By StephanieLee Elliott
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He is best known as the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983. He has released 16 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums.
In the 1990s, Bon Jovi started an acting career, starring in the films Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Little City, Homegrown, Pay It Forward, U-571 and Cry Wolf and appearing on television in shows such as Sex and the City, 30 Rock, Ally McBeal, and The West Wing.
Bon Jovi was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.[1][2] In 2012, he ranked number 50 on the list of Billboard magazine’s “Power 100”, a ranking of “The Most Powerful and Influential People in the Music Business”.[3]
Bon Jovi is a founder and former majority owner of an Arena Football League team, the Philadelphia Soul.
The Philadelphia Soul can refer to one of two successive professional arena football teams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They both have competed in the Arena Football League (AFL). The Soul made six ArenaBowl appearances, winning their first appearance (2008 against the San Jose SaberCats) and losing their next two appearances (2012 and 2013 both to the Arizona Rattlers). The Soul won in their fourth appearance, against the Rattlers in 2016, winning 56–42. They also won in their fifth appearance in 2017 against the Tampa Bay Storm, winning 44–40 before losing in their sixth appearance in 2019 to the Albany Empire 45–27.
The club was established in 2004 when a group, led by Jon Bon Jovi, secured the rights to an AFL franchise in Philadelphia
TODAY’S ALMANAC
To remind people of the approach of Lent and Easter, the three Sundays immediately preceding Shrove Tuesday were observed as Septuagesima, Sexagesima, and Quinquagesima — Latin for 70th, 60th, and 50th, respectively, indicating roughly the number of days left from each of those Sundays to Easter.
Texas Independence Day celebrates the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836, in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas. The document listed grievances against the Mexican government by the citizens of this Mexican territory, and then declared Texas a “free, sovereign, and independent republic.” Meanwhile, Mexican dictator Santa Anna was besieging the Alamo as part of a campaign to quell the rebellion.
Question of the Day
Although maple sugaring sometimes starts as early as the second or third week of February, it usually begins about the first week of March. Learn more about making maple syrup!
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Sam Houston (president of Texas, 1836-38; 1841-44) –
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss; author) –
- Desi Arnaz (musician & actor) –
- Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev (former Soviet political leader) –
- Tom Wolfe (writer) –
- John Irving (author) –
- Karen Carpenter (singer) –
- Laraine Newman (comedienne & actress) –
- Jon Bon Jovi (musician) –
- Daniel Craig (actor) –
- Chris Martin (musician) –
- Heather McComb (actress) –
- Ben Roethlisberger (football player) –
Died
- DH Lawrence (writer) –
- Philip K. Dick (author) –
- Dusty Springfield (singer) –
- Jeff Healey (musician) –
Events
- John Dix of Boston founded the first school for educating the blind, the New England Asylum for the Blind –
- U.S. Congress passed first Reconstruction Act, setting up conditions for reintegration of Southern states into the Union –
- Rutherford B. Hayes declared U.S. President by a special Electoral Commission in the disputed election of 1876 –
- Hatch Act, providing for the promotion of U.S. agricultural science by creating state agricultural experiment stations, became law –
- Congress adopted the Platt Amendment, which established a U.S. protectorate over Cuba –
- Martha Washington Hotel, for women only, opened in N.Y.C. –
- Puerto Rico became U.S. territory and its inhabitants became U.S. citizens –
- World premiere of King Kong –
- Battle of Bismarck Sea began, resulting in major victory by U.S. over Japanese shipping and aircraft –
- US Air Force Captain James Gallagher and 13 crew members completed the first round-the-world nonstop flight in a Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Lucky Lady II –
- First crossing of Antarctica by land completed by Dr. (later Sir) Vivian Fuchs and team. It had taken 99 days. –
- Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA scoring record of 100 points as the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicks –
- Concorde prototype 001, a supersonic jetliner, tested for the first time –
- Pioneer 10, unmanned U.S. interplanetary probe, was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida –
- The FDA approved the first commercial blood test for AIDS –
- Queen Elizabeth II signed the Australia Act, defining Australia as a sovereign, independent, and federal nation –
- A 3.5 earthquake rattled parts of Quebec along the border of the United States –
- Microsoft founder Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II –
- The new U.S. $10 bills went into circulation. The redesigned note had shades of orange, yellow, and red –
Weather
- A car crossed frozen Penobscot Bay, Maine –
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