02-02-2006, 06:30 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
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February 2nd
1709 ~ Alexander Selkirk was rescued from a desert island, inspiring the book “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe.
1870 ~ The Cardiff Giant was revealed as just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.
1875 ~ Birthday of Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist.
1887 ~ In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day was observed.
1897 ~ Birthday of Howard Johnson, American Hotelier.
1905 ~ Birthday of Ayn Rand, Author.
1943 ~ The German 6th Army surrendered at Stalingrad.
1970 ~ Death of Bertrand Russell, Mathematician.
1989 ~ The last Soviet Union armored column left Kabul, bringing to an end nine years of military occupation.
Feastdays & Holidays
United States & Canada – Groundhog Day
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