February 16 - Mac & Cheese

Mac & Cheese

Must be genetic.

This Day In History

1852

Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.

1899

Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur Iceland's first football club is founded.

1923

Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

1960

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

1978

The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).

Famous Birthdays

1821

Heinrich Barth, German explorer (d. 1865)

1822

Sir Francis Galton, English explorer, biologist and statistician (d. 1911)

1903

Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (d. 1978)

1918

Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters)

1921

Vera-Ellen, American actress (d. 1981)

1951

William Katt, American actor

1954

Iain Banks, Scottish science fiction author

1957

LeVar Burton, American actor

1959

John McEnroe, American tennis player

1961

Andy Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran, The Power Station)

1964

Christopher Eccleston, English actor