TODAY'S TRIVIA:
1827 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1908 - Star #46 was added to US flag (for Oklahoma)
1949 - Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
1956 - Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
1974 - "People" magazine begins sales
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
1622 - Rembrandt, Dutch painter
1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (Hiawatha)
1902 - John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath)
1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, actress (Cleopatra)
1980 - Chelsea Clinton, daughter of ex-President Clinton