Today's Buzz: Friday, February 1

Posted February 1, 2008, 5:55 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Friday, February 1, 2008. There are 334 days left in the year and 276 days left until Election Day.

What's Going on This Month?
Today is the start of Black History Month, an annual celebration started in 1976 to honor and recognize important people and events in African-American history. Read the History of Black History Month

GBNEWS
A-Block
Clinton, Obama Make Nice in Last Night's Debate (Reuters)
McCain Gets Schwarzenegger's Endorsement (CBS News)
Romney: McCain Used Nixon-Like Tactics (AP)
Female Suicide Bombers Kill 72 in Baghdad Pet Markets (Reuters)

B-Block
Sorry Guys: Men No Longer Needed For Survival Of Human Species (Environmental Grafitti)
57-Year-Old Tom Petty Headlines Super Bowl Show (Gainesville Sun)
Brits Lead the Way Again: First-Ever Park Playground for Seniors (BBC)
Racism, Sexism, Guns: 5 Retro Commercials Companies Wish You'd Forget (cracked.com)
Cool! Nasa Probe Sends Back First-Ever High Rez Pics of Mercuty (Wired)


Today's GB Birthdays:

Happy Birthday to GB Member Jeff C! Click on his name to send him a birthay greeting.

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Sherman Hemsley ("The Jeffersons") is 70. Actor Stuart Whitman ("The Mark") is 80. "Saturday Night Live" comedian Garrett Morris is 71. American soccer player Michelle Akers is 42. Comedian Pauly Shore is 40.

On This Day:
In 1913: New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens as the world's largest train station and serves thousands of commuters a day.

In 1960: Four black students won't take no for an answer and stage a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, launching a wave of lunch counter sit-ins throughout the South.

In 1968: Eddie Adams captures what will become one of the most famous photos of all time when he photographs a Saigon police chief executing a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.

In 1968: Exactly nine months to the day after their wedding, Elvis and Priscilla Presley become the proud parents of Lisa Marie, their only child.

In 1982: ''Late Night with David Letterman'' premieres on NBC.

Thought For The Day:

"The past is a ghost, the future a dream. All we ever have is now."
-- Bill Cosby



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