PRESIDENT'S DAY - 2012

Disney's 33rd animated feature, Pocahontas, received two Academy Award nominations - Best original song, for "Colors of the Wind," and best original Music Score - in 1995. It would go on to win both!

A struggle comedienne named Joan Rivers first appeared on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson on NBC IN 1965. a chuckling Carson declared on camera that she would be a success - and a star was born.

The Wedding Singer, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, premiered in 1999. The butterfly jean jacket worn by Barrymore's character Julia throughout the film really belonged to the star. The director insisted she use it as her costume after seeing her wearing it on set.

Pluto was discovered by a junior astronomer at an Arizona observatory in 1930. Although no longer considered a major planet (it flies inside the orbit of another planet, Neptune), it still holds fascination for NASA: The high-speed New Horizons spacecraft launched in 2006 is expected to finally touch down there in 2015.

American speed skater Eric Heiden won his first of five unprecedented individual gold medals at the Lake Placid Olympics in 1977.

Future Wheel of Fortune "letter turner" Vanna White was born in Myrtle Beach, SC in 1957. The game show hostess was recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as "television's most frequent clapper," with 28,800 claps per season.

Pop superstar Beyonce hit number one with "Irreplaceable" in 2007. The song which remained atop the Hot 100 chart for 10 consecutive weeks - was originally conceived of as a country single with Shania Twain and Faith Hill in mind.

Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday,  in the United States holiday (third Monday in February) popularly recognized as honoring George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The day is sometimes understood as a celebration of the birthdays and lives of all U.S. presidents.

The origin of Presidents’ Day lies in the 1880s, when the birthday of Washington—commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the first president of the United States—was first celebrated as a federal holiday. In 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which moved a number of federal holidays to Mondays. The change was designed to schedule certain holidays so that workers had a number of long weekends throughout the year, but it has been opposed by those who believe that those holidays should be celebrated on the dates they actually commemorate. During debate on the bill, it was proposed that Washington’s Birthday be renamed Presidents’ Day to honor the birthdays of both Washington (February 22) and Lincoln (February 12); although Lincoln’s birthday was celebrated in many states, it was never an official federal holiday. Following much discussion, Congress rejected the name change. After the bill went into effect in 1971, however, Presidents’ Day became the commonly accepted name, due in part to retailers’ use of that name to promote sales and the holiday’s proximity to Lincoln’s birthday. Presidents’ Day is usually marked by public ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and throughout the country.

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN

His heart was as great as the world,

but there was no room in it to hold the

memory of a wrong. 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I were to characterize GEORGE WASHINGTON'S

feelings toward his country, I should be less

inclined than most people to stress what is

called Washington's love of his country.

What impresses me as far more important is

what I should call Washington's

RESPECT for his country.

~ Randolph G Adams

Abraham Lincoln needs no marble shaft

to perpetuate his name; his words are

the most enduring monument, and will

forever live in the hearts of the people. 

~Osborn H. Oldroyd

Eternity alone can reveal to the human

race its debt of gratitude to the peerless

and immortal name of Washington.

~ James A Garfield

 

 

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