On this day in history.

[AdmiralAdama]

Today in 1970 - The "Jackson 5" make their TV debut on "American Bandstand"

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[scifan57]

February 21, 1948; the National Association for Stock Car Racing is formally incorporated. Most people know it as NASCAR.

 

[J. A.]

February 22, 1784: Wilhelm Herschel discovers spiral galaxy NGC 3521.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3521

 

[J. A.]

February 23, 1948: Steve Priest, English musician, is born

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Priest

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Today in 1987 - Supernova 1987A in "Large Magellanic Cloud" (LMC) Southern Hemisphere, was first seen. It was also the first naked-eye supernova to be discovered since 1604.



(Credit: NASA, ESA, K. France (University of Colorado, Boulder), and P. Challis and R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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[J. A.]

February 24, 1955 – Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer is born.

 

[scifan57]

February 24, 1786; Wilhelm Karl Grimm is born; the younger of the two Brothers Grimm. They were most famous for their book " Children's and Household Tales", better known today as "Grimm's Fairy Tales".

 

[J. A.]

February 24, 1947: Edward James Olmos, actor, is born. ;-)

 

[scifan57]

February 24, 1947: Edward James Olmos, actor, is born. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_James_Olmos_Sept_06_crop_face.jpg

 

[AdmiralAdama]

So say we all.

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[J. A.]

February 25, 2013: Austria's first satellite starts, at 1:22pm CET.

http://www.tugsat.tugraz.at/project

 

[J. A.]

February 25, 1943: George Harrison is born in Liverpool


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison

 

[scifan57]

February 25, 1873; Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor who ever lived is born in Naples, Italy.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CarusoPostcard.jpg

 

[J. A.]

February 26, 1966 – Apollo Program: first flight of the Saturn IB rocket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS-201





Credits: Wikipedia

 

[J. A.]

February 27, 1989: Konrad Zacharias Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, died.





From Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Lorenz