- Play Tennis Day – If the weather permits, grab a racket and play some tennis!
- Banana Bread Day – Don’t throw those brown bananas out. The riper the bananas, the better! Bake a loaf and fill the house with the amazing smell of banana bread!
- World Spay Day – This day aims to decrease stray pet populations by increasing awareness of the importance of spaying and neutering pets.
- National Dog Biscuit Day – Best day ever for dogs! Pamper your pooch and give them their favorite treat today.
Birthdays! February, 23
- Dakota Fanning, 27 – Actress who’s starring with her sister Elle in WWII drama The Nightingale coming out in 2022.
- Skylar Grey, 35 – Singer, songwriter who wrote “Love the Way You Lie,” for Eminem and best known for singing on Dr. Dre song “I Need a Doctor”
- Aziz Ansari, 38 – Tom Haverford on the NBC series Parks and Recreation.
- Emily Blunt, 38 – Mary Poppins in “Mary Poppins Returns”
- Josh Gad, 40 – Olaf, the snowman in “Frozen”
- Niecy Nash, 51 – Deputy Raineesha Williams on “Reno 911!”
- Daymond John, 52 – “Shark Tank” star who’s the founder and CEO of FUBU
- Kristin Davis, 56 – Charlotte on “Sex and the City”
- Howard Jones, 66 – ’80s singer “Things Can Only Get Better” & “No One Is to Blame”
- Patricia Richardson, 70 – Tim Allen’s wife Jill on “Home Improvement”
- Peter Fonda (1940 – 2019) Jane Fonda’s brother & Bridget Fonda’s dad.
Today In History:
- 1940: Disney’s Pinocchio was released
- 1940: Folk singer Woody Guthrie writes one of his best-known songs, “This Land is Your Land.”
- 1954: A group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, receive the first injections of the new polio vaccine.
- 1985: Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game
- 1997: Dolly the Sheep, world’s first cloned mammal (from an adult cell) is announced by the Roslin Institute in Scotland.
- 1999: TLC’s third album, FanMail, is released.
- 1999: Eminem drops his first major-label album, The Slim Shady LP. He quickly becomes the most controversial rapper in music.
- 2014: Zedd featuring Selena Gomez, “I Want You to Know” was released
- 2019: Ariana Grande becomes the first solo artist with the Top 3 spots on the Hot 100 in the same week. The songs: #1: “7 Rings” #2: “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” #3: “Thank U, Next”
