February 16th - Today is the 47th day of the year, with only 318 days remaining in 2006.

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

HEART-2-HEART DAY
Start young in keeping your own diary. In time, you'll have your very own book, a history of your ups and downs. Always celebrated two days after Valentines Day.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FULL MOON - Feb 13   4:44 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Feb 21   7:17 a.m.
NEW MOON - Feb 28   0:32 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.


THE TOP 11 ENTRIES IN BILL BILL GATE'S DIARY
11] Invited entire tech-support department to play golf. Brought Melissa to complete the foursome.
10] Steve Jobs started work today. The silverware looks great, but he doesn't do windows -- yet.
9] The baby cries constantly. Maybe I'll buy Fisher-Price.
8] Bought my first Macintosh. It's sooooo cute!
7] Good day. Found over 15 bucks' worth of soda cans in the trash bins outside Microsoft headquarters.
6] Bad day. Ellison sent back the heads of two of the three hitmen I hired, along with a note saying he ate the third one whole.
5] Still ahead of Murdoch and Eisner. Yes!
4] Reminder: 35-cent Snapple coupon expires in two days!
3] Memo to self: Next time, when my wife says we need to buy china, she means dishes.
2] Ran into Demi and Bruce. Upped my offer to a billion dollars.
1] Seventh day: rested.

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ACTING -
1903 Edgar Bergen, Decantur MI, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy) [D: 09/30/78]
1909 Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence KS, actor/director/minister (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver) [D: 05/14/82]
1945 Frank Welker, Denver CO, voice actor (Orbity-The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo)
1951 William Katt, LA CA, actor (Greatest American Hero, First Love)
1955 Margaux Hemingway, Portland OR, actress/model (Lipstick, Dangerous Cargo)
1957 LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, (Roots, Star Trek: Next Generation)

ARTISTIC -
1884 Robert Flaherty, Iron Mountain MI, father of documentary film (Nanook of the North) [D: 07/23/51]
1926 John Schlesinger, London England, film director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling) [D: 07/25/2003]

HISTORIC -
1812 Henry Wilson (R), Farmington NH, 18th Vice-President (1873-75) [D: 11/22/1875]

MUSIC -
1912 Machito "Frank Grillo", Tampa FL, bandleader (created salsa music) [D: 04/15/84]
1920 Patty Andrews, Minneapolis MN, lead singer (Andrews Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
1931 Otis Blackwell, Brooklyn NY, songwriter (Don't Be Cruel, Fever, Handy Man) [D: 05/06/2002]
1935 Sonny Bono, Detroit MI, singer/songwriter (Sonny & Cher, US Representative) [D: 01/05/98]
1956 James Ingram, Akron OH, singer (On the Wings of Love, Somewhere Out There)
1958 Ice-T, Newark NJ, rap singer/actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six)
1960 Pete Willis, Sheffield England, guitarists (Def Leppard-Photograph)

SPORTS -
1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, Newark NJ, (KC Cowboys) HoF baseball player [D: 12/16/40]
1934 Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka SD, LPGA golfer (1949 Woman Athlete of the Year)
1959 John P McEnroe, Wiesbaden Germany, tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimbledon 1981, 83, 84)
1970 Doc Julie 'D.J.' Wallis, San Antonio TX, IFBB fitness competitor/model


600 Pope Gregory I decreed that "God bless you" was the correct response to a sneeze.
1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions.
1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1857 The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established. in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
1878 Silver dollar became US legal tender.
1883 "Ladies Home Journal" is published for the first time.
1923 Howard Carter finds Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers.
1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS.
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after President Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1968 Country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville AL.
1972 NBA basketball player Wilt Chamberlain scores 30,000th point during a game with Phoenix Suns.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Independence Day (1918) - Lithuania
Kim Jong-il's Birthday - North Korea


THE ACTRESS
The eminent acting teacher was telling his students about the worst actress he had ever seen. She couldn't find work until she married a rich producer who included her in all of his shows. One of his plays was the stage adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Her portrayal of Anne was so wretched that when the Gestapo came to take her away, the few people who were left in the audience stood up as one and shouted, "She's in the attic!"


I always say, keep a diary and some day it'll keep you. - Mae West


DIARY: Book of revelations. (Internet Source)

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