Today Is National ‘Do A Grouch A Favor Day’

Oh, and it's Presidents Day, too. February 16th is the 47th day of the year. There are 318 days remaining until the end of the year

There are 29 days remaining until St Patty's Day
There are 312 days remaining until Xmas
There are 318 days remaining until New Year's Eve

Today is Do a Grouch a Favor Day, National Almond Day and President's Day.

The Westminister Dog Show starts today.

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Fact of the day: Do you know that the Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

Quote of the day:
“Every noble work is, at first, impossible.” —Thomas Carlyle

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-- On this date in 600, Pope Gregory the Great declared that "God Bless You" was the proper way to respond to someone who had just sneezed ..

-- On this date in 1923, King Tut's tomb was unearthed

-- On this date in 1935, Sonny Bono was born. He died in 1998.

-- On this date in 1937, nylon was invented

-- On this date in 1959, Fidel Castro became the ruler of Cuba following the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista

-- On this date in 1968, The nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was started in Haleyville, Alabama

-- On this date in 1982, Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett divorced.

-- On this date in 1991, The Simpsons topped the UK singles chart with 'Do The Bartman'. The song was written by Michael Jackson

-- On this date in 2005, The National Hockey League canceled their entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs because of a labor dispute

-- On this date in 2005, Kid Rock was arrested for allegedly punching a DJ at a strip club in Nashville, Tennessee.

-- On this date in 2006, The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) was decommissioned by the United States Army.

-- On this date in 2009, a 200-pound chimp severely mauled its owner's friend before being shot dead by police in Stamford, Connecticut.

-- On this date in 2011, Former "Partridge Family" star David Cassidy plead no contest to driving drunk. He lost his driving privileges for six months