This Day In History

February 2nd

Groundhog Day

1802  The first leopard exhibited in the United States shown in Boston, Massachussetts.
1863  Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used the pseudonym Mark Twain.
1893  The Edison Studio of West Orange, New Jersey filmed the first movie, a shot of comedian Fred Ott sneezing.

1905  Writer Ayn Rand
1937  Entertainer Tom Smothers
1942  Singer Graham Nash
1947  Actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors

1954

• That's Amore - Dean Martin

• Secret Love - Doris Day

• Rags to Riches - Tony Bennett

• What Is Was, Was Football - Andy Griffith

1963

• Walk like a Man - The Four Seasons

• Loop De Loop - Johnny Thunder

• Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades

• From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller

1972

• American Pie - Don McLean

• Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright

• Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night

• Carolyn - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

1981

• The Tide Is High - Blondie

• Every Woman In the World - Air Supply

• It's My Turn - Diana Ross

• I Feel like Loving You Again - T.G. Sheppard

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