- 1653] Start spreading the news: New Amsterdam, now known as New York City is incorporated...
- 1790] Supes on: The U.S. Supreme Court convenes for the first time...
- 1876] Senor circuit: Baseball's National League is formed in New York with these original franchises: New York, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, Philadelphia and St. Louis...
- 1887] They say we're young and we don't know: The first 'Groundhog Day' is celebrated in Punxsutawney (PA). The 1993 movie starring Bill Murray immortalizes the day and Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" wakes Murray up 33 times...
- 1946] Debuted on this date: Mutual Broadcasting airs "Twenty Questions" for the first time on radio. The show moves to TV three years later...
- 1967] Jump it up: The American Basketball Association is formed...
- 1972] Bloody Sunday aftermath: The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in protest over Bloody Sunday...
- 1979] "Happy Trails": Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols dies from a drug overdose at 21, less than 4 months after fatally stabbing girlfriend Nancy Spungen at the Chelsea Hotel...1996] The legendary Gene Kelly passes away after suffering two strokes...
- 1990] Free Mandela: F.W. de Klerk, allows the African National Congress to legally function and promises to release Nelson Mandela...
- 2004] Super Bowl Sunday: In my first Super Bowl, my Patriots thanks to Adam Vinatieri's field goal, beat the Carolina Panthers with 4 seconds remaining, 32-29. This is the SB that Janet Jackson suffered (?) a wardrobe malfunction at halftime...For more on February 2nd: C L I C K:
Monday, February 2, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
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