Through the Years...

February 24th has always been an important day in history if you ask my mom. 

So, I did some research and discovered it was important to others' as well:

1836: painter Winslow Homer is born

1868: First parade with floats in U.S. (Mardi-Gras  Mobile, Alabama)

1941: Anti-Nazi meeting held in Amsterdam

1945: Nazi occupiers begin state of siege

1946: Juan Peron is elected President of Argentina (but, don't CRY)

1955: Steve Jobs Birthday (co-founder Apple)

1962: Michelle Shocked Birthday

1976: Julie Marie Rodriguez born at Sunnyside Kaiser Hospital

1977: President Carter announces U.S. Foreign Aid will consider Human Rights

1992: Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love (all good things must end)

1998: Elton John Knighted

2008: Fidel Castro steps down, as brother Raul is unanimously voted in as Cuba's President