Today marks the beginning

of Dump Your Significant Jerk Week.  (You don’t want to have to pay for a Valentine’s Day present for a jerk do you.)

International Networking Week begins today also.

The goal of International Networking Week® is to celebrate the key role that networking plays in the development and success of businesses across the world.

The world's first guided missile was launched at White Sands, New Mexico, on this day in 1948.

1939: A Tennessee man named Vernon was released from prison after serving 9 months for altering a check. His young son would grow up to record this song: Jailhouse Rock.

Phil Spector got together with two buddies from Orange County in Southern California to give new meaning to the term Blue Eyed Soul. It led to this morning’s 101 number one song of the day. The roots of the act were grounded in two groups: the Paramours, and the Variations. The guys reunited and recorded a couple of songs including one written by Sonny Bono called “Koko Joe.” They appeared on a show with the Ronettes whose lead singer was married to Superstar producer Phil Spector. He liked what he heard and bought the final two and a half years of their contract. A song was written for them based on their favorite song “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” by the Four Tops and that led to the first number for the Righteous Bros. On February 6, 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”