Celebrity marriages, public education, and a lesson for the Little Women.

1995

Mmmm, hepatitis-y. Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee wed.

1979

Miniseries “Roots: Next Generations” premieres. No Geordi on this one, though.

1979

Snow falls in Sahara Desert. Pigs fly; people everywhere are forced to do unsavory things.

1978

The first Iron Man Triathlon is held in Hawaii.

1972

California Supreme Court abolishes the death penalty.

1930

U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. Poor little Pluto, we gave you fame and planet-hood and took it all away. We’ll always have the good times.

1885

Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is published.

1841

The first continuous filibuster in U.S. Senate begins, lasting until March 11. That’s a lot of Shakespeare and baseball scores.

1804

The first US land-grant college, Ohio University, is chartered.

1678

John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is published. Allegory-y.

That’s a lot more than 16…

1968

Bratpacker Molly Ringwald

1965

Ain’t nothin but a g thing: rapper Dr. Dre

1950

Actress Cybill Shepherd

1896

Poet/surrealist/scenester Andre Breton

1862

Charles M. Schwab, founder of the creatively named “Charles Schwab and Co, Inc”