Today is Thursday, February 2, the 33rd day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 332 days remaining.
There are:
12 days until Valentine's
Day;
18 days until Presidents'
Day;
26 days until Mardi
Gras;
27 days until Ash
Wednesday;
38 days until Daylight
Saving Time begins;
43 days until St.
Patrick's Day;
46 days until the
arrival of Spring;
66 days until Palm
Sunday;
68 days until First
Day of Passover;
62 days until April
Fools' Day;
71 days until Good
Friday;
72 days until Easter
Sunday;
74 days until US Federal
Income Tax filing day;
75 days until Last
Day of Passover;
79 days until Earth
Day;
84 days until Arbor
Day;
641 days until the
2018 mid-term elections; and
1,448 days until the end of Donald
Trump's term as President, assuming he isn't impeached.
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On this day in 1887, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania held its first Groundhog Day festival. It was the brainchild of local newspaper editor Clymer Freas, who sold a group of businessmen and groundhog hunters— known collectively as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club— on the idea. The men trekked to a site called Gobbler's Knob, where the inaugural groundhog became the bearer of bad news when he saw his shadow. (from history.com)
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Among other things, today is also Play Your Ukulele Day. But wait until Phil's back in his hole, ok?
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Florida man shot cat 'because it looked at him like he owned the place.'
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The KGB Quotations Database contains 52,059 quotations.Some persons born on February 2 who said interesting things:
- Margot Asquith (1864-1945), Anglo-Scottish socialite, author and wit;
- Christie Brinkley (1954), American model and actress;
- James Dickey (1923-1997), American poet and novelist;
- Abba Eban (1915-2002), Israeli diplomat and politician;
- Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), English physician, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality;
- James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet;
- Hannah More (1745-1833), English religious writer and philanthropist;
- Ayn Rand (1905-1982), Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter;
- Liz Smith (1923), American gossip columnist;
- Tom Smothers (1937), American comedian, composer and musician;
- Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), American actress and singer;
- Judith Viorst (1931), American writer, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher;
Quote of the day:
"I think that some public figures are more fair game than others. It's
gloves off on politicians and people whose public image is perfection,
like the televangelists... people who claim to be spiritual or moral
leaders. They are the whited sepulchers waiting for our graffiti."
-Liz
Smith
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Happy birthday, Eva Cassidy.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Here's why 'Groundhog Day' is the greatest movie ever made.
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Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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Another long weekend working on software. See you Monday...
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