Patrick IL.
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1868 - The first parade to feature floats celebrated Mardi Gras on this day. Where? New Orleans, site of the now-famous Mardi Gras celebration? Wrong, doubloon face. The parade was held in Mobile, Alabama.
1924 - Swimmer Johnny Tarzan Weissmuller broke the worlds record in the 100-meter event at Miami Beach, FL. He clocked in with a time of 57 2/5 seconds.
1980 - The U.S. Hockey Team won its Do you believe in miracles? gold medal. Final score: U.S. 4, Finland 2. The drama had begun with the U.S. teams upset win over the powerful Soviet team on February 22. When the U.S. polished off Finland for the gold medal, folks all over the U.S. decided to start believing, indeed!
1985 - Yul Brynner reprised his role in The King and I -- setting a box office record for weekly receipts. The show took in $520,920.
1993 - British rock legend Eric Clapton won six Grammys, including record, album (Unplugged) and song of the year (Tears in Heaven). Clapton wrote Tears in Heaven as a tribute to his infant son, Conor, who died in 1991 when he fell out of a window in Claptons 53rd floor New York apartment.
1996 - Cuba shot down two small planes operated by a Cuban-American group over the waters north of Havana. The two planes with four people on board were twin-engine Cessna aircraft operated by the group Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based group of Cuban exiles funded by private donations. The group has flown hundreds of missions to spot Cuban rafters attempting to flee their island nations. Group founder Jose Basulto was on a third plane that escaped the gunfire and made it safely back to Miami.
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1924 - Swimmer Johnny Tarzan Weissmuller broke the worlds record in the 100-meter event at Miami Beach, FL. He clocked in with a time of 57 2/5 seconds.
1980 - The U.S. Hockey Team won its Do you believe in miracles? gold medal. Final score: U.S. 4, Finland 2. The drama had begun with the U.S. teams upset win over the powerful Soviet team on February 22. When the U.S. polished off Finland for the gold medal, folks all over the U.S. decided to start believing, indeed!
1985 - Yul Brynner reprised his role in The King and I -- setting a box office record for weekly receipts. The show took in $520,920.
1993 - British rock legend Eric Clapton won six Grammys, including record, album (Unplugged) and song of the year (Tears in Heaven). Clapton wrote Tears in Heaven as a tribute to his infant son, Conor, who died in 1991 when he fell out of a window in Claptons 53rd floor New York apartment.
1996 - Cuba shot down two small planes operated by a Cuban-American group over the waters north of Havana. The two planes with four people on board were twin-engine Cessna aircraft operated by the group Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based group of Cuban exiles funded by private donations. The group has flown hundreds of missions to spot Cuban rafters attempting to flee their island nations. Group founder Jose Basulto was on a third plane that escaped the gunfire and made it safely back to Miami.
Have a great day
