Andrews McMeel Almanac
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Each installment of the Andrews McMeel Syndication Almanac daily calendar feature includes notable historical and sports events that occurred on the particular day, as well as interesting birthdays of the day. In addition, the Almanac offers such intriguing tidbits as a quote, fact and statistic of the day and traces the phases of the moon.
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Today is the 68th day of 2020 and the 79th day of winter.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1782, Pennsylvania militiamen massacred 96 Christian Native Americans at the Moravian missionary village of Gnadenhutten, Ohio.
In 1917, the so-called February Revolution in Russia began with food riots and strikes in Petrograd (St. Petersburg).
In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious education in public schools was unconstitutional.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” during a speech in Orlando, Florida.
In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935), Supreme Court justice/author; Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932), author; Alan Hale Jr. (1921-1990), actor; Cyd Charisse (1922-2008), actress/dancer; Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010), actress; Micky Dolenz (1945- ), singer/musician; Lester Holt (1959- ), journalist; Aidan Quinn (1959- ), actor; Kenny Smith (1965- ), basketball player/sportscaster; Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976- ), actor; James Van Der Beek (1977- ), actor.
TODAY’S FACT: Around 3 million Americans (roughly 1 percent of the U.S. population in the 2010 census) have Russian ancestry.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1936, the first stock car race was held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that’s always changing!” — Kenneth Grahame, “The Wind in the Willows”
TODAY’S NUMBER: 56.6 million — estimated number of American children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade public schools in the 2019-2020 school year.
TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (March 2) and full moon (March 9).
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