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Welcome to February! As we begin not only a new day, but a new month, we welcome you aboard and thank you for spending some of your time with us. We know you have a lot of options and we appreciate you hanging out here in the 715 Newsroom-especially on Saturday mornings when we slow things down a bit.
This is our weekly “scroll down memory lane.” A way to look back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is is Sunday, February 2nd, the 33rd day of the year.
On this day:
In 1863, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens began using a pseudonym. He would forever be known as Mark Twain.
In 1876, baseball’s National League was formed. The original eight teams were based in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Louisville and Hartford.
In 1935, Leonard Keeler’s polygraph test was first used to detect lies.
In 1964, the popular toy, G-I Joe, made its debut.
In 1969, legendary horror film actor Boris Karloff died at the age of 81. He starred in several classic films including “Frankenstein” and “The Mummy.”
In 1979, Sex Pistols singer Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose at the age of 21.
In 1992, long-time Miss America Pageant host Bert Parks died at the age of 77.
In 1996, actor, dancer Gene Kelly died at the age of 83. He starred in such film classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Hello Dolly.”
In 2004, calling it “classless, crass and deplorable,” Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell ordered an investigation into the racy Super Bowl 38 halftime show featuring pop stars Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. During the halftime break, Timberlake reached for Jackson during their duet and tore open part of her top, exposing one of her breasts. Jackson apologized for the stunt saying, quote, “It was not my intention that it go as far as it did.” Timberlake also called the incident regrettable and blamed it on a “wardrobe malfunction.”
In 2007, powerful storms spawned several tornadoes across central Florida resulting in several deaths, road closures, and power outages. Florida Governor Charlie Crisp declared a state of emergency in the affected regions.
In 2011, after days of protests aimed at removing him from office, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not seek reelection in September.
In 2014, Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment of an apparent drug overdose. He was 46. Hoffman won the Oscar for “Capote.”
In 2016, a ten-part re-telling of the murder case that spawned the “Trial of the Century” began on this day. “The People V. O.J. Simpson” stared Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding Jr as the former football star accused of killing his ex-wife and her friend.
In 2019, the governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, admitted to wearing black face in 1984. He denied wearing black face in a different photo that appeared in the yearbook with the person wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.
In 2019, singer R. Kelly turned himself in and was arrested for 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, including with three minors.
In 2021, Pete Buttigieg became the first openly gay person to be confirmed to the U.S. Cabinet when he was approved as Transportation Secretary. Meanwhile, Alejandro Mayorkas was confirmed as the first Latino and immigrant to serve as Homeland Security Secretary.
In 2021, Jeff Bezos announced he would step away from his role as CEO of Amazon. He had been the top man at the tech giant for 30 years.
That brings us here to this day. So, whatever plans you have for your own 2.1.2025 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
