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Andrews McMeel Almanac for February 24, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | February 24th, 2013

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Today is the 55th day of 2013 and the 66th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson.

In 1903, the United States acquired a naval station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

In 2008, Fidel Castro's brother Raul Castro was officially named president by Cuba's parliament.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Winslow Homer (1836-1910), artist; George Moore (1852-1933), poet/dramatist; Joseph Lieberman (1942- ), U.S. senator; Edward James Olmos (1947- ), actor; Steve Jobs (1955-2011), computer pioneer; Billy Zane (1966- ), actor; Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005), comedian; Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977- ), boxer.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.

TODAY'S FACT: Andrew Johnson was the only U.S. senator from a Southern state to remain loyal to the Union during the Civil War.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." -- George Moore

TODAY'S NUMBER: $1 -- annual salary Steve Jobs received as CEO of Apple Inc. (He made up for it with Apple stock options.)

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for February 23, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | February 23rd, 2013

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Today is the 54th day of 2013 and the 65th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1778, Baron von Steuben joined the U.S. encampment at Valley Forge.

In 1945, American Marines raised the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima.

In 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio began in Pittsburgh.

In 1991, President George H.W. Bush announced the beginning of an allied ground offensive in Iraq.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), diarist/British naval official; George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), composer; W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), author/activist; Peter Fonda (1940- ), actor; Emily Blunt (1983- ), actress; Dakota Fanning (1994- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1988, the city of Chicago gave the Cubs baseball team permission to install lights at Wrigley Field and begin hosting night games.

TODAY'S FACT: A group of buzzards is called a "wake." A group of finches is called a "charm."

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Children learn more from what you are than what you teach." -- W.E.B. Du Bois

TODAY'S NUMBER: 6,825 -- American soldiers who died taking Iwo Jima in 1945.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for February 22, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | February 22nd, 2013

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Today is the 53rd day of 2013 and the 64th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1819, Spain signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, ceding Florida to the United States and redefining the boundary between U.S. and Spanish territories from Louisiana to the Pacific Ocean.

In 1935, new regulations outlawed aircraft flying over the White House.

In 1993, the U.N. Security Council approved the creation of a war crimes tribunal to address atrocities committed during the former Yugoslavia's civil war.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: George Washington (1732-1799), soldier/first U.S. president; Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), philosopher; Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), poet; Edward "Ted" Kennedy (1932-2009), U.S. senator; Julius Erving (1950- ), basketball player; Steve Irwin (1962-2005), TV personality; James Blunt (1974- ), singer; Drew Barrymore (1975- ), actress; Rajon Rondo (1986- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet Union 4-3 in Lake Placid, N.Y., a victory popularly known as the "Miracle on Ice."

TODAY'S FACT: Like Mozart, Chopin was considered a musical prodigy in childhood. By age 7 he had composed two simple marches.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." -- Arthur Schopenhauer

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,836,529 -- population of Kosovo as of mid-2012. The former Serbian republic unilaterally declared independence Feb. 17, 2008.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 17) and full moon (Feb. 25).

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