A million digits of Pi

 Today is the first day of Pisces and the first day of the sixth month of the French Republican Calendar, Ventôse.  It's the day of the coltsfoot, a plant typically thought to supress coughing.      

Bottled Cherry Coke first appeared today in 1985, the same day Mickey Mouse made it to China.  Bob and Dolores Hope married in 1934; in 1968, the British High Court awarded compensation to families with thalidomide children.  The Donner Party was rescued in 1847, and in 1960, the Family Circus debuted.  They have four childen, one cat, and two dogs, Barfy and Sam.

Born today: Alma Rubens, Lee Marvin, Michael Nader, also known as Dex on Dynasty, and Loverboy guitarist Paul Dean.  Died today: Nosferatu star Max Schreck, Bon Scott, Vasil Leviski, and Grandpa Jones.

 today's fortune: coltsfoot and cherry coke may both be very well and good, but neither will protect you from birth defects, cannibalism, vampire bites, Loverboy, or the moralizing of Bill Keane.

Cardiff Giant? Today in 1990, the largest known leatherback turtle went on exhibit at the Cardiff National Museum & Gallery in Wales, after washing up on the Harlech beach a year earlier. Over 2000 pounds, 8 feet long, it was estimated to be at least 100.

birthdate of Ernst Haeckel, who came up with evolution theory of recapitulation, though it was later mostly discredited; ventriloquist Edgar Bergen; Lisa Loring, otherwise known as Wednesday; and Ice-T. 

Addams Family: 1969 Mexican Trading Cards

death date of Russian actress Vera Kholodnaya and Olympic hurdler Morgan Taylor.  In 1923, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon opened King Tut's tomb.  Carter lived to see another 16 years, but Carnarvon was dead by April, of blood poisoning.  Legend says his dog, in England, howled and dropped dead at the same time, and this my friends is what is known as the Curse of Tutankhamun.

16 is the atomic number of sulphur.  When a cell divides in half every half hour, it would take two hours to get sixteen cells. Sixteen is also the number of band members in the German symphonic death metal group Haggard.  They could probably tell you a thing or two about curses.

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Today is the birthday of Florence Henderson, Jack Benny, Max Horkheimer, and George Ferris, the inventor of the Ferris Wheel.  It's  Valentine's Day, but it is also Ferris Wheel Day, and the day of woad.  In addition to being a substitute blue dye for indigo, thought in the old world to be the "devil's dye", some researchers think woad has cancer-curing properties.

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King Richard II died today in 1400.  So did  David Hilbert, in 1943.  He was one of the first mathematicians to differentiate between mathematics and metamathematics.   Olympic runner Tom Burke died today in 1929.  And, in 2003, Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, perished from Jaagsiekte, a respiratory illness that literally translates to "chasing  sickness".

everything I do, I do it for you:                                            

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbAezFXk-AU

It's the birthday of Peter Tork and Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, back in  1945.   It's the 25th day of Pluviôse, day of the hare.  The Phrase and Fable book says medieval scientists thought that rabbits were melancholy animals, and to eat their meat would make one melancholy as well.  Some cultures see a rabbit on the moon, instead of a man. The waxing moon entered Capricorn today at around 11 o'clock this morning.  

James Cooke Brown died today.  He designed the 1950's boardgame Careers, which graces players with career paths such as farming, going to sea, uranium prospecting, politics, and Hollywood.  In the 1990's  Careers for Girls came out, with careers such as school teacher and super mom.

Speaking of superheros, Matthew Salinger was born today in 1960.  Son of JD, he starred as Captain America.  He was also in Revenge of the Nerds, with co-star Ted McGinley, who was also born today in 1958.  Since today is the 13th and you might have won big at the Career game, here's a list of 13 ways to spend your Wall Street bonus: http://www.heliumreport.com/daily/2006/12/13_ways_to_spend_your_wall_str.php

On today's date in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Frotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire.  It is written that it took three blows to finally sever her head.  It's also the day of the billhook on the French Republican Calendar.  According to superstition, you must never give someone a knife or a pair of scissors as a gift without collecting a coin from the receiver, so you will not be accountable for any injury or death. 

May Miller was born today.  She wrote the play The Bog Guide.  Today's births also include composer Raymond Scott and Dmitri Mendeleev, who wrote the first periodic table of elements.  The atomic number of oxgen is 8.

Turn on, tune in, drop out: the 8th and final level of conciousness according to Dr. Timothy Leary is the metaphysiological circuit, the gear that  lets the mind engage in intergalactic consciousness outside of relativity or space and time.  Eight is also number of dynamics in life according to Scientology.  Number 8 is God, because of its infinity symbology.  

It is unofficially Science Fiction Day to commemorate the birth of Jules Verne, Coincidentally, it's the 1949 birthdate of Brooke Adams, who starred in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  Also, film director King Vidor was born today.  He's in the Guiness Book for the longest directing career, from 1913 to 1980.  Your fortune for today can be the title of his 1976 autobiography:  A Tree is A Tree.                                                    

Today is the 7th.  Seven is the common number of spots on a ladybug and the number of stars in the constellation Ursa Major.