1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world's largest snowflakes are reported, 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

1820 – A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.

1813 – Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.

1724 – The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
That's a frequent point of contention at UNC Chapel Hill and William & Mary.

1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a one-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flat.

1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.

1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears".

1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.

1992 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.

1962 – Ranger program: Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

1911 – Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.

 Antigone wrote: 
  

 Antigone wrote: 
What one wants in the person one lives with is that they should keep one at one's best

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
She was certainly beautiful in a completely unique way.

 Antigone wrote: 
132!!! cripes. She was one of my not-so-secret fantasies.

Happy (132nd) Birthday, Virginia!

 meower wrote: 
Such. Good. News.

Give her my best, and a hug, please?

And one for you and S.

 Antigone wrote: 
WAY better. It DID turn out that she'd had strokes, 2 of them, TIA's..... unfortunately what she'd had last April was a hemorrhage, and treatment of stroke/hemorrhage is different.... anyway, she's back to baseline, and I've been really enjoying being with her the last two weekends.