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Andrews McMeel Almanac for February 05, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | February 5th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 36th day of 2013 and the 47th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launched United Artists.

In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a plan to expand the Supreme Court to as many as 15 justices.

In 1988, Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega was indicted in Florida on charges of bribery and drug trafficking.

In 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted of the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers 31 years earlier, in 1963.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965), politician/diplomat; Red Buttons (1919-2006), comedian; Hank Aaron (1934- ), baseball player; Christopher Guest (1948- ), actor/filmmaker; Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962- ), actress; Laura Linney (1964- ), actress; Chris Parnell (1967- ), actor; Roberto Alomar (1968- ), baseball player; Sara Evans (1971- ), singer/songwriter.

TODAY'S FACT: United Artists co-founder Charlie Chaplin, who directed, produced, scored and starred in most of his own films, re-shot one scene in "City Lights," featuring his famous "Little Tramp" character, 342 times.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1972, Bob Douglas, "the Father of Black Professional Basketball," became the first African-American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai Stevenson

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1.2 million -- stamps in Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal collection, according to the FDR Presidential Library and Museum.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Feb. 3) and new moon (Feb. 10).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for February 04, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
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Andrews McMeel Almanac | February 4th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 35th day of 2013 and the 46th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected first president of the United States by the Electoral College.

In 1938, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the first feature-length Walt Disney animated film, was released in the United States.

In 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army, an American revolutionary group, kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst in Berkeley, Calif.

In 2004, Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com, the site that would eventually become Facebook.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Fernand Leger (1881-1955), artist; Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974), aviator; Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), theologian/Holocaust victim; Rosa Parks (1913-2005), activist; Betty Friedan (1921-2006), writer/activist; Lawrence Taylor (1959- ), football player; Clint Black (1962- ), musician; Oscar de la Hoya (1973- ), boxer; Gavin DeGraw (1977- ), musician.

TODAY'S FACT: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" received an honorary Academy Award in 1939 and was presented one regular-sized Oscar statuette accompanied by seven miniature ones.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1987, skipper Dennis Conner sailed to victory in the America's Cup yacht race, redeeming his loss in 1983, which was the first time an American had failed to win the 132-year-old event.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear." -- Rosa Parks

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1.01 billion -- users of Facebook, as reported by the company in September 2012.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Feb. 3) and new moon (Feb. 10).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for February 03, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
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Andrews McMeel Almanac | February 3rd, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 34th day of 2012 and the 45th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1913, the federal income tax was authorized with ratification of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution.

In 1959, rock pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.

In 1962, President John Kennedy banned trade with Cuba.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), composer; Horace Greeley (1811-1872) activist/newspaper editor; Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), writer; Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), artist/illustrator; James Michener (1907-1997), novelist; Blythe Danner (1943- ), actress; Morgan Fairchild (1950- ), actress; Nathan Lane (1956- ), actor; Maura Tierney (1965- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: Norman Rockwell's body of work is estimated at more than 4,000 original pieces.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1990, legendary jockey Willie Shoemaker rode the 40,350th and final race of his career.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character." -- Horace Greeley

TODAY'S NUMBER: 17 -- age at which Felix Mendelssohn wrote his overture to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

TODAY'S MOON: Last quarter moon (Feb. 3).

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