February 3rd - Today is the 34th day of the year, with only 331 days remaining in 2006.

February Flowers - Violet, Primrose
February Birthstone - Amethyst (Sincerity)

American Paper Money Day
In 1690, the Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money printed in America. It used the money to pay soldiers who were fighting a war against Quebec.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
NEW MOON - Jan 29   2:15 p.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Feb 5   6:28 a.m.
FULL MOON - Feb 13   4:44 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Feb 21   7:17 a.m.


THINGS TO (try to) SELL ON AN ONLINE AUCTION
Your self-published book titled "How to Lose Millions on the Stock Market."
Your younger sibling.
Your old toothbrush.
An autographed copy of your poem titled "Things."
Your nephew's blankie.
Pirated copies of Barney sing-a-long videos.
Your old, beat-up VW Bug (with engine neither in the front nor back.)
Your local Taco Bell franchise.
Your old wedding ring.
Your pet monkey's offspring.


ACTING -
ACTING -
1918 Joey Bishop (Gottlieb), Bronx NY, comedian/talk show host (Joey Bishop Show)
1938 Victor Buono, San Diego CA, actor (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?)
1950 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], Dallas TX, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Falcon Crest)
1956 Nathan Lane, Jersey City NJ, actor (Birdcage, Timon-Lion King, Frankie and Johnnie)
1961 Keith Gordon, NYC, actor/director (Doug-Jaws 2, Back to School, Delivering Milo)
1965 Maura Tierney, Boston MA, actress (Abby Lockhart-ER)
1970 Warwick Davis, Epsom England, actor (Willow, Professor Flitwick-Harry Potter)

ARTISTIC -
1811 Horace Greeley, Amherst NH, editor ("Go west, young man") [D: 11/29/1872]
1874 Gertrude Stein, Pittsburgh PA, author (Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose) [D: 07/27/46]
1894 Norman Rockwell, NYC, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) [D: 11/08/78]
1907 James A Michener, NY NY, writer (Tales of the South Pacific, Centennial, Hawaii, Space) [D: 10/16/97]
1925 John Fiedler, Englewood NJ, voice actor (Piglet) [D: 06/25/2005]

HISTORIC -
1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal [D: 10/22/34]

MUSIC -
1947 Dave Davies, London England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-You Really Got Me)
1947 Melanie (Melanie Ann Safka-Schekeryk), Astoria NY, singer/songwriter (Roller Skate Song)

SCIENCE -
1821 Elizabeth Blackwell, Bristol England, first woman physician [D: 05/31/10]
1920 Dr Henry Heimlich, Wilmington DE, doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
1958 Joe Frank Edwards Jr, Richmond VA, Commander USN/astronaut (STS 89)

SPORTS -
1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, Nevada, MO, center (KCAC) Hall of Fame 1961 [D: 04/29/70]
1940 Fran Tarkenton, Blacksburg VA, NFL quarterback (Giants, Vikings) Hall of Fame 1986
1941 Carol Mann, The Woodlands TX, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1945 Bob Griese, Evansville IN, NFL quarterback (Dolphins) Hall of Fame 1990


1787 Shays' Rebellion is crushed, ending an uprising that would prompt negotiations that would result in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States.
1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) is passed.
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods company, manufacturing first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football.
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo.
1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act.
1913 The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income tax.
1916 Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down.
1948 Dick Button becomes first world figure skating champion from US.
1959 The Day The Music Died: A plane crash kills rock-and-roll performers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper.
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law.
1984 Astronauts from Space Shuttle Challenger make first untethered spacewalk.
1986 President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident.
1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse races.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Foundation of the Vietnamese Communist Party - Vietnam
Heroes' Day - Mozambique
Liberty Heroes Day - Sao Tome & Principe
San Blaise - Paraguay
Patient Recognition Day - United States of America
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Setsubun (Bean Scattering) - Shinto


TOILET PAPER
A guy is in a public toilet, but soon discovers there is no toilet paper on the roll. He calls into the next booth, "Do you have any tissue paper in there?"

"No," comes the reply.

"Do you have any newspaper?"

"Sorry!"

"Ummm, do you have two fives for a ten?"


Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? - Stephen Wright


FIRE INSURANCE: Money to burn. (WordFoolery)

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