February 22nd - Today is the 53rd day of the year, with only 312 days remaining in 2006.

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

George Washington's Birthday
The Father of Our Country was born in 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
LAST QUARTER - Feb 21   7:17 a.m.
NEW MOON - Feb 28   0:32 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.
FULL MOON - Mar 14   11:35 p.m.


TAGLINES (http://taglinesgalore.com)
Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? - Steven Wright
February - the month we remember Washington. First in War; First in Peace - and last in the American League!
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. - G. Washington
George Washington never told a lie ... But then, he never had to file a Form 1040.
Its hard to forget a girl when you buy her a gift on time. - George Washington
Tax time - that's when all your pictures of George Washington give their farewell address
When the government fears the people, there is liberty. - Washington
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. - Washington
Why doesn't the Washington Monument look like George?
Worry, the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. - G. Washington


ACTING -
1891 Leonard "Chico" Marx, NY NY, actor/comedian (Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers) [D: 10/11/61]
1907 Robert Young, Chicago IL, actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby MD) [D: 07/21/98]
1907 Sheldon Leonard, NY NY, actor/director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie) [D: 01/10/97]
1908 Sir John Mills, Norfolk England, actor (Big Sleep, King Rat, War & Peace) [D: 04/23/2005]
1918 Don (Dominic G) Pardo, Westfield MA, TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live)
1922 Steven Hill (Solomon Krakovsky), Seattle WA, actor (DA Adam Schiff- Law & Order)
1959 Kyle MacLachlan, Yakima WA, actor (Paul Atreides-Dune, Agent Cooper-Twin Peaks)
1962 Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin, Essendon Australia, owner/manager Australia Zoo (The Crocodile Hunter)
1968 Jeri Ryan, Minicn Germany, actress (Charlotte Morgan-The O.C., Seven of Nine-Star Trek: Voyager)
1975 Drew Barrymore, Culver City CA, actress (ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy, Altered States)

ARTISTIC -
1892 Edna St Vincent Millay, Rockland ME, poet/writer/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize) [D: 10/19/50]

HISTORIC -
1857 Lord Robert Baden-Powell, Paddington London, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides) [D: 01/08/41]
1889 Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Chesterfield England, Chief Girl Guide [D: 06/19/77]
1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton IL, tallest known human (2.72 m, 8' 11.1") [D: 07/15/40]
1932 Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, Boston MA, (Senator-D-MA '62-Present)
1952 William Harrison Frist, Nashville TN, (Senator-R-TN '95-Present)

MUSIC -
1945 Oliver (William Oliver Swofford), North Wilkesboro NC, singer (Good Morning Starshine, Jean) [D: 02/13/2000]
1971 Lea Salonga, Manila Philippines, singer (voice of Jasmine-Disney's Aladdin)

SCIENCE -
1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, Paris France, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun [D: 12/23/07]
1857 Heinrich Hertz, Hamburg Germany, physicist, first to broadcast and receive radio waves (hertz) [D: 01/01/1894]
1936 J. Michael Bishop, York PA, immunologist/microbiologist (retroviral oncogenes-Nobel 1989)
1952 James P. Bagian, Philadelphia PA, MDPE/astronaut (STS 29, STS 40)

SPORTS -
1884 Abraham "Abe" Attell, SF CA, Boxing HoF/Featherweight Champion [D: 02/06/70]
1918 Charles O Finley, LaPort, IN, baseball team owner (Oakland A's) [D: 02/19/96]
1934 George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager (Reds, Tigers) HoF 2000
1940 Chet Walker, Benton Harbor MI, NBA all-star forward x7 (76ers, Bulls)
1943 Dick Van Arsdale, Indianapolis IN, NBA all-star x3/senior vice-president of player personnel (Suns)
1943 Tom Van Arsdale, Indianapolis IN, NBA all-star x3 (Pistons, Royals, Kings, 76ers, Suns)
1950 Julius Winfield Erving III, East Meadow NY, NBA Guard/Forward (Squires, Nets, 76ers) HoF 1996
1972 Michael Te Pei Chang, Hoboken NJ, youngest-ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title/French Open 1989
1973 Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley ID, biathlete (Olympics-1994/98)/U.S. Biathlon Association HoF


1630 Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving.
1856 The Republican Party opens its first national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1876 Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore, Maryland.
1879 In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.
1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY).
1903 Due to drought the US side of Niagara Falls runs short of water.
1923 The United States begins the first transcontinental air mail route.
1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defense collapses.
1958 Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
1959 First Daytona 500 auto race - Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH).
1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts.
1997 In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
George Washington's Birthday - United States of America
Independence Day - St. Lucia
People Power Day - Philippines
Unity Day - Syria


THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD
A young Jewish boy starts attending public school in a small town. The teacher of the one-room school decides to use her position to try to influence the new student. She asks the class, "Who was the greatest man that ever lived?"

A girl raises her hand and says, "I think George Washington was the greatest man that ever lived because he is the Father of our country."

The teacher replies, "Well ... that's a good answer, but that's not the answer I am looking for."

Another young student raises his hand and says, "I think Abraham Lincoln was the greatest man that lived because he freed the slaves and helped end the civil war."

"Well, that's another good answer, but that is not the one I was looking for."

Then the new Jewish boy raises his hand and says, "I think Jesus Christ was the greatest man that ever lived."

The teacher's mouth drops open in astonishment. "Yes!" she says, "that's the answer I was looking for." She then brings him up to the front of the classroom and gives him a lollipop.

Later, during recess, another Jewish boy approaches him as he is licking his lollipop. He says, "Why did you say, 'Jesus Christ'?"

The boy stops licking his lollipop and replies, "I know it's Moses, and YOU know it's Moses, but business is business."


George Washington was first in war, first in peace - and the first to have his birthday juggled to make a long weekend. - Ashley Cooper


CONGRESS: Washington’s high rant district. (Wicked-Good Dictionary)

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