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Sunday, April 5, 2009

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

On This Day:Thursday February 5, 2009This is the 36th day of the year, with 329 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: Super Bowl The first Super Bowl football game was played on January 15, 1967, at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, in front of 63,036 spectators. The Green Bay Packers... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 2, 2009

ADVERTISEMENT On This Day:Monday February 2, 2009This is the 33rd day of the year, with 332 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: Candlemas and Groundhog Day Candlemas commemorates the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified 40... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

On This Day:Sunday February 1, 2009This is the 32nd day of the year, with 333 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: car insurance The first car insurance was issued in 1898 by the Travelers Insurance Company - against accidents with horses. The policy was for Dr. Truman J. Martin of Buffalo, New... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

On This Day:Saturday January 31, 2009This is the 31st day of the year, with 334 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: social security Ida May Fuller's first monthly retirement check, paid on this day in 1940 from the Social Security program, was for $22.54. Ms. Fuller had worked for three years... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

ednesday January 28, 2009This is the 28th day of the year, with 337 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: pancake The oldest surviving pancake recipe in the English language dates from the 15th century. It describes a thin flat cake of batter, fried on both sides in a pan and usually served either... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 23, 2009

On This Day: Friday January 23, 2009 This is the 23rd day of the year, with 342 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: accident, injury, death The 10 most common causes of injury in the US are: falls, being struck against or by objects or persons, motor vehicle, cutting or piercing, overexertion... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

On This Day: Thursday January 22, 2009 This is the 22nd day of the year, with 343 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: paleography Paleography is the study of ancient and medieval handwriting. The term is derived from the Greek palaios 'old' and graphein 'to write'. Epigraphy, the study of... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

On This Day: Wednesday January 21, 2009 This is the 21st day of the year, with 344 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year celebration is actually a two-week series of events, beginning with the ascent of the Kitchen God to heaven near the end of the 12th lunar... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

On This Day: Tuesday January 20, 2009 This is the 20th day of the year, with 345 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: acre Old English aecer, now acre, was originally the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day; the Old English term came from Latin ager 'fertile field' and this became... Sign in to see full entry.

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