Birthday #24.

Also: it’s the 33rd day of the year. There are also 333 days left in the year.

Famous individuals born on February 2nd:
– James Joyce
– Ayn Rand
– Farrah Fawcett
– Shakira

Famous individuals who died on February 2nd:
– Dmitri Mendeleev
– Bertrand Russell
– Sid Vicious

Events that occurred/are still occurring on February 2nd:
– Groundhog Day (duh)
– Inventor’s Day
– World Wetlands Day
– the first polygraph machine was tested (1935)
– the Groundhog Day gale hit eastern North America (1976)
– the first sled in the “Great Race of Mercy” reaches Nome, AK with the diphtheria antitoxin in tow (1925).

Exciting times.