I'm not sure when it was posted or where, but Mr. H. B. corrected my date for the miracle game in hockey That game was played on February 22, 1980, not February 2.

On May 22 in History For Amy and for Laurence Olivier 0760 - 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1176 - Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo 1200 - Peace of Goulet 1370 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium 1455 - Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St Albans) 1455 - Richard of York takes St Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI 1526 - Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence & Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1570 - 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published 1594 - Earl Mauritius & Willem Louis begins siege of Groningen 1629 - Emperor Ferdinand II & Danish King Christian IV sign Peace of L�beck 1659 - France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty 1712 - Emperor Karel VI crowned king of Hungary 1746 - Russia & Austria signs treaty of cooperation 1761 - 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila 1762 - Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty 1784 - Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy 1803 - 1st public library opens (Connecticut) 1807 - Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Va (acquitted) 1807 - Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila) 1819 - 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) 1836 - Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul," premieres in D�sseldorf 1843 - 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon 1849 - Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device 1856 - Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner 1858 - Confederaci�n Granadina (now Colombia) forms 1863 - General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg 1863 - War Dept establishes Bureau of Colored Troops 1864 - Battle of N Anna River, VA (Totopotamy River, Haw's Shop, Hanovertown) 1868 - Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1872 - Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500) 1877 - 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38 1883 - Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out 1884 - 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters 1885 - 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49 1888 - Leroy Buffington patents a system to build skyscrapers 1891 - 1st motion picture shown to Natl Federation of Women's Clubs 1892 - Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube 1893 - Montreal Athletic Assn beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game 1900 - Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative 1900 - Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player 1902 - 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6 1905 - Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School 1906 - 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece 1906 - 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45 1906 - Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane 1907 - Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx v Somerset 1909 - 1st SF fireboat, David Scannell, launched 1911 - Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row 1915 - Local train collides with troop train killing 226 (Gretna Scotland) 1916 - French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun 1923 - Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier 1924 - In Chicago, Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb kidnap Robert Franks 1926 - "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1 1926 - Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China 1926 - Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop 1927 - 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed 1927 - Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4 1928 - US Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1930 - Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930) 1930 - Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 HRs in a game 1931 - Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida 1933 - Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay 1933 - World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated 1938 - Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field 1939 - Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" 1940 - Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis 1940 - Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1941 - British troops attack Baghdad 1942 - Mexico declares war on nazi-Germany & Japan 1943 - 1st jet fighter is tested 1943 - RAF scatters 1st copies of "The Flying Hollander" 1943 - Stalin disbands Komintern 1945 - 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa 1945 - NSB-F�hrer Rost van Tonningen attempts & fails at suicide 1946 - Yankees turn triple-play & defeat Tigers' 5-3 1947 - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece 1947 - 1st US ballistic missile fired 1950 - Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey 1950 - Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize 1950 - Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London 1953 - President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill 1953 - Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4 1954 - 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4 1954 - KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 - Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed 1955 - Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1956 - "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1956 - KRIS TV channel 6 in Corpus Christi, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 - KBTX TV channel 3 in Bryan, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 - Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win 1957 - South Africa govt approves race separation in universities 1959 - Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF 1960 - Virtually all coastal towns between 37th & 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM 1961 - "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 1961 - "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42 1961 - 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens 1962 - 14th Emmy Awards: Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth 1962 - Neth telephone net becomes completely automated 1962 - Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 1962 - Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game 1963 - A C Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London 1963 - Greek parliament leader Lambrakis injured 1963 - Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade 1964 - LBJ presents "Great Society" 1965 - "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66 1965 - Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," single goes #1 1965 - Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ 1966 - 18th Emmy Awards: Fugitive, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore 1966 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open 1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS) 1967 - Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel 1967 - Fire at L'Innovation dept store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) 1968 - Pitts Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double & a single 1969 - Stafford & Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1970 - Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus 1970 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 - Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0 1972 - Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified 1972 - Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion 1972 - US president Nixon begins visit Moscow 1973 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation 1973 - President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up 1974 - Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later 1974 - Soccer team Veendam forms 1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1975 - 8th ABA Championship: Kentucky Colonels beat Ind Pacers, 4 games to 1 1976 - NASA launches space vehicle S-179 1976 - St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR 1977 - Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years) 1977 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic 1977 - Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11 1979 - Canadians elect conservatives, Joseph Clark replaces Pierre Trudeau 1979 - Commencement of 1st ICC Trophy (PNG v E Afr & Singapore v Arg) 1980 - Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue marry 1981 - Soyuz 40 returns to Earth 1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament 1983 - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR 1985 - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1985 - Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid 1985 - US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying for USSR 1986 - Cher called David Letterman an asshole on Late Night on NBC 1987 - 30 killed in a Texas tornado 1988 - 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner 1988 - K roly Gr�sz succeeds party leader J nos K d r in Hungary 1990 - Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times 1990 - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23 1990 - Final episode of "Newhart" airs 1990 - Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 1990 - North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen 1991 - Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome 1991 - NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994 1991 - Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea 1992 - Calif Angels, are involved in a bus crash, in NJ 1992 - India launches its Agni rocket 1992 - Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show 1993 - Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 - Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1994 - Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" & logo 1995 - Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised 1996 - "Tartuffe: Born Again," opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 perfs 1996 - Emmy 23rd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 16th time

PEACE CORPS ESTABLISHED: March 1, 1961 On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order #10924, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. The same day, he sent a message to Congress asking for permanent funding for the agency, which would send trained American men and women to foreign nations to assist in development efforts. The Peace Corps captured the imagination of the U.S. public, and during the week after its creation thousands of letter poured into Washington from young Americans hoping to volunteer.

Today in Television History 1940 - The first televised intercollegiate track meet was seen on TV in New York City on W2XBS. The game presented live from Madison Square Garden. New York University won the meet. 1977 - "The Barry Manilow Special" aired on ABC-TV. 1981 - Michael Jackson was a guest on Diana Ross' third TV special "diana" on CBS. 1996 - The first episode of "Pacific Blue" aired.

March 5 1839 Charlotte Bront� declines marriage Charlotte Bront� writes to the Reverend Henry Nussey, declining marriage. The 23-year-old Bront� told him that he would find her "romantic and eccentric" and not practical enough to be a clergyman's wife. Rather than marry, Bront� struggled as a teacher and governess to help support her brother Branwell's literary aspirations. In the end, Branwell's excesses destroyed him; his sisters, though, all became literary figures. Charlotte was born in 1816, one of six siblings born to an Anglican clergyman. When she was five, the family moved to the remote village of Hawthorne on the moors of Yorkshire. The gloomy parsonage produced some of the best-known novels in English literature. Bront�'s mother died in 1821, and Charlotte and her older sisters were sent to the Cown Bridge School, a cheap boarding school for daughters of the clergy. However, her two sisters fell ill and died, and Charlotte was brought home, where she and her remaining siblings, Branwell, Emily, and Anne, invented and wrote about elaborate fantasy worlds to amuse themselves. Shortly after declining the proposal of Reverend Nussey, Charlotte went to Brussels with her sister Emily to study languages and school administration. Returning to the parsonage at Hawthorne, the sisters attempted to set up their own school, but no pupils registered. Meanwhile, their adored brother Branwell was becoming a heavy drinker and opium user. When Emily got him a job teaching with her at a wealthy manor, he lost both their positions after a tryst with the mother of the house. He eventually died after accidentally setting his bed on fire. In 1846, Charlotte ran across some poems that Emily had written, which led to the revelation that all three sisters were closet poets. The sisters published their own book, Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Only two copies sold, but publishers became interested in the sisters' work. Charlotte, under the nom de plum Currer Bell, published Jane Eyre in 1847. Emily's Wuthering Heights and Anne's Agnes Grey were published later that year. Sadly, all three of Charlotte's siblings died within the next two years. Left alone, Charlotte cared for her ill father and married his curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls, just a year after she published Villette, a novel inspired by a failed romance she had in Brussels years before. Charlotte died during a pregnancy shortly after the marriage.

March 7 1960 Jack Paar returns to the Tonight Show A month after walking off The Tonight Show to protest censorship, host Jack Paar returns to the show. Paar, who had been hosting the show since July 1957, shortly after host Steve Allen left, was protesting NBC's censorship of a joke about a "water closet," which the network deemed inappropriate. Jack Benny discovered Paar in 1945; they met in Guadalcanal while both were entertaining the troops. Benny was already a famous comedian, but Paar was just beginning his career. Benny helped Paar launch a radio show, The Jack Paar Show, in 1947. Although well received, the show was cancelled after Paar allegedly insulted Jack Benny's comedy. Paar joined The Tonight Show as host in 1957 after Steve Allen retired from the popular late-night program. The witty, often emotional Paar was a master of the interview as well as comic sketches. Regulars on his show included Hugh Downs, bandleader Jose Melis, Tedi Thurman, and Dody Goodman. Florence Henderson, Betty White, and Buddy Hackett also appeared frequently. The mostly humorous show also included serious moments: Paar railed against the Cuban dictatorship under Batista and praised Castro's revolution. He also did some telecasts from the Berlin Wall. Paar permanently left The Tonight Show in 1962, and the show was hosted by a series of substitutes until Johnny Carson took over later that year. Carson's 30-year reign became the longest in The Tonight Show's history. Late-night stars Jay Leno and David Letterman vied for his spot when Carson left the show in 1992. Leno ended up in the host's seat, and Letterman launched Late Show opposite The Tonight Show the following year. 1946 Joan Crawford wins Oscar Actress Joan Crawford, born Lucille Fay Le Sueur, is awarded the Oscar for her performance in Mildred Pierce. Although Crawford built her career in the 20s and 30s playing beautiful young flappers who specialized in captivating wealthy men, her studio, MGM, awarded her fewer roles as she aged. Nonetheless, she made some of the finest films of her career after age 40, including Mildred Pierce, and two more Oscar-nominated films, Possessed in 1947 and Sudden Fear in 1952. 1955 First Broadway play televised in color The first Broadway play to be televised in color, featuring the original cast, airs on this day in 1955. The play was Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin.

July 21 1873 - The first train robbery in America was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang. They took $3,000 from the Rock Island Express at Adair, IA. Stick �em up. And don�t try to grab my mask! 1930 - The Veterans� Administration of the United States was established this day. 1931 - Ted Husing was master of ceremonies for the very first CBS-TV program. The gala show featured singer Kate Smith, composer George Gershwin and New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker. 1944 - Harry S Truman accepted the Democratic party�s nomination for vice president of the U.S. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected for a fourth term that year -- with Truman as his VP. On April 12, 1945, Roosevelt died and Truman became president. 1957 - Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major U.S. tennis title. She won the Women�s National clay-court singles competition. 1958 - The last of Arthur Godfrey�s Talent Scouts programs aired on CBS-TV. Many artists got their start on Talent Scouts, including Tony Bennett, Pat Boone, The McGuire Sisters and a singer named Connie Francis -- who not only sang, but played the accordion, as well. 1959 - A U.S. District Court judge in New York City ruled that Lady Chatterley�s Lover was not a dirty book. The ruling was upheld in U.S. appeals court one year later. The book, incidentally, has been called a literary work of art. We recommend pages 21, 46 and 319. 1968 - Arnold Palmer became the first golfer to make a million dollars in career earnings after he tied for second place at the PGA Championship. Palmer accomplished the feat in just 13 years and 2 months as a professional golfer. He won 52 golf tournaments during that period. 1969 - Just one day after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Duke Ellington and a portion of his band performed a 10-minute composition on ABC-TV titled Moon Maiden. The work featured piano, drums, bass and vocals. 1973 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown reached the top spot on the Billboard pop-singles chart, becoming Jim Croce�s first big hit. Croce died in a plane crash two months later (September 20, 1973). 1985 - The 10 sexiest men in the U.S., according to Playgirl magazine, included comedian John Candy, New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Representative Jack Kemp. 1985 - Sandy Lyle became the first British golfer in 16 years to win the British Open golf title. Tony Jacklin was the previous winner from Great Britain (1969). 1985 - Race horse John Henry retired. The thoroughbred was originally purchased for $1,100. The 1984 Horse of the Year had career winnings of $6.5 million. John Henry won 39 of 83 races and was 10 years old when he retired. 1987 - TV personality Mary Hart of Entertainment Tonight made news as she had her legs insured by Lloyd�s of London for $2 million. 1989 - Former president Ronald Reagan was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in recognition of his role as George Armstrong Custer in The Santa Fe Trail (1940) and as host of TV�s Death Valley Days (1965-1966). 1990 - Some 250,000 people celebrated at the site where the Berlin Wall once stood in East Berlin. Included in the benefit concert was an all-star cast performing Pink Floyd�s The Wall. Artists who performed: The Band, The Scorpions, Ute Lemper, Thomas Dolby, Sinead O'Connor, Joni Mitchel, James Galway, Brian Adams, Jerry Hall, Van Morrison, Marianne Faithfull, Albert Finney. Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters (organizer of the concert) performed together with his group The Bleeding Heart Band. �Organizing this show was certainly a lot of hard work,� Waters said, �but it was excellent to work with Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper and all the others.� If you like TWtD you will love TWtD Deluxe. Birthdays July 21 1864 - Frances Cleveland (Folsom) wife of 22nd U.S. President Grover Cleveland; died Oct 29, 1947 1899 - Ernest (Miller) Hemingway Pulitzer Prize [1953] & Nobel Prize-winning writer [1954]: The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls; died July 2, 1961 1911 - (Herbert) Marshall McLuhan professor, writer: Understanding Media, The Medium is the Massage; �The medium is the message.�; died Dec 31, 1980 1920 - Isaac Stern concert violin impresario: soundtrack: Fiddler on the Roof; died Sep 22, 2001 1922 - Kay Starr (Katherine Starks) singer: Rock and Roll Waltz, My Heart Reminds Me, Wheel of Fortune, Side By Side 1924 - Don Knotts comedian, Emmy Award-winning actor: The Andy Griffith Show [1960-1961, 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1965-1966, 1966-1967], Matlock, Three�s Company, The Don Knotts Show, The Steve Allen Show; died Feb 24, 2006 1926 - Paul Burke actor: Anatomy of Terror, Valley of the Dolls, Francis in the Navy, Twelve O�Clock High, Noah�s Ark, Naked City, Hot Shots, Dynasty 1926 - Norman Jewison director: Moonstruck, Agnes of God, And Justice for All, Jesus Christ, Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof, Rollerball 1930 - Gene Littler golf champion: U.S. Open [1961] 1931 - Gene Fullmer International Boxing Hall of Famer: World Middleweight Champion [1957], NBA Middleweight Champion [1959-62] 1938 - Janet Reno U.S. Attorney General (1993-2001) 1943 - Edward Herrmann actor: Big Business, Beacon Hill, Reds, The Paper Chase, Mrs. Soffel, The Great Gatsby, Eleanor & Franklin 1943 - Jerry McGee golf: champ: Pensacola Open [1975], IVB-Philadelphia Classic [1977], Kemper Open [1979], Sammy Davis, Jr.-Greater Hartford Open [1979] 1945 - Leigh Lawson actor: Battling for Baby, O Pioneers!, Tears in the Rain, Tess, Love Among the Ruins, Brother Sun, Sister Moon 1948 - Cat Stevens (Stephen Demetre Georgiou, Muslim name: Yusuf Islam) singer: Wild World, Moon Shadow, Peace Train, Oh Very Young 1948 - Garry Trudeau cartoonist: Doonesbury 1949 - Al (Alan Thomas) Hrabosky �The Mad Hungarian�: baseball: pitcher: SL Cardinals, KC Royals, Atlanta Braves 1952 - Phil Russell hockey: NHL: Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, New Jersey Devils, Buffalo Sabres 1952 - Robin Williams Academy Award-winning actor: Good Will Hunting [1997]; comedian and/or actor: Mork and Mindy, Good Morning, Vietnam, Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poet�s Society, Popeye, The Fisher King, Hook, Comic Relief, Patch Adams, What Dreams May Come, Jumanji, Jakob the Liar 1957 - Jon Lovitz comedian, actor: Saturday Night Live, A League of Their Own, City Slickers: The Legend of Curly�s Gold 1958 - Henry Priestman singer: group: The Christians 1960 - Lance Guest actor: Lou Grant, Knots Landing, Life Goes On, The Wizard of Loneliness, Jaws: The Revenge, The Last Starfighter, Halloween II: The Nightmare isn�t Over 1960 - Matt Mulhern actor: Biloxi Blues, Major Dad 1961 - Jim Martin musician: guitar: group: Faith No More 1978 - Josh Hartnett actor: Pearl Harbor, Cracker, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Virgin Suicides