, Stalin attacks the United Nations.

On Feb 16, 1959, Castro is sworn in as President of Cuba

Jeff Gordan becomes the youngest NASCAR driver to win the Daytona 500 on Feb 16, 1997

 

On This Day...

On Feb 17, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected the third President of the United States.

On Feb 17, 1820, the Missouri Compromise was passed by the Senate.

The Opera Madame Butterfly debuted on Feb 17, 1904

Actor Lee Strasberg passed away on Feb 17, 1982.

 

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On Feb 18, 1861 Jefferson Davis becomes provisional president of the Confederacy.

On Feb 18, 1885 the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published.

The first Academy Award winners were announced on Feb 18, 1929

On Feb 18, 1965, an avalance kills 26 in British Columbia

Pluto was discovered on Feb 18, 1930. Sorry, NASA still hasn't reclassified it as a planet again.

Richard Petty wins Daytona 500 on Feb 18, 1979. The race is more notable for the physical altarcation between Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough, after a final lap crash, which was caught by television cameras.

Dale Earnhardt Sr. is killed on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Feb 18, 2001.

 

On This Day...

George Washington signs the Postal Service Act on Feb 20, 1792

 

Hey 300 years after Columbus sailed the ocean blue!!!

 

On This Day...

On Feb 21, 1848, Karl Marx publishes The Communist Manifesto.

On Feb 21,1885, The Washington Monument is dedicated in D.C.

The stock - car racing organization NASCAR is founded on Feb 21, 1948

On Feb 21, 1952, Dick Button wins his second figure skating Olympic Medal

Malcolm X is assassinated on Feb 21, 1965.

On Feb 21, 1981, Dolly Parton's crossover song, "9 to 5" hits #1

 

On This Day...

George Washington is born on Feb 22, 1732

On Feb 22, 1959, Lee Petty wins the 1st Daytona 500

Actress Drew Barrymore was born on Feb 22, 1975

Miracle on Ice: The US hockey team defeats the Soviet team at the Olympics at Lake Placid on Feb 22, 1980

On Feb 22, 1990, duo Milli - Vanilli 'wins' the Grammy for Best New Artist. They are later forced to give it back after it was discovered they lip - synced their songs.

On Feb 22, 1998, deadly tornados rip through Florida.

Largest robbery in British history was committed on Feb 22, 2006

 

On This Day...

On Feb 23, 1945, the US flag is raised at Iwo Jima.

 

Letters from Iwo Jima was a fantastic war film.

 

Maria von Trapp died today. But the hills are still alive.

 

On This Day...

On Feb 24, 1988, the Supreme Court upholds the right to satirize public figures.

 

On This Day...

On Feb 25, 1964, Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston winning the heavyweight title in boxing. Later, Clay changed his name to the moniker he would be known by the rest of his life: Muhammad Ali.

 

On This Day...

The World Trade Center in NYC is bombed on Feb 26, 1993

 

On This Day...

On Feb 27, 1922, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote, was upheld as Constitutional by a unanimous Supreme Court.

Ralph Nader was born on Feb 27, 1934

On Feb 27, 1936, 20th Century Fox gives child actress Shirley Temple $50,000 per picture, the highest contract in hollywood history at that time.

On Feb 27, 1943, a mine explosion kills 74 in Montana

Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" wins the only Oscar award for Best Disco Song on Feb 27, 1980

 

Haha, women voting.

 

On This Day...

On Feb 28, 1861, Congress creates the Colorado territory

Legendary Basketball coach Dean Smith was born on Feb 28, 1931

Legendary racecar driver Mario Andretti was born on Feb 28, 1940

On Feb 28, 1953, the structure of DNA is discovered

On Feb 28, 1975, a subway crash in London kills 43

Final episode of M*A*S*H* airs on Feb 28, 1983. At that time it was the highest rated episode on television.

On Feb 28, 1987, Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a nuclear arms treaty

On Feb 28, 1993, the ATF raid cult leader David Koresh's compound in Waco, Tx, leading to a nearly two month standoff that ended tragically.

NATO undertakes military action for the first time by shooting down four Serbian planes in violation of Bosnian no - fly zone on Feb 28, 1994

 

On This Day...

On March 1, 1932, the Lindbergh baby is kidnapped and later murdered.

 

Today is also St. David's Day, in honor of the patron saint of Wales. So, to celebrate...


WELSH COOKIES

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½ cup (1 stick) butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup shortening
6 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tsp. baking powder
3 eggs
½ cup milk
1 tsp. salt
1 cup raisins or currants
1 tsp. nutmeg


Mix together butter, shortening, sugar, eggs and milk. Sift together and add dry ingredients. Add raisins and mix. (A heavy-duty mixer comes in handy for this; dough is stiff.) Roll out dough to about 1/8" and cut into circles. Bake as you would pancakes on a 400° electric griddle. Do not overbake; they don't take long to brown and overbaking makes them hard as a rock. Watch carefully and you will see them begin to puff up in about 1 ½ minutes and that means it's time to turn them. The second side will take only about 1 minute. They will be soft but as they cool on a rack they harden a little. Makes about 6 doz.

Hope you like them...

 

On This Day...

Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904.

On March 2, 1964, Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point basketball game occured.

 

On This Day...

On Mar 3, 1820, the Missouri Compromise is passed by Congress.

On Mar 3, 1845, Congress overrides a Presidential veto for the very first time.

On Mar 3, 1873, Congress the sending of 'obscene materials' through the mail.

The first indoor hockey game occurs on March 3, 1875

Helen Keller meets Anne Sullivan on Mar 3, 1887

The Star Spangled Banner becomes the official anthem of the US on March 3, 1931

On March 3, 1952, the Supreme Court upheld a law that prohibited Communists from teaching in schools.

 

On This Day...

On March. 4, 1789, the US Government as outlined by the Constitution begins operating.

Lincoln is sworn in for his first term as President on March 4, 1861

On March 4, 1913, Woodrow Wilson issues his inaugural address

On March 4, 1932, FDR is inaugurated as President.

On March 4, 1952, Ronald Reagan married his second wife, Nancy.

John Candy died on March 4, 1995

Domestic guru Martha Stewart is released from prison upon completion of her sentence of lying to Federal officals on March 4, 2005