Thursday, February 23rd.

The 54th day with 312 days remaining in 2012

Today is...

Remember the Alamo! 1836 - In San Antonio, TX, the siege of the Alamo began. the battle lasted until March 6 and though the cause was lost, the battle cry spurred on Texas independence and eventual joining the union.

This Day in Music

1963 - The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" was released.
1970 - Ringo Starr guest starred on "Laugh-In." It was his first solo TV appearance.
1972 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley seperated.
1974 - Columbia Records released Billy Joel's "Piano Man."
1979 - Dire Straits began their first U.S./Canada tour in Boston.
1993 - Little Richard received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
1994 - The ground breaking ceremony for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas occurred.
1995 - Melvin Franklin (Temptations) died of heart failure.
1999 - Eminem's first album, "The Slim Shady LP", was released.
1999 - Garth Brooks attended spring training camp with the San Diego Padres as a non-roster player. The Padres Foundation agreed to contribute to the Touch 'Em All Foundation in lieu of a salary to Brooks.
2000 - Sean "Puffy" Combs was indicted on charges of bribing a witness. According to the Manhattan District Attorney's office, Combs offered money and jewelry to his driver, and asked him to claim ownership of a gun that police recovered from the Comb's car following a Dec. 27, 1999, shooting at a New York nightclub.
2000 - At the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Carlos Santana received a record-tying eight Grammy's. Michael Jackson set the record back in 1984 when he won awards for "Thriller."
2000 - A cover of the Led Zeppelin classic "What Is And What Should Never Be" by Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes became available for free download exclusively from Musicmaker.com.
2003 - Norah Jones won five Grammy Awards for the album "Come Away With Me."
2006 - The iTunes Music Store reached 1 billion songs sold.

Worth a Mention

Feeling a little claustrophobic? That's because the earth's clouds have moved a little lower by around one-percent a year during the first decade of this century. With fewer clouds at very high altitudes, researchers think this may be earth's way of cooling itself, slowing the effects of global warming. Source

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