Events in History - February, 2012

January 26, 1961 - 1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell
January 28,  1973 - Ron Howard appears on M*AS*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
January 30, 1971 - UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak

February 2,  1935 - Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage WI)
February 4, 1895 - 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
February 6, 1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard)

February 8, 1984 - 1st time 8 people in space
February 10, 1959 - Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
February 12, 1998 - 250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die & 50 hurt
Valentine's Day! - February 14,  1978 - 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments

February 16, 1909 - 1st subway car with side doors goes into service (New York NY)
February 18, 1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona HI

February 20, 1962 - John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
February 22, 1879 - 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by Frank W Woolworth in Utica NY
February 24,  1968 - Gary Unger begins NHL consecutive game record of 914 games

February 26, 1977 - 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)

February 28, 1984 - 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8

1966 - January, 46 Years Ago Fluid-Air Products started its first year in business
 

Trivia - Did You Know That . . .

• The car company “Volvo” is Latin for “I roll”.
• It is unlawfeul to sit on the floor anywhere in the US Capitol building.  It is considered to be protesting.
• Elephants are the only animals that have 4 knees
• Vaccinations contain dead bacteria cells.  The bacteria cells are inserted into your body so that I can kill them.  Then, your white blood cells memorize how to kill those certain bacteria cells, making it easier for them to heal you if you get the full disease later.
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
• There are only two mammals in the world that lay eggs the echidna and the platypus
• 16 pennies stacked up equals one inch, and 16 pennies in a line is one foot.

• What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
  Pumpkin Pi
• There’s two fish in a tank.  One turns to the other and says “You many the guns, I’ll drive”
• What do you do with a sick boat?  Take it to the Doc!
• What do you call a guy with a rubber toe? Roberto
• What kind of flower is on your face? Tulips
• Have you head the one about the Corduroy pillow?  It’s making Headlines!