CAD - February 7 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – February 7th
February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 327 days remaining until the end of the year.
Today is National Old Rock Day, I'm Not Going to Take it Anymore Day, Organize your home day, Ballet Day, Orthodox Meatfare Sunday, Wave all of your fingers at your neighbors day,Man Day and Superbowl Sunday!
Historical events occurring on February 7th include:
1795 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
1818 - "Academician" began publication in New York City.
1877 - The first Guernsey Cattle Club was organized in New York City.
1882 - The last bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City.
1893 - Elisha Gray patented a machine called the telautograph. It automatically signed autographs to documents.
1904 - In Baltimore, a fire raged for about 30 hours and destroyed over 1,500 buildings.
1922 - DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace offered 5,000 copies of "Reader's Digest" magazine for the first time.
1929 - Buck Rogers debuts.
1934 - Flash Gordon is unleashed on the nation. Hmmm…. Is it just a coincidence that Buck and Flash are born on the same day? For that matter, has anyone ever seen them in the same place at the same time?
1936 - The U.S. Vice President’s flag was established by executive order.
1940 - "Pinocchio" world premiered at the Center Theatre in Manhattan.
1943 - The U.S. government announced that shoe rationing would go into effect in two days. Imelda Marcos immediately moved to Manilla.
1944 - During World War II, the Germans launched a counteroffensive at Anzio, Italy.
1962 - The U.S. government banned all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries.
1966 - "Crawdaddy" magazine was published by Paul Williams for the first time.
1974 - The nation of Grenada gained independence from Britain.
1976 - Darryl Sittler (Toronto Maple Leafs) set a National Hockey League (NHL) record when he scored 10 points in a game against the Boston Bruins. He scored six goals and four assists.
1984 - Space shuttle astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart made the first untethered space walk.
1985 - "Sports Illustrated" released its annual swimsuit edition. It was the largest regular edition in the magazine’s history at 218 pages.
1985 - "New York, New York" became the official anthem of the Big Apple.
1986 - Haitian President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier fled his country. 28 years of family rule ended.
1991 - The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti's first democratically elected president.
1996 - Blizzard of '96 strikes the East Coast of US. Much like today for that matter!
1999 - King Hussein of Jordan died. His son was sworn in as king four hours after the announcement that his father had died.
2000 - California's legislature declared that February 13 would be "Charels M. Schulz Day."
2001 - Robert Pickett, 47, fired several shots at the White House near the South Lawn. He was subdued after being shot in the knee. No one else was hurt in the incident.
2003 - Nootka Sound, Sandra Bohn was cited for petting a killer whale under the federal Fisheries Act. She was later fined $74.
Born on February 7th
Sir Thomas More 1478
John Deere 1804
Charles Dickens 1812
Frederick Douglas 1817
Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867
Eubie (James Hubert) Blake 1883
Sinclair Lewis 1885
Larry "Buster" Crabbe 1908
Oscar Brand 1920
An Wang 1920
Eddie Bracken 1920
Wilma Lee Cooper (Leary) 1921
Keefe Brasselle 1923
Gay Talese 1932
Earl King 1934
King Curtis 1934
Dieter Bohlen 1944
Sammy Johns 1946
Jimmy Greenspoon (Three Dog Night) 1948
Alan Lancaster (Status Quo) 1949
Marilyn Cochran 1950
Miguel Ferrer 1954
Brian Travers (UB40) 1959
James Spader 1960
Garth Brooks 1962
David Bryan (Bon Jovi) 1962
Chris Rock 1966
Jason Gedrick 1967
Edward Bergenholz 1974
Ashton Kutcher 1978
Tina Majorino 1985
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
Bonus points for finding the cache on the day it is released.
Double bonus points if it is your birthday! (Send me a note with your date of birth and I will include it in the cache listing.)
Triple bonus points for finding the entire series. (Ok, so that should be worth a lot more. We’ll figure out some suitable award for any survivors left at the end of the year)
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