FIRST BLACK WOMAN WINS COUNTRY AWARD
The cultural icon Beyoncé, also took home the award for best country
duo/group performance for “II MOST WANTED” featuring
Miley Cyrus.
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THE POLITICAL JOKE OF THE DAY
Newly elected Democratic National Committee Vice Chair
David Hogg has previously called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be abolished and for the
defunding of police.
FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~
The first Groundhog Day celebration in 1887.
On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent
meteorologist, was celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s
Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
The idea originated with Clymer Freas, a local newspaper
editor who declared Punxsutawney Phil as the nation’s
official weather forecaster.
According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole
on this day and sees its shadow, it gets scared and runs
back into its burrow, predicting six more weeks of winter
weather; no shadow means an early spring.
Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition
of Candlemas (below) when clergy would bless and distribute
candles needed for winter.
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
CARLATA BRADLEY
1952
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996)
Gene Kelly starred in, choreographed, and, with Stanley Donen,
co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the
1940s and 1950s.
Kelly’s health declined steadily in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In July 1994, he suffered a stroke and stayed in Ronald Reagan
UCLA Medical Center hospital for seven weeks. In early 1995, he
had another stroke which made him severely disabled. Kelly died
on February 2, 1996.
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