STORY OF MY LIFE
Story of My Life and its Foundation have an ambitious goal: to collect the life Story of every person who has walked the face of this earth – in the past, the present and our futures; and to keep these Stories preserved and accessible forever.
STORY OF THE DAY: “The officer told me that my cloth in OK, but we take the girl to the station and have her to sign a promise not to ever wear such a thing again! Also he told me ‘I’m doing favor to you because you’re not also intimate to each other (Married or engaged in accordance to Islamic law; which is an Islamic sin and two unrelated persons should be on trial)’” http://ping.fm/DpWyd
Cool Twitter name of the day: @IrishSmiley http://ping.fm/UrhMa
Today in history 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador
1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
1887 1st newspaper convention in Rochester, New York
1878 Silver dollar became U.S. legal tender
February 16 is Do a Grouch a Favor Day/ 911 Birthday (First Call made in Haleyville, Al in 1968)/ DuPont patented Nylon patented (1937)
STORY OF THE DAY: “‘Honk, honk,’ A chorus of geese from across the lake intercepted my cursing. I stopped and settled on a dry spot on the rock. Listening, forgetting my three dollar spilled drink that I had to scrounge for change to get.” http://ping.fm/qPbLQ
Cool Twitter name of the day: @SoulSteering http://ping.fm/3f9dJ
Today in history in 1995 Population of People’s Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends
1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched
1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die
February 15 is National Gumdrop Day/ Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday (Born 1820)/ Clifford The Big Red Dog (Debut 1963)
STORY OF THE DAY: “We had a large bright kitchen with a center counter that could seat eight to ten kids around on bright yellow bar stools. And my mother would be behind the counter, just like in the local diner, making some sweet treat for us all to drool over” http://ping.fm/zGNDa
Cool Twitter name of the day: @Commentopia http://ping.fm/mWu5t
Today in history in 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson
1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state
February 14 is Valentine’s Day/ Ferris Wheel Day/ Read To Your Child Day/ National Have a Heart Day/ National Call In Single Day/ Race Relations Day/ Quirky Alone Day/ Telephone Birthday (1876)
On this day in 1964 GI Joe character created
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
1895 Volleyball invented by WG Morgan in Massachusetts
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president