MIKE GRACIA
The debut of “Uncle Sam” as a cartoon figure in the New York
Lantern weekly newspaper in 1852.
Cartoonist Frank H. Bellew.
1996
Original Broadway Production, opened on this day in 1947 and
closed January 1, 1970.
Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting, is the first day of Lent in Western
Christianity and occurs 46 days before Easter and can fall as early as
February 4 or as late as March 10. Ash Wednesday is observed by many
Western Christians, including Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Roman
Catholics and Presbyterians.
Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of blessing ashes made
from palm branches blessed on the previous year’s Palm Sunday, and
placing them on the heads of participants.
SANDY KOZEL
On Sunday, February 28, a fierce two-hour gun battle took place
leaving six Davidians and four ATF agents dead.
1953
TIM MAGUIRE
1965
1972
1995
James Stephen "Steve" Fossett
(April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007)
Fossett died when his light plane crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
California.
SANDY KOZEL
