Picture of the Day and B'Days for Feb. 8

Posted February 7, 2009, 9:47 pm


Today is Sunday, February 8, 2009, the 39th day of 2009.  There are 326 days left in the year.

Tom Rush

On Feb. 8, 1692, a doctor in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony suggests that two girls in the family of the village minister may be suffering from bewitchment, leading to the Salem witch trials.

On Feb. 8, 1971, the NASDAQ stock market index debuts.

On Feb. 8, 1974, after 84 days in space, the crew of the first American space station Skylab return to Earth.

Today's Birthdays: Composer and conductor John Williams is 77. Journalist Ted Koppel is 69. Actor Nick Nolte is 68. Singer/songwriter Tom Rush is 68 (Check out Tom's appearance on the Growing Bolder Radio Show). Singer Dan Seals is 60. Singer Ron Tyson (The Temptations) is 60. Actress is Mary Steenburgen is 56. Author John Grisham is 54. Singer Vince Neil (Motley Crue) is 48. Actor Gary Coleman ("Diff'rent Strokes") is 41.

Picture of the Day: Do you SleeveFace? Perhaps it was dreamed up by people looking for new uses for those old vinyl records, but however it began, it's sweeping the Internet.  Here's how you do it: pick an album cover, try to pick out a shirt that matches the artist's outfit, line up the cover over your face and have a friend snap the picture.




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