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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Strawberry Day'.
[The Hankster says] You Pasadena TX strawberry lovers will need to wait till May 15-17 for the Pasadena Strawberry Festival. In the meantime get some shortcakes and whipped cream and git 'er eaten.
An awareness day tomorrow. It will be 'National Polar Bear Day'.
[The Hankster says] It is cold enough for them, even in TX, right now. I will certainly keep a watch for a 9 ft white teddy, when I am out walking. Shouldn't be hard to do.
Tomorrow is 'No Brainer Day'.
[The Hankster says] Please understand this is concerned bout things that are easy and not things that require no grey cells.
Edith Wharton once said 'If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.'
[The Hankster says] Is happiness something we need to work for or something that works for us? I wonder how much wasted effort is spent in trying to be happy? I think I am most happy, when something nice just sneaks up on me. We might look back to February 27 in the past and see what the Blue Bird, brought to others.
In 1827, New Orleans first Mardi Gras.
In 1879, Announcement of the discovery of the artificial sweetener saccharin.
In 1902, The American Automobile Association is founded.
In 1935, At the 7th Academy Awards, 'It Happened One Night' is Best Picture, Best Actor is Clark Gable. Best Actress is Claudette Colbert, both for the same film.
In 1936, Shirley Temple receives $50,000 per film.
In 1941, At the 13th Academy Awards, the Best Picture is 'Rebecca', Best Actor is James Stewart for 'The Philadelphia Story' and Best Actress is Ginger Rogers for 'Kitty Foyle'.
In 1946, The 4th 'Bing Crosby and Bob Hope Road' film, the 'Road to Utopia' premieres (NYC). There were a total of seven.
In 1951, The 22nd Amendment to U.S. Constitution, limiting Presidents to 2 terms, is ratified.
In 1964, The Italian government announces that it is accepting suggestions on how to save the renowned Leaning Tower of Pisa from collapse.
In 1980, At the 22nd Grammy Awards, Record of the Year and Song of the Year is 'What a Fool Believes' by The Doobie Brothers. Album of the Year is '52nd Street' by Billy Joel. Best New artist is .Rickie Lee Jones.
In 1981, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record 'Ebony and Ivory'.
In 1986, Desktop Publishing is born when Aldus introduces 'PageMaker', an application to format the layout of pages.
In 2002, At the 44th Grammy Awards, Alicia Keys wins five Grammys including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for 'Fallin'. U2 won four awards including Record of the Year 'Walk On' and Best Rock Album.
In 2005,- At the 77th Academy Awards, Best Picture is 'Million Dollar Baby' Best Actor is Jamie Foxx for 'Ray'. Best Actress is Hilary Swank for 'Million Dollar Baby'.
In 2011 - At the 83rd Academy Awards, the Best Picture is 'The King's Speech'. The Best Actor is Colin Firth for 'The King's Speech' as King George. Best Actress is Natalie Portman for 'Black Swan' as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen.
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February is:
February origin (from Wikipedia):
'The Roman month Februarius was named after the Latin term
februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual
Februa held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman
calendar. January and February were the last two months to
be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally
considered winter a monthless period. They were added by
Numa Pompilius about 713 BC. February remained the last month
of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC),
when it became the second month. At certain intervals February
was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary month,
Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign
the year with the seasons.
Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, Intercalaris
was abolished, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year,
and in leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it
remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the
order that months are displayed (January, February, March,
..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during
the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began
on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February
whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The
Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system
for determining which years were leap years and thus contained
a 29-day February.'
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and
Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month
with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years
or 29 days in leap years.
February is the third month of meteorological winter in the
Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February
is the third month of summer (the seasonal equivalent of August
in the Northern Hemisphere, in meteorological reckoning).
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