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February 29, 1968 –At the Grammy Awards on this date, the Fifth Dimension’s Up, Up and Away won record of the year for 1967, the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category is given for the first time, and Aretha Franklin won it for Respect. (She won the award again each of the next seven years.)Continue reading “Big Award’s night”

February 29, 1584 –Due to the Gregorian Calendar adjustment of two years earlier, much of Europe’s population lived through its first Leap Day on this date. But let’s take a step back – Roman Emperor Julius Caesar took a break from being the dictator of the known world and took a stab at fixing theContinue reading “Leap into the future with confidence and courage.”

February 29, 1988 –The sitcom, Day by Day, starring Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Thora Birch aired on NBC on this date. Christopher Daniel Barnes’ character has a dream in A Very Brady Episode in which he is Chuck Brady, an additional brother to the three famous brothersContinue reading “Day by Day premiered”

February 29, 1980 –The coming-of-age drama, Foxes, directed by Adrian Lyne, in his directorial debut, and starring Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, and Cherie Currie, opened on this date. Rosanna Arquette, Diane Lane, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kristy McNichol all auditioned and/or tested for the role of Annie which in the endContinue reading “Foxes premiered”

February 28, 1844 –Julia Gardiner met her future husband, President John Tyler, on this date. The USS Princeton departed Alexandria, Virginia on a pleasure and trial trip down the Potomac with President John Tyler, his Cabinet and approximately two hundred guests on board. Upon the final firing of Captain Robert F. Stockton’s Peacemaker (a newlyContinue reading “Isn’t love grand”

Since it’s a leap year, this isn’t the end of February – there’s one more day this month There are 20 days until Spring! (Christmas is in 301 days)

February 28, 1983 –Produced by Steve Lillywhite, U2 released their third studio album War, on this date. It’s their first album to sell a million copies in America.

February 28, 1963 – Patsy Cline made the final TV appearance on this date, when she’s on The Glenn Reeves Show, performing San Antonio Rose and I Fall To Pieces. She died tragically in a plane crash just five days later at the age of 30.

February 28, 1979 –Mr. Ed, the talking horse, died. This was not the horse who actually starred on the TV show, but another horse who did publicity work as Mr. Ed. The original Mr. Ed (Bamboo Harvester) died in 1970. But what do you care.

February 27, 1859 –Censured Congressman Dan Sickles of New York (who escorting a known prostitute into State chambers) shot and killed Philip Barton Key, son of Francis Scott Key and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The younger Key was having an affair with the congressman’s wife at the time. He was tried onContinue reading “Santos was an amateur”