SUNDAY MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEATLES' FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW (THUS "INVADING" AMERICA)
VALENTINE'S DAY IS THIS COMING FRIDAY!
VALENTINE'S DAY IS THIS COMING FRIDAY!
AMONGST EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AROUND THE WORLD THIS PAST WEEK...*The Winter Olympics are underway in Sochi, Russia.
*The Scottish Parliament has voted in favor of legalizing same gender marriages.
*The Mumbai Monorail in India is now officially operational.
*Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an until now unknown step pyramid.
*Scholars in Greece believe they have discovered two poems written by the legendary Sappho.
*A possible new species of giant jellyfish has washed up on an Australian beach.
*Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam now has a McDonalds.
*Civil unrest continues in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
Within the United States of America...
*Congressional Republicans are apparently dragging their feet on Immigration Reform and extending unemployment benefits, but have passed a farm bill that will also cut federal funding to food stamp programs.*Jay Leno hosted his last Tonight Show February 6.
*The NFC's Seattle Seahawks defeated the AFC's Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl 48.
*Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has passed away, although authorities are still investigating the circumstances.
*Actor Maximilian Schell (The Sound of Music, Judgement at Nuremberg) has taken his final bow.
*Animation producer Arthur Rankin, Junior (Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Thundercats) is no longer with us.
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