February 24 - Good Try

Good Try...

...but there's no beer for you, Little Guy.

This Day In History

1582

Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.

1607

L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.

1917

The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.

1980

The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.

2011

Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).

Famous Birthdays

1304

Ibn Battuta, Arabian explorer (d. c.1368)

1786

Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859)

1836

Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)

1866

Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Russian physicist (d. 1912)

1885

Chester Nimitz, U.S. admiral (d. 1966)

1945

Barry Bostwick, American actor

1955

Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer (d. 2011)

1966

Billy Zane, American actor

1971

Josh Bernstein, American explorer and television host