ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 60th day of 2026 and the 71st day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1781, the Articles of Confederation were ratified.

In 1803, the Ohio state legislature met for the first time; the event is now celebrated as the anniversary of its statehood.

In 1867, Nebraska was admitted as the 37th U.S. state.

In 2003, Pakistani counterterrorism forces captured al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a principal planner of the 9/11 terror attacks.

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment for crimes committed before the age of 18 was unconstitutional.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), composer; Glenn Miller (1904-1944), bandleader; David Niven (1910-1983), actor; Harry Caray (1914-1998), sportscaster; Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), author; Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), singer-songwriter/actor/activist; Roger Daltrey (1944- ), singer-songwriter; Ron Howard (1954- ), actor/director; Zack Snyder (1966- ), filmmaker; Javier Bardem (1969- ), actor; Lupita Nyong'o (1983- ), actress; Kesha (1987- ), singer; Justin Bieber (1994- ), singer; Tyreek Hill (1994- ), football player.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1969, New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle announced his retirement.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are. That must be it, I thought -- to lose your direction is to lose your face." –- Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 50 -- estimated percentage of the U.S. population that lives within 500 miles of Columbus, the state capital of Ohio.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 24) and full moon (March 3).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 59th day of 2026 and the 70th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1935, DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invented nylon.

In 1993, federal agents raided the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas.

In 1997, two heavily armed and armored bank robbers were killed in a shootout with police on the streets of North Hollywood.

In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI became the first Catholic pope to resign since 1415.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986), film director; Milton Caniff (1907-1988), cartoonist; Frank Gehry (1929-2025), architect; Mario Andretti (1940- ), race car driver; Bernadette Peters (1948- ), actress; Paul Krugman (1953- ), columnist/Nobel laureate; John Turturro (1957- ), actor; Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket (1970- ), author; Eric Lindros (1973- ), hockey player; Jason Aldean (1977- ), singer-songwriter; Luka Doncic (1999- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S FACT: The 2-1/2-hour series finale of "M*A*S*H," which was watched by 60.3% of U.S. TV-owning households, remains the highest-rated TV series finale in history, with a 77 share of the Nielsen ratings during its original airing on this day in 1983.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1967, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers missed a shot for the first time in four games, ending his NBA-record streak of consecutive field goals at 35.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age, you're kind of embarrassed to go look up a word if you don't know what it means." -- Daniel Handler

TODAY'S NUMBER: 51 -- days that the 1993 Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Texas, lasted.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 24) and full moon (March 3).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 58th day of 2026 and the 69th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1837, a group of costumed students paraded down the streets of New Orleans in celebration of Mardi Gras, creating the city's trademark festival.

In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting presidents to two terms.

In 1973, Native American activists and members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, beginning a 71-day standoff with federal marshals.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), poet; Hugo Black (1886-1971), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Marian Anderson (1897-1993), singer; John Steinbeck (1902-1968), author/Nobel laureate; Joanne Woodward (1930- ), actress; Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), actress; Ralph Nader (1934- ), consumer activist; James Worthy (1961- ), basketball player; Donal Logue (1966- ), actor; Tony Gonzalez (1976- ), football player; Chelsea Clinton (1980- ), writer/philanthropist; Josh Groban (1981- ), singer-songwriter/actor; Kate Mara (1983- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: In a letter dated May 27, 1936, John Steinbeck informed his editor that his Irish setter pup, Toby, had "made confetti of about half" of his manuscript for "Of Mice and Men." Steinbeck finished the book a few months later.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1992, 16-year-old Tiger Woods competed in the Nissan Los Angeles Open, becoming the youngest participant in a PGA event in more than 30 years.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,325 -- receptions made by Tony Gonzalez in his 17-year NFL career. His career receptions are first all-time among tight ends and third among all players; only wide receivers Jerry Rice (1,549) and Larry Fitzgerald (1,432) have more.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 24) and full moon (March 3).