- National Thank A Mailman Day – Catch your mail carrier and thank them for their hard work. We know Santa gets a lot of mail.. made us wonder how many letter God gets.
- Homemade Soup Day – Americans eat more than 10 billion bowls of soup every year.
- World Cancer Day – WorldCancerDay.org is a great resource to understand cancer, its effects on the patient and families and filled with ways you can take action towards a cancer-free future.
Birthdays! February, 4th
- Cam’ron, 45 – “Hey Ma
- Gavin DeGraw, 44
- Natalie Imbruglia, 46
- Oscar De La Hoya, 48 – “The Golden Boy” won 11 championships in six weight classes as a boxer. He’s now a boxing and MMA promoter.
- Alice Cooper, 73
- Rosa Parks ( 1913 – 2005 ) “The first lady of civil rights”
- Charles Lindbergh ( 1902 – 1974)
Today In History:
- 1789: 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President
- 1913: Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
- 1922: Ford buys Lincoln
- 1938: Disney releases “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
- 1971: Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
- 1974: Elton John”Candle in the Wind” was released
- 1977: Fleetwood Mac release their landmark album Rumours
- 1980: Studio 54 holds its grand closing party on its last night in business
- 1983: Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters dies at age 32 of complications from anorexia.
- 1987: Liberace dies of AIDS-related pneumonia at age 67.
- 1994: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was released
- 2004: Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room
- 2007: Prince wows at the Super Bowl halftime show, closing with an otherworldly rendition of “Purple Rain” in the rain.
- 2015: Fresh Off The Boat premiered on ABC
- 2016: Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White dies at age 74 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
