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February 28, 2008

February 28 - Happy Birthday!

Famous people with your birthday
* Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
* Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
* John Turturro, American actor
* Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel laureate
* Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
* Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian actress
* Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel laureate
* Tommy Tune, American dancer

This day in history
* 1784 - John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.
* 1854 - The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
* 1883 - The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1953 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; formal announcement April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).
* 1983 - The final episode of M*A*S*H is broadcast in the USA, becoming the most watched television episode in history, with 106–125 million viewers in the U.S.
Holidays and interesting facts

Make the day meaningful (Brought to you by So what can I do?)
* Build a home with Habitat for Humanity.