(or is this just a sly way for engineers to meet girls?)
Today is also Inconvenience Yourself Day,
a day to focus on ways to show respect for others, the environment, and the world around you.
And finally, Curling Is Cool Day,
promoting an Olympic event as a family sport.
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.
12 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. It was 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 – It was the Buckinghams and “Kind of a Drag.”
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