Here are the totals for Year 6, Week 43 (February 17-24, 2013 ( Read more... )

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a bull correcting the Julian Calendar that was then 10 days in error. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, you know what to do.

Today is Open That Bottle Night, a night to finally drink that bottle of wine you’ve been saving for a special occasion that never seems to come. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, tell us.

In 1879, the first chain store, F.W. Woolworth, opened at Utica, NY. The chain closed in 1997. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, we want to know.

Today is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, you know what to do.

In 1491, an unnamed comet made the closest ever approach to Earth, coming within 860,000 miles. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, we want to know.

50 years ago, in 1963, The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan, was published. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, let us know.

In 1930, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, AZ. If you write, edit, and/or beta today, post a comment here letting us know.