Although you are like 14 or something hours ahead and your birthday is drawing to a close there, it's just starting over here, SO Happy Birthday bro!
For the fun of it I googled February 28, 1982 to see what would come up.... here's what I found:
Sunday, February 28, 1982
This was 59th day of the year and 306 days remained in the year.
* Hebrew calendar — 5 Adar 5742
* Chinese calendar — the 5th day of the 2nd month of 4680 (Ren Xu)
* Islamic calendar — Yaumul Ahad 4 Jumaada al-Awal 1402 A.H. (note)
February 28 in History
1784
John Wesley issues “Deed of Declaration” formally establishing the Methodist Church.
1849
The steamship California landed in San Francisco, bringing the first East Coasters to the Gold Rush.
1916
Henry James, American novelist and critic, died.
1948
The last British troops left India.
1983
The final episode of M*A*S*H aired. It was the most watched television program in history.
1993
Four federal agents were killed in Waco, Texas, after they tried to serve an arrest warrant for weapons charges on Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
"Chessmetrics" - Top 10 active players as of 2/28/82
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE February 26–28, 1982
Top movie was "On Golden Pond" (weekend gross $5,602,328) and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (weekend gross $1,410,000) was number 5
BBC "on this day"
NY Times "On this day"
And for good measure - on this day in Canadian history
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HEY JULIE! This post is really cool. I sort of feel behind reading blogs, but now i'm getting back to it.
By the way, Baker reads your blog and he said "it's like Nick and Jessica on the web". But that was before the couple broke up. Tears...still sad about that one.
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