ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
Today is the 50th day of 2024 and the 61st day of winter.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1807, former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested for treason.
In 1878, Thomas Edison received a patent for the phonograph.
In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, allowing the internment of Japanese Americans.
In 1945, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
In 1963, Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" was published, sparking a new wave of feminism in the United States.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), astronomer; Lee Marvin (1924-1987), actor; John Frankenheimer (1930-2002), director; Smokey Robinson (1940- ), singer-songwriter; Amy Tan (1952- ), author; Jeff Daniels (1955- ), actor; Ray Winstone (1957- ), actor; Roger Goodell (1959- ), NFL commissioner; Seal (1963- ), singer-songwriter; Jonathan Lethem (1964- ), author; Benicio Del Toro (1967- ), actor; Jeff Kinney (1971- ), cartoonist/children's author; Nikola Jokic (1995- ), basketball player; Millie Bobby Brown (2004- ), actress.
TODAY'S FACT: The hottest planet in the solar system is Venus, with an average surface temperature of 867 degrees Fahrenheit.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1995, Sterling Marlin became the third person in the race's history to win back-to-back Daytona 500s.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention." -- Amy Tan, "The Joy Luck Club"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 33,000 -- number of Japanese Americans who served in the U.S. military in World War II.
TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 16) and full moon (Feb. 24).