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On February 4, 2008, at 00:00 GMT, NASA transmitted the Beatles song Across The Universe in the direction of the star Polaris, 431 light years from Earth. The transmission was made using a 70m antenna in the DSN’s Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, located outside of Madrid, Spain. It was done with an “X band”Continue reading “Images of broken light”

February 4, 1979 –Co-Ed Fever, one of the three series that attempted to capitalize on the success of the motion picture National Lampoon’s Animal House, (the others were ABC’s Delta House and NBC’s Brothers and Sisters,) had a special preview on CBS-TV on this date. The show had such poor ratings that it was cancelledContinue reading “Co-Ed Fever premiered”

February 3, 1882 – P.T. Barnum purchased the elephant Jumbo on this date. He kept him for three years until the animal’s skull was crushed by a train. After his death, Jumbo’s skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The elephant’s heart was sold to Cornell University. Jumbo’sContinue reading “Goodbye Jumbo”

February 3, 1959 –The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper were on a tour called “Winter Dance Party” tour. The musicians were traveling from venue to venue on tour buses. A small plane carrying The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), Buddy Holly and Richie Valens crashed near Mason City, Iowa,Continue reading “February makes us all shiver”

Today is also known as the Mice Wedding Day. They said that people should turn off the light and go to bed early, because the night is the Mice’s Wedding and one shouldn’t disturb them. The other reason people should turn out the lights, so the mice can’t see their wedding, which would slow downContinue reading “It’s Day Three of the celebration”

February 3, 1978 –The TV-movie Dead Man’s Curve, the first to deal with the tragic Jan & Dean story, premieres on ABC-TV on this date. Wolfmand Jack, Dick Clark, and Beach Boys Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, appear in the movie. In the film, Wolfman Jack introduces himself to Jan and Dean in a smallContinue reading “Dead Man’s Curve premiered”

Groundhog Day, February 2nd, is a popular tradition in the United States. It is also a legend that traverses centuries, its origins clouded in the mists of time with ethnic cultures and animals awakening on specific dates. Myths such as this tie our present to the distant past when nature did, indeed, influence our lives.Continue reading “Predicting the weather with gophers is just silly”

Traditionally, the day is known as Huímén – it’s the time for married women to visit their parents. In ancient times in China, women usually didn’t visit their parents’ places much once they got married. People nowadays can do that at any time, this custom, to visit birth parents on second day of the LunarContinue reading “It’s the second day of the New Year’s Celebration.”

February 2, 1913 –The new Beaux-Arts style Grand Central Terminal in New York City opened on this date. The cost to construct Grand Central Terminal was a staggering $43 million. The price was offset by the sale of “air rights” over the enclosed facility. Many majestic buildings were constructed including the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. ForContinue reading “Grand Central Terminal opened”

February 2, 1971 – The animated special based on the Harry Nilsson album, The Point!, originally voiced by Dustin Hoffman, Paul Frees, June Foray, and Mike Lookinland premiered as an ABC Movie of the Week, on this date. Although that version appears to be lost, a few different narrations followed, even one by Ringo Starr.Continue reading “The Point! premiered”