Today is not not only Valentine’s Day, it also marks Oregon’s
birthday! The Beaver State turns 163 years old today!
ADMITTED TO THE UNION ON THIS DAY
SECOND MOST PURCHASED SEASONAL CARD
Over 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are sold each year, the
second most purchased seasonal card in the U.S. While the
holiday’s exact origin is up for debate, the celebration of love
and friendship we know today first gained popularity in the U.S.
during the mid-19th century.
During this time, Esther Howland of Worcester, MA, is credited
with mass-producing the first American valentines. Romantic
European cards inspired Howland to design and create her first valentines by hand—intricate, layered collages of ribbons, lace,
and paper ornaments. In 1913, Hallmark (then Hall Brothers)
printed their first Valentine’s Day card, making the tradition
more accessible and affordable.
The sentiment and imagery expressed by valentines changed in popularity over time. The Victorian era favored cherubs, hearts,
and flowers paired with romantic poetry. In the 1920s and 30s,
cards featuring die-cut shapes, animals, and children became
prevalent and often included playful messages with puns and
wordplay.
MUSIC OUTLAW DIED ON THIS DAY IN 2002
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002)
Jennings was a country music singer, songwriter, and musician.
best known as one of the founding pioneers of the Outlaw
Movement in country music.
Jennings started to play guitar at age of eight and first performed
at age 12 on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, The
Texas Longhorns. Jennings left high school at age 16, determined
to become a musician and worked as a performer and DJ on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI, KLLL, in Coolidge, Arizona, and Phoenix.
In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings’s first recording session,
and hired him to play bass. Jennings gave up his seat on the ill-
fated flight in 1959 that crashed and killed Holly, J. P. “The Big
Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens. Jennings died in his sleep
from complications of diabetes at the age of 64, at his home in Chandler,
Arizona.
Waylon Jennings and Buddy Holly, taken in a Photo Booth
(1959).
Waylon Jennings and Buddy Holly during the Winter Dance
Party Tour in 1959.
THE FIRST TIME WAS A PACKERS CHARM IN 1967
The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, known retroactively
as Super Bowl I and referred to in contemporaneous reports,
including the game’s radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl, was an American football game played on January 15, 1967, at the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The
National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers
defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas
City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.
Jazz trumpeter Al Hirt plays the national anthem prior to the
start of the game.
Packers quarterback Bart Starr
(January 9, 1934 – May 26, 2019)
CBS broadcaster and former player Frank Gifford.
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson
fires a pass.
Len Dawson will be 87 in June.
Wisconsin Gov. Warren Knowles (left) and Green Bay
Packers coach Vince Lombardi celebrate in the locker
room after Green Bay’s 35-14 victory over the Kansas
City Chiefs.
Some of the 10,000 balloons that were released.
ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED TODAY!
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the
United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services. Initially formed as a part of the United States Army on 1
August 1907, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the
U.S. Armed Forces on 18 September 1947 with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of
the U.S. Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence.
The NFL will honor the 75th anniversary of the United States Air
Force before the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams
take the field at SoFi Stadium Sunday when five elite pilots take
part in a pregame flyover during the closing notes of the national anthem.
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