Today is Inconvenience Yourself Day

a day to focus on ways to show respect for others, the environment, and the world around you.

Today is slso Curling Is Cool Day, promoting an Olympic event as a family sport.

Of course, you’ll have to freeze your driveway.

History 101: This was the day in 1836 that the siege of the Alamo by Mexican General Santa Anna began in San Antonio, Texas -- ironically, it was on February 23rd eleven years later when American troops defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of Buena Vista in Mexico.

66 years ago today, US Marines raised the Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima in a scene captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal.

Music History 101: 11 years ago tonight, this virtuoso guitarist tied Michael Jackson's 1983 record for the most Grammies received in a single year -- He picked up eight of the awards for his "Supernatural" album. Carlos Santana.

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a band from Chicago that wanted a name that sounded like England.  The British invasion had American bands scrambling for ways to compete with the Beatles, the Stones, the Dave Clark Five and others. Originally known as the Pulsations, they briefly considered choosing the name “The Baker Street Irregulars” as a nod to Sherlock Holmes. But eventually they agreed to name which reflected royalty and on February 23, 1967 they owned the number one song in America – Here now are the Buckinghams and “Kind of a Drag.”