March 2

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Better Than News

  • Harry Potter and the Fight Club of Azkaban is a fantasy black comedy film directed by David Findher and Alfonso Cuarón, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Edward Norton, and Brad Pitt.

    Harry Potter and the Fight Club of Azkaban is a fantasy black comedy film directed by David Findher and Alfonso Cuarón, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Edward Norton, and Brad Pitt.

  • Jeremiah Brubaker is an American prison drama film about newly arrived prison warden Jeremiah Brubaker (Robert Redford), who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system while dealing with the traumatic memories of his mountain man past.

    Jeremiah Brubaker is an American prison drama film about newly arrived prison warden Jeremiah Brubaker (Robert Redford), who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system while dealing with the traumatic memories of his mountain man past.

  • Crown of the Vampire is a historical horror drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

    Crown of the Vampire is a historical horror drama television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter is a 1965 children's novel about the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a bounty hunter named Mark. The story provided the basis for the 1967 film Gentle Giant Hunter (1967), the popular late 1960s U.S. television series 'Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter, a 1980s animated cartoon, and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.

    Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter is a 1965 children's novel about the friendship between a large male bear named Ben and a bounty hunter named Mark. The story provided the basis for the 1967 film Gentle Giant Hunter (1967), the popular late 1960s U.S. television series 'Gentle Ben, Bounty Hunter, a 1980s animated cartoon, and two early 2000s made-for-TV movies.

  • Cucumber Eyes is a 2021 personal hygiene drama film starring Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, and Tim Robbins & Tim Robbins 1.1.

    Cucumber Eyes is a 2021 personal hygiene drama film starring Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, and Tim Robbins & Tim Robbins 1.1.

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician Jordan Carson Mark oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s; and that Mark was able to bring together experts like Edward Teller, Stanislaw Ulam, and Marshall Holloway despite their personal differences?

• ... that a semaphore telegraph is a system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or paddles?

• ... that George Gershwin's I Got Spaces is a tribute to spaces, vectors, metrics, and other mathematical objects?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

    1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

  • 1729: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini dies. Bianchini was secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

    1729: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini dies. Bianchini was secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

  • 1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.

    1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.

  • 1931: Premiere of I Got Spaces by George Gershwin. "I got spaces / I got vectors / I got metrics / Who could ask for anything more?"

    1931: Premiere of I Got Spaces by George Gershwin. "I got spaces / I got vectors / I got metrics / Who could ask for anything more?"

  • 1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

    1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

  • 1997: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.

    1997: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.

Topic of the Day

Egypt

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