ClaireH
Diamond Member
If anyone needs a reason to celebrate tonight, well here ya go...a few things good enough to call for a celebration on February, 20th:
Happy celebration one and all, regardless of reason! I'm going with celebrating my pets although they think people are the pets around here..they trained us well.
- Clean Out Your Bookcase Day (LOL..pretty sure I'm not celebrating that one looking at my bookcase in need of a good dusting)
- Love Your Pet Day-YES..best on list!
- National Cherry Pie Day- ok sure, although someone else will have to make the pie
- National Day of Solidarity With Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Immigrants -sure okay, anything that leads to a nice cocktail-the devout will have to just focus on other things
- National Handcuff Day - hmmm...who came up with that one! hahaha
- National Muffin Day -all muffin lovers should be extra happy today ha!
- National Student Volunteer Day -very nice-so nice not one weak joke comes to mind
- Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day -wth? lol I'm too afraid to even look that one up
- World Day for Social Justice -oh boy...that one is a bit tricky... by the hour
- World Pangolin Day - February 20, 2021 (Third Saturday in February) Ah the poor Pangolins who got the bad rap for SARS COVID-2 at the Wuhan market-which might or might not be true-China still fudging around with true catalyst to save face
- World Whale Day - February 20, 2021 (Third Saturday in February) Hurrah! Whales are important too!
- 1960 - Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first show
- 1971 - The soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar hit #1 on the US album chart
- 1978- Abba's Take a Chance on Me hit #1 on the UK singles chart
- 1988 - Kylie Minogue's I Should Be So Lucky hits #1 on the UK singles chart
- 1991 - Bob Dylan was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the 33rd annual Grammy' Awards
- 2009 - The White Stripes play the final episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien in New York City.
- 1877 - International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
- 1953 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business
- 1963 - SF Giants Willie Mays signs a record $100,000 per year contract
- 1976 - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title
- 1988 - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
- 1997 - SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
- 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest gold-medalist at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Happy celebration one and all, regardless of reason! I'm going with celebrating my pets although they think people are the pets around here..they trained us well.