March 2 - Play

The Family That Plays Together

...doesn't ever seem to clean up together.

Overheard

The other evening:

E (handing Mommy one of her toys): Here! I made you socks!

M: Thank you! Handmade pressies are the best!

E: Oh! My socks are dirty. They need hand-washing.

This Day In History

1484

The College of Arms was formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.

1717

The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.

1791

Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.

1825

First grand opera in US sung in English is performed in New York City

1933

The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

1949

Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

1962

Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.

1969

In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.

1972

The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

1983

Compact Disc players and discs are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had only been available in Japan before then.

1995

Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

1998

Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

Famous Birthdays

1316

King Robert II of Scotland (d. 1390)

1779

Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)

1793

Sam Houston, American politician, 8th Governor of Tennessee and 7th Governor of Texas (d. 1863)

1824

Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (d. 1884)

1859

Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)

1900

Kurt Weill, German composer (d. 1950)

1904

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (d. 1991)

1917

Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor and bandleader (d. 1986)

1930

John Cullum, American actor and singer

1942

John Irving, American author
 Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist

1968

Daniel Craig, English actor