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1. about 10 hours ago on The Argyle Sweater

   the dentist is going to do a BATtery of tests

2. about 17 hours ago on Back to B.C.

   “M” birds

3. about 17 hours ago on Ten Cats

   1986 USSR launches Mir space station into Earth orbit

   2014 Death toll in Ukraine reaches 26 after Government crackdown on protesters

   1911 Merle Oberon, British actress (That Uncertain Feeling, Wuthering Heights), born in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

   1966 Justine Bateman, America actress (Family Ties, Satisfaction), born in Rye, New York

   1985 Haylie Duff, American actress (7th Heaven; Napoleon Dynamite), and singer-songwriter, born in Houston, Texas

   Smokey Robinson was born February 19, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan

4. about 18 hours ago on Ten Cats

   On February 19, 1884, at least 37 confirmed tornadoes (over 60 were reported) touched down across the southeastern United States. The catastrophic event became known as the Enigma Outbreak.

   Born February 19, 1868 Edward Curtis spent 30 years traveling through the West and Alaska to depict the lives of Native Americans. Funded by J.P. Morgan, Curtis took about 40,000 photographs while his team recorded music and documented lore and traditions. “The North American Indian” (20 volumes) was the result of his work.

   February 19, 1878 Thomas Edison received a patent for his phonograph.

   United States Marine, WWII Veteran and actor Lee Marvin was born on February 19, 1924 in New York City.

   Director John Frankenheimer was born on February 19, 1930 in Queens, New York City. He directed other films such as Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate and The Island of Dr. Moreau

   Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California.

   On February 19, 1904 two locomotives collided (at least one carrying dynamite) and completely destroyed the village of Jackson in Box Elder County, Utah.

   On February 19, 1914, parents in Idaho took advantage of the affordable Parcel Post rate to mail their daughter to her grandmother’s house. It was one of several instances of people mailing children using stamps.

   Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473, in Thorn, Poland.

   On February 19, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima began. It was one of the bloodiest of the whole war, with over 44,000 combined casualties.

   1906 Will Keith Kellogg joins Charles D. Bolin in founding the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, now the food manufacturer Kellogg’s

   1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box

   1942 FDR orders the detention and internment of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast

   1960 Bil Keane’s “Family Circus” cartoon strip debuts

   1963 USSR informs JFK it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba

5. about 18 hours ago on Ten Cats

   Chocolate Mint Day-Thanks for this reminder, I finally opened a pack of Andes Mints my son gave me for Christmas. I’m taking some to work with me today.Andes Mints are made in Delavan, Wisconsin, our home state mints.

6. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   he was rather portly, one of those times a typo works ok

7. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   minus 8 when I left for work at 6:30. Yesterday when I dropped my daughter off for work at Walmart it was zero and some gut was walking into the store in a t-shirt, shorts, and crocs

8. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   14 years after Vermont declared itself a separate Republic from New York State in 1777, George Washington approved an act on February 18, 1791 which made Vermont the 14th state (as of March 4th of that year.)

   On February 18, 1885, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published in the United States.

   On February 18, 1939, the Golden Gate International Exposition opened in San Francisco, California.

   On February 18, 1914, singer-songwriter Julius Kuczynski (Pee Wee King) was born in Abrams, Wisconsin. He co-wrote “Tennessee Waltz” which was one of over 400 songs that he wrote or co-wrote during his career.

   Louis Comfort Tiffany was born on February 18, 1848 in New York City.

   Scientists debate whether Pluto is a planet or dwarf planet, but it was definitely discovered on February 18, 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.

   on February 18, 1930, Elm Farm Ollie became the first cow to be flown (and milked) on an airplane. The historic event occurred aboard a Ford Trimotor.

   American actor John Travolta was born on February 18, 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey.

   Volodymyr Palahniuk, more famously known as Jack Palance, was born on February 18, 1919 in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania.

   Lewis Wendell Willkie was born on February 18, 1892, in Elwood, Indiana.

   1678 John Bunyan’s Christian novel “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is published in London by Nathaniel Ponder

   1879 French Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a US patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty

   1952 (Judy) “Juice” Newton, American country and pop singer-songwriter (“Angel of the Morning”; “Queen of Hearts”), born in Lakehurst, New Jersey

   1953 (Robin) “Robbie” Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive – “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”; “Takin’ Care Of Business”), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba

9. 2 days ago on Back to B.C.

   February 17, 1958 Comic strip “BC” 1st appears

10. 2 days ago on Frank and Ernest

    Knock Knock

    Come In

    My grand daughters favorite joke