USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Happy Valentine's Day ~ February 14 2003

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February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop.

For eight hundred years prior to the establishment of Valentine's Day, the Romans had practiced a pagan celebration in mid-February commemorating young men's rite of passage to the god Lupercus. The celebration featured a lottery in which young men would draw the names of teenage girls from a box. The girl assigned to each young man in that manner would be his companion during the remaining year.

In an effort to do away with the pagan festival, Pope Gelasius ordered a slight change in the lottery. Instead of the names of young women, the box would contain the names of saints. Both men and women were allowed to draw from the box, and the game was to emulate the ways of the saint they drew during the rest of the year. Needless to say, many of the young Roman men were not too pleased with the rule changes.

Instead of the pagan god Lupercus, the Church looked for a suitable patron saint of love to take his place. They found an appropriate choice in Valentine, who, in AD 270 had been beheaded by Emperor Claudius.

Claudius had determined that married men made poor soldiers. So he banned marriage from his empire. But Valentine would secretly marry young men that came to him. When Claudius found out about Valentine, he first tried to convert him to paganism. But Valentine reversed the strategy, trying instead to convert Claudius. When he failed, he was stoned and beheaded.

During the days that Valentine was imprisoned, he fell in love with the blind daughter of his jailer. His love for her, and his great faith, managed to miraculously heal her from her blindness before his death. Before he was taken to his death, he signed a farewell message to her, "From your Valentine." The phrase has been used on his day ever since.

Although the lottery for women had been banned by the church, the mid-February holiday in commemoration of St. Valentine was still used by Roman men to seek the affection of women. It became a tradition for the men to give the ones they admired handwritten messages of affection, containing Valentine's name.

The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time.

Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards.

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"Tonight I also have a message for the men and women who will keep the peace,
members of the American Armed Forces:
Many of you are assembling in and near the Middle East, and some crucial hours may lie ahead.
In those hours, the success of our cause will depend on you. Your training has prepared you.
Your honor will guide you.
You believe in America, and America believes in you."

President George W Bush
State of the Union Address
January 28 2003

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[Aeronaut]

Good morning all.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Happy Valentine's Day from the men in the Military and the Canteen

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

Happy Valentine's Day

[Bethbg79]

Good Morning Troops!!

Good Morning Canteen Crew!!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

A guy walks into a post office one day to see a very well-dressed,
middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing
"Love" stamps on a huge stack of bright pink envelopes. Each envelope
has hearts all over it. The man then takes out a perfume bottle and
starts spraying scent all over them.

His curiosity getting the better of him, he goes up to the balding man
and asks him what he is doing. The man says "I'm sending out 1,000
Valentines cards signed, 'Guess who?'"

"But why?" asks the man.

"I'm a divorce lawyer," the man replies.

[tomkow6]

Chicagoland Weather
Current Conditions:
As reported at KORD, O'Hare Arpt..
Last update Fri 14 Feb 2003 4:56 AM CST.

Mostly Cloudy
22°F Feels Like: 22°F
UV Index: 0 Minimal
Wind: Calm
Humidity: 73 %
Visibility: unlimited
Barometer: 30.10 inches and Steady

Today's Forecast Fri 14 Feb 2003 03:47 AM CST
PM Snow
Low 20°F
High 28°F

[Soaring Feather]

Canteen Blessing
for the Troops
May your heart be calm
your voice strong
steady of foot
radiant of smile
confident and willing
knowing you are safe
Blessings upon you...

bentfeather

[tomkow6]

To some friends I haven't met yet:

Happy Anniversary

Snow Bunny & Fall Guy!

[Peach]

Happy Valentine's Day to our beloved soldiers. Wishing you all a speedy return home to your loved ones, and in the interim, you are in our prayers and hearts. We are able to fly our flag because of your sacrifice, and nothing we ever do in our lives will match your bravery and sacrifice. Thank you for all you do.

[Soaring Feather]

Happy Valentine's Day
Troops
Canteen Crew!

[tomkow6]

[tomkow6]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Todays transportation for you and the Girlz.

[Bethbg79]

Happy Valentine's Day Stinker :)

[ZinGirl]

to the men and women of America's best.....THANK YOU!!!!

thank you for your sacrifices and your courage....you are all in my heart and thoughts every day.

Happy Valentine's Day!

[southerngrit]

[tomkow6]

Bah! HUMBUG!

[tomkow6]

[Bethbg79]

Cheer up! Its not so bad..lol

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You Tomkow !

The flowers a lovely!

[Soaring Feather]

Make that The Flowers are Lovely!

Sheesh bentfeather???:-(

[Bethbg79]

Good Morning Ms Feather :-)

[ValerieUSA]

Happy Valentine's Day

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on February 14:
1462 Edzard I Cirksena the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)
1483 Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
1487 Henry II of Bavaria bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising
1513 Domenico Maria Ferrabosco Italian composer
1515 Frederick III the Pious, elect of the Palts
1533 Christianus Adrichomius Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)
1546 Johann Pistorius German theologist/historian
1572 Hans Christoph Haiden composer
1602 Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer
1638 Sybilla Schwarz writer
1670 Georg Gabriel Schutz composer
1679 Georg Friedrich Kauffman composer
1707 Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha)
1760 Richard Allen Philadelphia PA, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church
1778 Fernando Joseph Maria Sor composer
1806 Lajos Count Batthyány, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49)
1813 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky composer
1813 John McNeil Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1817 Frederick Douglass African-American abolitionist/lecturer/editor
1819 James Green Martin Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1878
1824 Winfield Scott Hancock Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1829 Alfred Iverson Jr Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1835 François Haverschmidt Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)
1838 Margaret Knight inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
1845 Cecil De Vere 1st official British chess champion (1866)
1847 Anna Howard Shaw US, suffragette
1853 Jan van Rijswijck Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp)
1856 Frank Harris England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves)
1858 Joseph Thomson Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle)
1858 Charles Beach Hawley composer
1859 George Washington Gale Ferris engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
1864 Israel Zangwill England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
1864 Robert E Park US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
1868 Henricus A Poels Dutch Roman Catholic theologist/social foreman
1869 Charles Wilson English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel)
1880 Aida Overton Walker US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome)
1880 Edgar Leslie Bainton composer
1881 Otto Selz German psychologist
1881 William John Gruffydd Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud)
1882 George Jean Nathan US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury)
1882 Ignaz Friedman composer
1886 Theodor Werner German painter
1892 Nikolaj A Orloff Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1893 Kay Fisker Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen)
1894 Jack Benny [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan IL, "Oh! Rochester!"
1895 Max Horkheimer German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)
1895 Nigel Bruce Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
1897 Jorgen Bentzon composer
1898 Fritz Zwicky Swiss astronomer (super nova)
1899 John Randall Jr Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man)
19-- Alan Hunter Birmingham AL, one of 5 original MTV vee-jays
1902 Fred Scott Fresno CA, singer/actor (Vincent Lopez)
1902 Ray "Crash" Corrigan Milwaukee WI, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch)
1902 Stu Erwin Squaw Valley CA, actor (Stu Erwin Show)
1902 Valentin Ruiz Azner composer
1904 Charles William Oatley electrical engineer
1904 Hanning Phillips Lord Lieutenant (Dyfed)
1904 Hertha Kuusinen Finnish communist
1905 Thelma Ritter Brooklyn NY, actress (Miracle on 34th Street)
1907 Johnny Longden jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame)
1909 A Moses Klein Montréal, poet (Hath Not a Jew...)
1911 Florence Rice Cleveland OH, actress (Double Wedding, Riding on Air)
1911 Willem J Kolff Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney)
1912 Edmund George Love US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)
1912 Juan Pujol Garcia [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent
1912 Oliver Wendell Harrington cartoonist
1913 James Pike Oklahoma City OK, bishop (Beyond Anxiety)
1913 Jimmy Hoffa Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975
1913 Mel Allen Birmingham AL, sportscaster (voice of the New York Yankees)
1913 Ab [Albert] Visser Dutch poet/writer (Man Without a Head)
1915 A W H Stewart-Moore CEO (Gallaher)
1915 Irving Gordon songwriter
1916 Edward Platt Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart)
1916 Masaki Kobayashi Japanese director (Joi-uchi)
1916 Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski composer
1917 Herbert A Hauptman New York NY, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985)
1920 Arnold Elton consultant surgeon
1921 Hugh Downs Akron OH, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration)
1921 Skeezix of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
1921 Albert Sloman Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
1921 Jeanne Demessieux composer
1921 Piet Kraak Dutch soccer player
1923 Jay Herbert golfer (1960 PGA winner)
1923 Derrick Holden-Brown CEO (Allied-Lyons)
1924 Arghyris Kounadis composer
1924 Countess Mountbatten of Burma
1925 Elliot Lawrence Philadelphia PA, orchestra leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell)
1925 Peg Murray Denver CO, actress (Me & Mrs C)
1926 John Clark CEO (Plessey Company)
1927 Lois Maxwell Kitchener Ontario, actress (Miss Moneypenny)
1928 Ben Garrido Blaz (Representative-R-Guam, 1985- )
1928 Juan García Hortelano Spanish author (Tormenta de verano)
1929 Matthew G Martinez (Representative-D-CA, 1982- )
1930 Duncan Montgomery Stewart principal (Lady Margaret Hall-Oxford)
1931 Phyllis McGuire Middletown OH, singer (McGuire Sisters)
1931 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion NHL right wing (Canadiens, Rangers)
1931 Lord Rossmore
1929 Vic Morrow Bronx NY, actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie)
1932 Alexander Kluge writer
1932 Brian Kelly Detroit MI, actor (Flipper, Straightaway)
1932 Jack Hibbert director (Central Statistical Office)
1932 Jocelyn Stevens CEO (English Heritage)
1932 Michael Ball Bishop (Truro)
1932 Peter Ball Bishop (Gloucester)
1933 Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky composer
1933 Bertram Jay Turetzky composer
1933 Evelyn Ebsworth Vice-Chancellor (Durham U)
1934 Florence Henderson Dale IN, actress/singer (Carol-Brady Bunch)
1934 Marlene Matthews Australia, sprinter (Olympics-2 bronze-1956)
1935 Christine CT "Christel" Adelaar Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown)
1935 David Wilson British Governor (Hong Kong)
1935 Lord Wilson of Tillyorn
1935 Mickey Wright San Diego CA, LPGA golfer (4 times LPGA champion)
1935 Peter Phillips printer
1936 Andrew Pine Jennings FL, actor (V, WEB, Wide Country)
1936 Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella], Argentina, (Wilbur Mills affair)
1937 John MacGregor British MP
1937 Magic Sam rocker (Chicago Bluesman)
1938 Lee Chamberlin New York NY, actress (Electric Company, Viper)
1939 Chris Pyne trombonist
1939 Michael Rudman English theater director/producer (Donkeys' Years)
1940 Porpoise 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Florida)
1941 Paul Tsongas (Senator-D-MA)
1941 John Butterfill MP
1942 Margaret Wright chief commissioner (Guide Association)
1943 Eric Anderson Pittsburgh PA, singer (Avalanche, Be True to You)
1943 Ischa Meijer journalist/critic/actor (Boezemvriend)
1943 Maceo Parker US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots)
1943 Robert J Murphy Jr Brooklyn NY, PGA golfer (1968 Philadelphia Classic)
1944 Carl Bernstein Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate)
1944 Alan Parker English actor (Bugsy Malone, Evita)
1944 Bruce Summerhays St Louis MO, PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 91 93)
1945 Gregory Hines New York NY, actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps)
1945 Hans Adam prince of Liechtenstein
1945 K M Jenkins British director of personnel (Royal Mail)
1945 Vic Briggs England, rocker (Animals)
1945 William Hill Boner (Representative-D-TN, 1979- )
1946 David Green English TV/video producer
1946 Tim Buckley Washington DC, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
1946 Tina Aumont Hollywood CA, actress (Master of Love, Casanova)
1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl German Federal Republic, long jumper (Olympics-gold-1972)
1947 Judd Gregg (Representative-R-NH, 1981- )
1947 Pham Tuan Vietnam, cosmonaut (Soyuz 37/36)
1947 Salah-ud-Din cricketer (played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69)
1948 Pat O'Brien reporter (Entertainment Tonight)
1948 Jackie [Jr John Coger] Martling "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian (Howard Stern Show)
1948 Raymond Joseph Teller Philadelphia PA, magician (Penn & Teller)
1948 Wally Tax Dutch guitarist
1949 Ewa Aulin Stockholm Sweden, actress (Candy, Fiorina LeVacca)
1949 Jimmy Randell rocker
1949 Richard E Neal (Representative-D-MA)
1950 Raymond van het Groenewoud Belgian vocalist/actor (Brussels by Night)
1951 Kevin Keegan British soccer player/manager (Newcastle United)
1951 Michael Doucet singer/musician (Beausoleil)
1953 Wayne Siegel composer
1955 R Jeremy H Lascelles grandson of English princess Mary
1956 Dave Dravecky pitcher (San Francisco Giants), had arm amputated
1956 Howard Edward Davis Jr Glen Cove NY, lightweight boxer (Olympics-silver-1976)
1958 Perry Stephens Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children)
1960 Jim Kelly NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
1960 Meg Tilly [Margaret], Los Angeles CA, actress (Big Chill, Impulse)
1963 D'Wayne Wiggins singer (Tony! Toni! Tone!)
1963 Jeff Dellenbach NFL center (New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1963 John Marzano Philadelphia PA, catcher (Seattle Mariners)
1963 Zach Galligan New York NY, actor (Gremlins)
1964 Darrick Brilz NFL center (Cincinnati Bengals)
1965 Jessie Tuggle NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1966 Clark Sherwood Dennis Houston TX, PGA golfer (1990 Hawaiian Open-3rd)
1966 Petr Svoboda Most Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers, Olympics-gold-1998)
1967 Calle Johansson Göteborg Sweden, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1967 Laura Martin LaJolla CA, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1994)
1967 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player (1984 US Open Mixed Doubles)
1968 Chris Lewis cricketer (in Guyana England all-rounder)
1969 Chad Magee Tyler TX, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open-36th)
1969 Harry Colon NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions)
1969 Jeff Graham NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, New York Jets)
1969 Roy Barker NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings, San Francisco 49ers)
1969 Shana Zadrick Grand Junction CO, model (Guess Jeans)
1970 David Podlich Brisbane Queensland, Australasia golfer
1970 Elaine Youngs Orange CA, volleyball outside hitter (Olympics-96)
1970 Guillaume Raoux France, tennis star
1970 Kelly Stinnett US baseball catcher (New York Mets)
1970 Richard Smehlik Ostrava Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Team Czechoslovakian Republic, Buffalo)
1970 Sean Hill Duluth, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1971 Derrick Witherspoon NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 Gheorghe Muresan NBA center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1971 Kenny Shedd WLAF receiver (Barcelona Dragons, Oakland Raiders)
1971 Lonnie Johnson NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1972 Mayne One rocker (Young Nation)
1972 Bruno Heppell CFL full back (Montréal Alouettes)
1972 Drew Bledsoe NFL quarterback (New England Patriots)
1972 Erika Rachael Schwarz Folsom LA, Miss Louisiana-America (1996-2nd)
1972 Raymond Beerens Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
1973 George Hegamin NFL/WLAF tail back (Dallas Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 Michael "Mike" Theodore Lambert IV Thomaston GA, rower (Olympics-1996)
1973 Steve McNair NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers)
1973 Tyus Edney NBA guard (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings)
1974 Michael Lowery NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1974 Rob Jahrling Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1975 Jennifer Michelle Roberts Greensboro NC, Miss North Carolina-America (1996)
1977 Nathan Osmond Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
1978 Laurie Schwoy soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1985 Jacob Parker actor (Evening Shade)
1998 Arpad Flynn Busson New York NY, son of model Elle MacPherson

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Deaths which occurred on February 14:
0869 Cyrillus Greek apostle of Slaves, dies
1400 Richard II British King (1377-99), murdered at 33 at Pontefract Castle
1405 Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk" [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68
1528 Edzard I the Great count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
1571 Benvenuto Cellini Italian sculptor/metalsmith/author (Perseus), dies at 70
1571 Odet de Coligny Cardinal of Châtillon/count of Beauvais, dies at 53
1681 Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at 77
1760 François Collin de Blamont composer, dies at 69
1779 James Cook British explorer, murdered by natives in fracas with Hawaiians
1780 William Blackstone English lawyer, dies at 56
1790 Capel Bond composer, dies at 59
1818 John C Hespe Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61
1820 Charles F Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
1831 Vincente Guerrero Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
1841 Antun Sorkocevic composer, dies at 65
1846 Cornelis F van Maanen Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
1857 Johannes B van Bree Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
1873 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg composer, dies at 52
1891 William Tecumseh Sherman Union Civil War General (captured Atlanta), dies at 71
1901 Edward John Hopkins composer, dies at 82
1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer composer, dies at 72
1916 Petko J Todorov Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1937 Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, dies at 62
1943 David Hilbert German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81
1943 Frieda Reiss French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz
1950 Eduard Hermann German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
1950 Karl G Jansky Czechoslovakian discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44
1955 Charles Cuvillier composer, dies at 77
1960 Sven R Lidman Swedish writer (Tvedräktens Barn), dies at 77
1961 Wallis Clark actress (Easy Money), dies at 78
1965 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht French composer/conductor, dies at 84
1967 Sig Ruman actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82
1967 James Schneider actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85
1969 Vito Genovese US mafia chief, dies at 71
1969 Wolfe Barzell actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72
1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
1974 C S Dempster cricketer (10 Tests for New Zealand, 723 runs), dies
1975 Heintje Davids [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87
1975 Julian S Huxley English scholar/director-general (UNESCO), dies at 87
1975 Pelham G Wodehouse English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93
1979 Adolph Dubs US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
1982 Henk Schaer [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79
1987 Bola Sete guitarist, dies at 63
1987 Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky composer, dies at 82
1988 Frederick Loewe US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84
1990 Graeme Hole cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies
1990 Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
1991 Arno Breker German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90
1991 John A McCone Head of CIA (1961-65), dies
1992 Angelique Pettyjohn actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48
1992 Jacob "Bob" de Uyl journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61
1992 Roepie Kruize hockey player (Olympics-bronze-48/silver-52), dies at 67
1993 Buddy Pepper composer, dies of heart failure at 70
1994 Christopher Lasch author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61
1994 Gary "BB" Coleman blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47
1995 Alberto Burri Italian physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79
1995 Ischa Meÿer journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at 52
1995 Michael Vincent Gazzo US actor/playwright (Godfather 2), dies at 71
1995 Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch TV Director/film-maker, dies at 45
1995 Patricia Highsmith writer, dies at 74
1995 Roger de Grey English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
1995 Siem Suurhoff TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58
1995 U Nu PM of Burma (1948-56, 57-58, 60-62), dies
1996 Bob Paisley football manager, dies at 77
1996 Caroline Blackwood writer, dies at 64
1996 Eva Hart Titanic survivor, dies at 90
1996 Ivan William Hannaford sociologist, dies at 64

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On this day...
0842 Charles II & Louis the German sign treaty
1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor
1076 Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV
1130 Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II
1349 2,000 Jews burned at the stake in Strasbourg France
1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels
1556 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic
1610 Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 & Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1613 King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik
1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
1670 Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
1689 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne
1711 Händels opera Rinaldo, premieres
1746 Henry Pelham appointed English premier
1766 Dutch governor Falck signs Treaty of Batticaloa with rebels
1778 "Stars & Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)
1794 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia PA
1803 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington PA
1848 James K Polk became 1st President photographed in office (Matthew Brady)
1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state
1862 Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut
1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company issues 1st policy
1867 Morehouse College organizes (Augusta GA)
1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA)
1876 A G Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents; Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
1879 Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
1883 1st state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions
1887 Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000
1889 1st trainload of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for the east
1890 1st New South Wales vs South Australia 1st-class cricket game
1894 Venus is both a morning star & evening star
1895 Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London
1896 George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs South Africa, 8-7 for inning
1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs England - their lowest ever
1896 Stanley Cup Winnipeg Victorias beat Montréal Victorias, 2-0
1896 Theodor Herzl publishes "Der Judenstaat"
1899 US Congress begins using voting machines
1900 Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
1903 US Dept of Commerce & Labor established
1907 1st US fox hound association forms in New York NY
1912 1st US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton CT
1912 Arizona becomes 48th state
1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
1918 USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar
1918 H Atteridge & S Rombergs musical "Sinbad" premieres in New York NY
1919 United Parcel Service forms
1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses", New York
1921 Canadian 5¢ nickel coin is authorized
1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson
1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed
1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago IL, 7 gangsters killed
1931 Bradman scores 152 Australia vs West Indies, 154 minutes, 13 fours 2 fives
1931 Spanish government of General Damasco Berenguer falls
1932 South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs Australia (Ironmonger 5-6)
1934 NHL Ace Bailey Benefit Game Toronto beats All-Stars 7-3 in Toronto
1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago
1936 US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1936 US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind
1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed
1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published
1941 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
1941 1,000,000th vehicle traverses the New York Midtown Tunnel
1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
1942 Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra
1942 Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
1943 German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia
1943 Soviets recapture Rostov
1944 Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial & Sport Fishing
1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java
1945 Perú, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador join the United Nations
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1946 Bank of England nationalized
1949 1st session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1950 USSR & China sign peace treaty
1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title
1952 6th Winter Olympics games opens in Oslo, Norway
1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St Petersburg FL (NBC) begins
1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference
1956 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
1956 Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union
1956 Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate
1957 Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites
1958 Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms
1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York NY
1960 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley CA
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational
1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1963 US launches communications satellite Syncom 1
1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps
1966 Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
1966 Writers Andrei Sinjavski & Joeij Daniël found guilty
1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/NYC Central merge into Pennsylvania Central
1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory NC (IND) begins broadcasting
1970 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance
1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1972 John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon
1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station
1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St George
1978 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
1979 "Whoopee!" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 204 performances
1980 13th Winter Olympics games open in Lake Placid NY
1980 US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares
1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances
1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall
1982 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1984 Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia
1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut
1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit
1988 Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500
1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
1988 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Gary Player
1988 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay
1988 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic
1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster
1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam
1989 Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"
1989 World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens
1990 Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment" premieres in London
1990 Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some
1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
1991 "Mule Bone" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 67 performances
1991 Air raid shelter at Baghdad bombed killing 300
1991 NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 million salary arbitration
1992 Andre Cason runs world record 60 meter indoor (6.41 seconds)
1992 Cease fire in Somalia begins
1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800 meter freestyle (7 minutes 46.60 seconds)
1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60 meter indoor (6.96 seconds)
1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
1994 Alexander Golubev skates Olympics record 500 meter (36.33)
1994 Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (51) weds Deborah Koons
1995 Roseanne weds bodyguard Ben Thomas
1995 Wellington 2-498d & 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 & 2-476d

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Arizona 1912, Oregon 1859 : Admission Day
Bulgaria : Viticulturists' Day/Trifon Zarezan, cult of Dionysus
China : Chinese New Year-The Year of the Tiger (2010/4708)
Denmark : Gaekkebrev/Fjörtende Februar-gift exchanges by school kids
Mexico : Day of National Mourning (Vincent Guerrero-1831)
World : St Valentine's Day (269)

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Religious Observances
Methodist : Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February)
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Valentine, physician/martyr/patron of lovers
Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic : Memorial of Cyril, monk/missionary to the Slavs
Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Methodius, bishop/missionary to the Slavs

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Religious History
1760 Richard Allen, the first black ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church (1799), and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1816, was born in slavery in Philadelphia.
1805 Colonial American theologian Henry Ware, 41, was confirmed as the first Unitarian professor to teach at Harvard University. Soon after, the Trinitarian Congregationalist teachers began withdrawing from the school, and in 1808 established Andover Theological Seminary.
1914 Birth of Ira F. Stanphill, Assemblies of God clergyman and song evangelist. He is best known today for the hymn, "Room at the Cross," which he penned in 1946.
1949 Russian-born English chemist and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, 74, was elected first president of the newly restored modern state of Israel.
1985 The U.S. Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism announced their decision to begin accepting women as rabbis.

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Thought for the day :
"Show affection, it will probably meet with pleasant response."

[tomkow6]

[SAMWolf]

Veteran
Remembering you
on Valentine's Day
and hoping that you know
How often you are thought of
as occasions come and go…

How often
you are wished the best
that life can give to you--
Happiness and heart's content
and your favorite dreams
come true!

Happy Valentine's Day Veteran!

[Bethbg79]

[Bethbg79]

..Wishing all our Soldiers and Sailors a Wonderful day!!

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You
from the Canteen Crew

Happy Valentine's Day to You

[Dubya]

Friends

I consider you my friend, although
we've never met-
You've managed to touch my heart
Through this thing called "The Net".


You've been there for me when I've
needed someone-
How can I ever thank you for all
that you've done?


When I've needed a shoulder, a prayer,
a hug or an ear
You have been there for me like
we've been friends for years


I don't quite understand it us meeting
as cyber-friends
But I feel that God had a hand in it
In order for me to mend.


I prefer not to use it- this term
"cyber-friend"
I'll leave off the "cyber"and just
call you friend.


I feel I must thank you for showering
me with love-
My angels right here on earth sent
from Heaven above.
"Thank YOU for being my friend."

[snippy_about_it]

[Soaring Feather]

Good Morning Beth!
How be ya today?

[Bethbg79]

I'm great, thanks for asking :-)

How are you?

[SAMWolf]

Current Military News
82nd Airborne Deploys

Specialist James Romero (front) kisses his wife Josieline good-bye as Pfc. Randy Skeene (rear) kisses his wife Tabitha good-bye prior to boarding a plane for their deployment on February 13, 2003 along with other members of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Some 4,000 troops of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne are going to be deployed to Kuwait by Sunday. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier


Specialist Bryan Spears, of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, takes one last look at his eight month-old daughter Mikayla before boarding a plane for deployment to Kuwait, February 13, 2003. Some 4,000 troops of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne are going to be deployed to Kuwait by Sunday. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier


Cpl. Terrance Watkins, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, reads verses from 'Bullet Proof Faith' Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, as he waits to board a plane at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., to deploy to Kuwait to join thousands of other troops for a possible conflict wikth Iraq.


Specialist Nathanael Cunningham (R), who is a member of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina spends his last few moments before boarding a plane for deployment to Kuwait with his wife Shanlynell (L) on February 13, 2003. Some 4,000 troops of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne are going to be deployed to Kuwait by Sunday. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier


Specialist Nataniel Flint of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, catches up on some sleep before boarding a plane for delpoyment to Kuwait, February 13, 2003. Some 4,000 troops of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne are going to be deployed to Kuwait by Sunday. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier


Pfc. David Hunger, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, says good-bye to his wife Olivia, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, before he boarded a plane at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., to deploy to Kuwait to join thousands of other troops for a possible conflict with Iraq. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)


Spc. John Lenzmeier, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, works on his computer, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, as he waits to board a plane at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., to deploy to Kuwait to join thousands of other troops for a possible conflict with Iraq. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan)

[Soaring Feather]

I am well thank you Beth.

The graphic is adorable!!

You're doing a great job in the Canteen!

Thank You so very much.

[Bethbg79]

Aww, Thank y'all for having me.

Its a pleasure to be here.

[tomkow6]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click for current time
in Afghanistan

[Kathy in Alaska]

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

.

Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

.

(Click on praying hands above,
or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Soaring Feather]

Good Morning Kathy in Alaska!
Have a Happy Day!

[Valin]

Troops cheered from the sidelines (FreeRepublic)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/843258/posts

[Bethbg79]

Happy Valentine's Day Ms Kathy :-)

[tomkow6]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Canadian, Israeli, Great Britain, Australian, New Zealand, and Taiwanese allies (and everybody else). Thank you for helping to take such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 8:43am
Sunset 5:45pm

Hi 34F
Lo 20F

Mostly cloudy; a flurry (yeah, right!)

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 39F
Lo 34F

State Hi 49F Cape Decision
State Lo -40F Nuiqsut

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bless This House sung along with this morning,
twice because I love this song for our troops USO Canteen, and
Prayer of Protection said for all who enter the USO Canteen Freeper Style,
including our troops, our veterans, their families and our allies.
Welcome to all who come to honor our troops and veterans,
for whom this USO Canteen was created.

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are, God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

Wherever you are, God is, and all is well!