This is what we're celebrating or observing This Week
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Tonight is Oscar Night!
February 26, 2012
February 27, 2012
February 27, 2011
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American educator and poet) is born in Portland, ME (1807) - Feb. 27
Independence Day (Dominican Republic from Haiti - 1844) - Feb. 27
John Steinbeck (American Pulitzer-prize winning author of Grapes of Wrath) is born in Salinas, cA (1902) - Feb. 27
Polar Bear Day celebrates the world's largest carnivore - 2/27
83rd Academy Awards (Oscars) airs on ABC 8 PM EDT (2011) - Feb. 27
Earthquake (8.8 on Richter Scale) strikes near Santiago Chile at 3AM local time making it the strongest earthquake worldwide since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (2010) - 2/27
February 28, 2012
February 28, 2011
Global Hawk (unmanned aeriel vehicle UAV used by the US Air Force for surveillance) has its maiden flight from Edwards AFB (1998) - Feb. 28
Gulf War (UN authorized military conflict between Iraq and a coalition force from 34 nations) ends (1991) - Feb. 28
Andalucia Day (Autonomous Community of Andalusia is formed) by referendum (1980) - Feb. 28
Egypt gains independence from the UK (1922) - Feb. 28
Paul Harvey (American Radio Broadcaster receiving medal from President Bush above) dies at age 90 in a Phoenix, AZ hospital (2009) - Feb. 28
The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1939) - Feb. 28
Moorgate Tube Crash occurs when a southbound train on the Northern Line crashes into the tunnel beyond the platform (1975) - Feb. 28
Olof Palme (Swedish Prime Minister) is assassinated when he and his wife leave from a cinema (1986) - 2/28
Selby train crash is a high-speed rail collision caused by a car which careered off the M62 onto the railway line leaving 13 dead and more than 70 injured (2001) 2/28
February 29, 2012
March 1, 2012
March 1, 2011
American Airlines Flight 1 nose dives into Jamaica Bay due to an improper maintenance technique - killing all 95 aboard (1962) - 3/01
Boznia and Herzegovina declare their independence from Yugoslavia (1992) - Mar. 01
Enterprise, AL is struck by a destructive tornado with the most extensive damage occuring at the high school in the middle of the school day (2007) - 3/1
Nebraska joins the union as the 37th state and renames its capital city Lincoln (1867) - Mar. 01
Ohio is admitted into the union as the 17th state (1803) - Mar. 01
The Peace Corps is established by an Executive Order of John F. Kennedy (1961) - Mar. 01
E. Remington and Sons start to manufacture the world's 1st commercial typewriter the "Sholes & Glidden Type Writer" (1873) - Mar. 01
Salem Witch Trials begin when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are accused of witchcraft and brought before the local magistrate (1692) - Mar. 01
Supreme Court justice Samuel Chase is aquitted of all charges in his impeachment trial (1805) - Mar. 01
Share a Smile Day - Mar. 01
Saint David's Day (Patron Saint of Wales) Honors the recorded date for St. David's death (589) - Mar. 01
Yellowstone becomes the world's first US National Park (1872) - Mar. 01
Beer Day (Iceland) celebrates the elimination of the 74-year prohibition of beer (1989) - Mar. 01
Peanut Butter Lover's Day - Mar. 01
USS New York (made from 24 tons of steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center) is christened in New Orleans, LA (2008) - Mar. 01
March 2, 2012
March 2, 2011
Banana Creme Pie Day - 3/2
Charles the Good (Charles I, Count of Flanders) is brutally murdered while knelt in prayer in the Church of St. Donatian in Bruges (1127) - Mar. 02
Concorde has its maiden flight (1969) - Mar. 02
Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss - American writer and cartoonist) is born in Springfield, MA (1904) - 3/2
Independence Day (Morocco from France - 1956) - Mar. 02
Texas Independence Day (1836) - Mar. 02
Give Up Easily Day - 3/2
Maha Shivratri (Hindu festival dedicated to Shiva, one of the deities of the Hindu Trinity) is held the 13th night following the last January full moon (2011) - Feb. 2-3
Read Across America Day (In honor of Dr. Seuss's Birthday) - 3/2
March 3, 2012
March 3, 2011
Alexander Graham Bell (eminent scientist, inventor and innovator) is born in Edinburgh Scotland (1847) - Mar. 03
AT&T (American Telephone and & Telegraph) is founded (1885) - Mar. 3
Bethnal Green Tube Disaster occurs when 173 people are crushed attempting to take shelter during an air raid (1943) - Mar. 03
Bulgaria gains liberation from the Ottoman Empire (1878) - Mar. 03
Comstock Law (law making illegal to send any "obscene, lewd and/or lascivious" materials through the mail) is enacted (1873) - Mar. 03
Florida joins the Union as the 27th state (1875) - Mar. 3
Gold Coinage Act (act of US Congress which allowed the minting of two new denominations of gold coins) is approved (1849) - 3/3
Hina Matsuri (Japanese Doll Festival) is held on the third day of the third month - Mar. 03
Mount Rushmore is dedicated (1925) - Mar. 03
US Geological Survey is created (1879) - 3/3
"The Star Spangled Banner" is made the US National Anthem by a congressional resolution signed by President Herber Hoover (1931) - Mar. 03
Time Magazine is first published (1923) - 3/3
Alabama Territory is designated by US Congress by splitting the Mississippi territory, but did not become effective until 5 months later (1817) - Mar. 03
Mawlid al-Nabi (Observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad-Shi'a) falls in the Islamic calendar month of Rabi al-awwal (2011) - Mar. 03
World Book Day (UK and Ireland) is held the first Thursday in March (2011) - Mar. 03
March 4, 2012
March 4, 2011
The First US Congress meets in NYC to put the Constitution of the United States into effect (1789) - Mar. 04
Antonio Vivaldi (Baroque composer and Venetian priest) is born in Venice (1678) - 3/4
Hug a GI Day - 3/4
Jeannette Rankin becomes the 1st woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives (1917) - Mar. 04
St. Adrian (Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Masimian) is martyred at Nicomedia (306) - Mar. 04
Vermont joins the union as the 14th state (1791) - Mar. 04
Pennsylvania Colony is established as a Royal Colony in a charter granted by King Charles II of England (1681) - 3/4
Forth Bridge (a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland) is opened as the longest bridge in Great Britain (1890) - Mar. 04
National Tavern Day celebrates the first tavern opened in America (Boston 1634) - Mar. 04
Employee Appreciation Day - held 1st Friday in March (2011) - 3/4
National Salesperson Day - First Friday in March (2011) - 3/4
World Day of Prayer - 1st Friday in March (2011) - 3/4
March 5, 2011
Boston Massacre is an incident involving the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops (1770) - Mar. 05
Bridge Players Day - 3/5
Fun Facts About Names Day - Mar. 5
Henry II of England (great-grandson of William the congueror and the first Plantagenet to rule England) is born in Le Mans France (1133) - Mar. 5
BOAC Flight 911 crashes due to severe turbulence when the pilot attempted to show passengers a view of Mt. Fuji, all 124 aboard were killed (1966) - Mar. 5
Josef Stalin (General Secretary of the Soviet Union Communist Part) died from a cerebral hemorrhage (1953) - 3/5
Patsy Cline (American country music singer) died at age 30 (in the height of her career) in a plane crash (1963) - Mar. 5
Personality Day - Mar. 5
Richard Kiley (American stage, TV and film actor best known for his role in Man of La Mancha) died of bone marrow disease in Warwick, NY (1999) - Mar. 5
Sergei Prokofiev (Russian composer of numerous musical genres) died at age 61 in Moscow (1953) - 3/5
Stop the Clocks Day - Mar. 5
St. Piran's Day (Cornwall England) - Mar. 5
March 6, 2011
Ayn Rand (Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter) died from heart failure at age 77 in NYC (1982) - Mar. 6
Battle of the Alamo occurs when after a 13 day siege by 3,000 Mexican troops overcome the 187 Texas volunteers and take over the fort (1836) - Mar. 6
Car Ferry capsizes just outside the Belgian port of Zeebruge resulting in 49 dead (1987) - Mar. 6
Constanze Mozart (wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) dies in Salzburg Austria at age 80 (1842) - Mar. 6
Dana Reeve (American Actress, singer and activist and widow of actor Christopher Reeve) dies of lung cancer at age 44 in NYC (2006) - Mar. 6
Davy Crockett (American folk hero, frontiersman soldier and politician) died during the battle of the Alamo (1836) - Mar. 6
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (English Victorian poet) is born in Durham England (1806) - Mar. 6
Georgia O'Keefe (American artist) died in Santa Fe New Mexico at age 98 (1986) - 3/6
Ghana (Independence Day from Britain - 1957) - Mar. 6
Jim Bowie (American pioneer and soldier) dies during the battle of the Alamo (1836) - Mar. 6
John Philip Sousa (American composer and conductor aka "The March King") dies of heart failure at age 77 in his hotel room (1932) - Mar. 6
Louisa May Alcott (American novelist best known for her novel Little Women) died at age 55 from mercury poisoning in Boston, MA (1888) - Mar. 6
Michelangelo (Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer) is born in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany (1475) - 3/6
Pearl S. Buck (Pulitzer-Prize winning American writer) died of lung cancer in Danby Vermont at age 80 (1973) - Mar. 6
Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time as the anchor of CBS Evening News (1981) - Mar. 6
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