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Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Columbus & The Age Of Discovery TV Series + Bonus MP4 Download DVD Set
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: National Cook A Sweet Potato Day: -- An annual celebration of a vegetable loved and eaten by millions every day in the United States alone. Many times people confuse sweet potatoes with yams; however, that's not the case. Cultivars of the sweet potato bear tubers with flesh and skin of many colors. Sweet Potatoes are widely consumed by billions across the globe and mainly in America. This sweet root vegetable is very versatile and is used in salads and soups and can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, snack, or dinner. The most important part of the vegetable is the starchy tuberous roots. Nevertheless, the leaves and shoots are also edible. Eating cooked tubers can increase their nutritional value and digestibility; however, many American colonists in the Southeast consumed raw sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are a distant relative of the common potato as they both belong in the order Solanales. It is believed that Central America domesticated sweet potatoes around 5,000 years ago. According to the Peruvian sweet potato remnants found in South America, it has been observed that they date back to 8000 B.C. Before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, sweet potato was grown in Polynesia, generally spread by vine cuttings rather than by seeds. Sweet potato has been radiocarbon-dated in the Cook Islands to 1210-1400 CE. A common hypothesis is that a vine cutting was brought to central Polynesia by Polynesians who had traveled to South America and back, and spread from there across Polynesia to Easter Island, Hawaii and New Zealand. Genetic similarities have been found between Polynesian peoples and indigenous Americans including the Zenu, a people inhabiting the Pacific coast of present-day Colombia, indicating that Polynesians could have visited South America and taken sweet potatoes prior to European contact. Dutch linguists and specialists in Amerindian languages Willem Adelaar and Pieter Muysken have suggested that the word for sweet potato is shared by both Polynesian languages and the languages of South America: Proto-Polynesian "kumala" compares to such Polynesian languages as that of the Rapa Nui's "kumara", Hawaiian's "'uala", Maori's "kumara), and all may be connected with the South American languages of Quechua's "K'umar" and Aymara's "K'umara". Adelaar and Muysken assert that the similarity in the word for sweet potato is proof of either incidental contact or sporadic contact between the Central Andes and Polynesia. Some researchers, citing divergence time estimates, suggest that sweet potatoes might have been present in Polynesia thousands of years before humans arrived there; however, the present scholarly consensus favours the pre-Columbian contact model. Sweet potatoes were first introduced to the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period (1521-1898) via the Manila galleons, along with other New World crops. It was introduced to the Fujian of China in about 1594 from Luzon, in response to a major crop failure. The growing of sweet potatoes was encouraged by the Governor Chin Hsueh-tseng (Jin Xuezeng). In the year 2019, the global production of sweet potatoes was measured at 92 million tonnes. China led this production with 56% of the world's total. The sweet potato arrived in Europe with the Columbian exchange. It is recorded, for example, in Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book, compiled in England in 1604.Sweet potatoes were also introduced to the Ryukyu Kingdom, present-day Okinawa, Japan, in the early 1600s by the Portuguese. Sweet potatoes became a staple in Japan because they were important in preventing famine when rice harvests were poor. Aoki Konyo helped popularize the cultivation of the sweet potato in Japan, and the Tokugawa bakufu sponsored, published, and disseminated a vernacular Japanese translation of his research monograph on sweet potatoes to encourage their growth more broadly. Sweet potatoes were planted in Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune's private garden. It was first introduced to Korea in 1764. Kang P'il-ri and Yi Kwang-ryo embarked on a project to grow sweet potatoes in Seoul in 1766, using the knowledge of Japanese cultivators they learned in Tongnae starting in 1764. The project succeeded for a year but ultimately failed in winter 1767 after Kang's unexpected death. Till this day, sweet potatoes are a staple in countries such as Uganda and Rwanda, and the United Nations recommends it as the best crop to cultivate for its ease of planting, maintenance and harvesting and for its acre-per-acre nutrional value. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/columbus-and-the-age-of-discovery-epic-7-hourlong-episode-tv-serie7.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Super Sense Animal Perception/Plant Adaptation TV Series DVD, MP4, USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: National Walk Your Dog Day (National Walking The Dog Day): -- A day combines two of the most happy-making things we have in this life: dogs and exercise. Humans love walking with their four-legged friends, and pooches love their strolls with their people. So grab your walking shoes, a leash, and some treats for the road, and take your favorite pooch for a stroll and enjoy this fun and engaging event that highlights the joy and benefits of walking with your furry friend. This day is important because it encourages dog owners to take their pets out for regular walks, which boosts physical health and happiness for both humans and dogs. To understand a bit more about the history of this day, it is important to look into the history of dog walkers. Of course, people have been walking their dogs for many years. However, professional dog walkers have become popular in recent times. The idea likely started in the 1960s when professional dog walking became a job. As more people began working full-time, pets needed someone to help them stay active. Jim Buck, a New Yorker, pioneered professional dog walking around this time. His work highlighted the importance of daily walks for dogs, which inspired many to follow his example. Professional dog walking showed people how important it is for dogs to get out and explore. At the time, New York was filled with busy professionals and entrepreneurs who did not have enough time to spend with their dogs. This created a clear demand for dog walkers, and since then this profession has not looked back. A lot of people around the world hire dog walkers today. Over the years, dog walking has gained popularity. National Walk Your Dog Day emerged to remind everyone of the benefits of walking their dogs. This day encourages owners to take time from their busy schedules to enjoy walks with their pets, ensuring both dogs and humans stay healthy and happy. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/super-sense--animal-perception-tv-series-dvd-mp4-download-usb-driv4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Scouts! Lord Baden-Powell The Boy Scouts & The Girl Scouts MP4 DVD USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: Scouts Founder's Day: -- Scouts Founder's Day on February 22 honors Lord Baden-Powell and his wife, Olave, the first Chief Girl Guide. Scouts Founder's Day is known as Founders Day throughout the world. It's a time for Scouts and Guides to reaffirm their oaths together and contemplate how Scouting's century-old values are still relevant in today's fast-paced world. The Boy Scouts movement originated in England on January 24, 1908, when Robert Baden-Powell published the initial issue of "Scouting for Boys." Many English lads were already familiar with the Baden name, and hundreds of them gladly purchased the handbook. The publication of "Scouting for Boys" was completed by the end of April, and dozens of spontaneous Boy Scout groups had sprouted across the United Kingdom. After his 217-day defense of Mafeking during the South African War, Powell became a British national hero in 1900. "Aids to Scouting," a military field handbook he wrote for British troops in 1899, became popular with a younger demographic soon after. Boys were enthralled by the tracking and observation training and devised complicated games using them. After hearing this, Powell developed a civilian field manual for teens that emphasized morals and good acts. Scouts Founder's Day is observed on February 22, the birthdate of Robert Baden-Powell and, incidentally, his spouse Olave Baden-Powell, in practically all Scout organizations worldwide. In Kenya, Powell's tomb has become a pilgrimage destination, with troops of the Kenya Scouts Association and Kenya Girl Guides Association visiting the grave every year. Individual organizations may also commemorate their founding dates on other occasions; however, these are usually limited to significant anniversaries, such as decennials. The Girl Scouts of the United States celebrate Founders Day on October 31 - Juliette Gordon Low's birthday. ========= February 22: World Thinking Day: -- A day of friendship, sisterhood, and empowerment where Girl Scouts and Girl Guides across the world speak out on issues that affect girls and young women. Did you know that this event raises funds for 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts across the world? The theme for 2022 World Thinking Day is 'Our World, Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality.' The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., and other WAGGGS member organizations have been celebrating World Thinking Day since 1926. This is a day to celebrate being part of the diverse global sisterhood. The history of World Thinking Day is a fascinating story. In 1926, delegates from across the world met at Camp Edith Macy - now named the Edith Macy Conference Center - in New York for the 4th World Conference and decided to create a day for guides and girl scouts. They selected the joint birthday of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the scout and guide movement, and his wife Olave as the Thinking Day. Later in 1932, a Belgian delegate suggested that girls could raise funds, World thinking Day Fund for the organization, and show their thanks. Accepting this suggestion Lord Baden-Powell wrote a letter to all guides and girl scouts worldwide asking them to donate a penny since a penny was enough for a loaf of bread in those days. In 1999, during the Dubai Conference, the name of the Thinking Day was changed to 'World Thinking Day.' Today, this has grown into a huge global event that encourages members of the movement to think about bigger issues. The theme for the 2022 World thinking Day is 'Our World, Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality.' On account of the ongoing pandemic, WAGGGS is offering a free World Thinking Day live session hosted by WAGGGS world centers that enables girl guides and girl scouts all over the world to connect with each other. ========= February 22, 1907: Robert Baden-Powell establishes the first scouting camp in Brownsea, England. ========= February 22, 1889: #BOTD: #HBD! Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founder and first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting and co-founder of Girl Guides (d. June 25, 1977) is #born Olave St Clair Soames in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Her father was brewery owner and artist Harold Soames (Aug 13, 1855 - December 25, 1918), of Gray Rigg, Lilliput, Dorset (descended from the landed gentry Soames family of Sheffield Park) and his wife Katherine Mary, daughter of George Hill. Her father's birthplace, Lilliput, claims a connection to Jonathan Swift and his novel Gulliver's Travels; and there are local streets which have associated names; the name "Lilliput" probably derives from Lilliput House, an old country mansion built near Evening Hill, which may have been owned by renowned smuggler Isaac Gulliver or one of his relatives, hence the inspiration of the name of Swift's hero Gulliver. Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell GBE was elected World Chief Guide in 1930. As well as making a major contribution to the development of the Guide/Girl Scout movements, she visited 111 countries during her life, attending Jamborees and national Guide and Scout associations. In 1932, she was created a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire by King George V. She outlived her husband, who was 32 years her senior, by over 35 years. ========= February 22, 1857: #BOTD: #HBD! Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general, co-founded The Scout Association (d. January 8, 1941) is #born. Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, DL was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. After having been educated at Charterhouse School in Surrey, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. In 1907, he held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. Based on his earlier books, particularly Aids to Scouting, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Sir Arthur Pearson, for boy readership. In 1910 Baden-Powell retired from the army and formed The Boy Scouts Association. The first Scout Rally was held at The Crystal Palace in 1909, at which appeared a number of girls in Scout uniform, who told Baden-Powell that they were the "Girl Scouts", following which, in 1910, Baden-Powell and his sister Agnes Baden-Powell started the Girl Guides Movement. In 1912 he married Olave St Clair Soames. He gave guidance to the Scouting and Girl Guiding Movements until retiring in 1937. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri, Kenya, where he died and was buried in 1941. His grave is now a National Monument. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/scouts-the-life-and-legacy-of-lord-badenpowell-dvd-mp4-us4.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: WPIX at 40! (1988) New York City's TV Channel 11 DVD, Download, USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: Supermarket Employee Day: -- After a great first year and sustained valiant efforts by grocery employees and other personnel, the Food Industry Association's Supermarket Employee Day makes its much-anticipated return on February 22. The industry-wide initiative, which first took place in 2021 to commemorate the contributions of the grocery industry's staff, will continue for the second year running and will become an annual affair. The Food Industry Association (F.M.I.) established the first National Supermarket Employee Day in 2021 to honor supermarket employees who deserve national recognition. The first commemoration attracted virtually all levels and types of F.M.I. participation from across the globe. Eleven states have since made proclamations. Local and national reports on events across the country were also featured in the media coverage. The F.M.I. highlighted that the return of Supermarket Employee Day reflected the positive reaction it received when it first launched in 2021, with participation from wholesalers, retailers, state association partners, and suppliers. The F.M.I. has designed an online cache of comprehensive resources and tools to ensure members can commemorate Supermarket Employee Day according to their budgets and brand. Messages, logos, assertions, celebration ideas, infographics, stickers, badges, banners, press releases, and strategies to nurture talent among teams are among the tools available. In 2021, state and municipal proclamations, programs inviting customers to nominate store heroes, award sweepstakes, video homages, headquarters parties, supply chain gratitude efforts, social media promotion, and in-store festivities were used to commemorate the holiday. Supermarkets are a community's backbone. According to the F.M.I., 83% of supermarket staff positively impact their hometowns, participating in community outreach and creating local links via educational, charitable, public-health, and awareness campaigns, in addition to keeping pantries and refrigerators full. Through the Feeding America initiative in 2020, food retailers delivered over 1.5 billion meals to Americans in need. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wpix-at-40-channel-11-nyc-1988-tv-retrospec40111988.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Historical View A Legacy In Pictures JPG Image Set CD Download USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: Woolworth's Day: -- Commemorates Woolworth's great 'Five Cent Store.' Frank Woolworth started his business by selling everything at five cents, which at that time was the first to set the trend. Today, even though the pioneer Woolworth is defunct, the brand continues to grow internationally by the same name 'Woolworth'. So, in honor of the pioneers of Woolworth, we celebrate this great store that's left its mark in history. Frank W. Woolworth, the pioneer of the Woolworth business, was born in 1852 in the U.S. He was an entrepreneur who pioneered the concept of buying products directly from the manufacturer and then selling it at his rate to eliminate the middle man. At the age of 27, he opened a Woolworth's Grand Five Cents Store in New York in 1879. The business failed because of several reasons but the primary reason was the expense of living in New York. The tale did not end there as Frank continued searching for a new location to open the same store and so he did. He opened a new store in Pennsylvania which proved to be a success. With this success, he brought in his brother to follow suit and open another branch in the state with the name "Five Cents Woolworth's Bro's Store." The store initially failed, but under the manager Sum, the store gradually progressed and soon enabled the store manager to buy out the store. This purchase resulted in the store chain having its first franchise under Sum. The chain of five cents stores continued expanding while using Woolworth's name in some formats. By the start of the twentieth century, there were six chains of stores functional in the U.S. and Canada. Profits from the chain were massive, and hence by 1910, Frank planned to construct the Woolworth Building in New York. Until 1932, the store continued selling at the original price of five and 10 cents, but in 1935 this practice was altogether abolished. The stores continued operating and expanding until 1997 when the company decided to shut down its business and explore another avenue under the name Foot Locker Inc. The name Woolworth continues to exist in Australia, Europe, and South Africa despite having no link with the original Frank W. Woolworths chain. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-historical-view-a-legacy-in-pictures-jpg-photo-cd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Shadow Complete Old Time Radio Series MP3 Set DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: World Yoga Day: -- A day to twist, stretch, breathe in and out, feel the stress melt away, feel the joy flowing in, and journey towards a better version of yourself. Yoga's health benefits have been known to humankind for thousands of years. This ancient practice involves physical poses, deep breathing and concentration that provide a whole host of physical, mental, spiritual and emotional benefits. When practiced properly, yoga can help to improve flexibility, balance and posture; build muscle strength; increase blood flow; boost immunity; regulate blood pressure, learn to focus, and promote better sleep -- and that's just to name but a few of the ways it can make a person's life better. And that's not even the whole story. Yoga can also help those who may have never even had the chance to try it, because yoga practitioners the world overuse it to raise both money and awareness, sending their positive energy to those who need it most. World Yoga Day was started in 2012 by Samira Radsi, a film director yoga teacher living in Berlin, Germany. Samira says that the purpose for creating World Yoga Day was to harness the power of yogis all over the world to help victims of human rights violations. The idea just happened to come to her spontaneously when she was drinking a cappuccino one Saturday morning. Soon, Samira shared her dream of helping people via yoga with her friend and fellow yoga teacher, Bjoern Wyrich, and they began to take action to make World Yoga day a reality. One of the first steps was to get in touch with yoga schools in various places all over the world to find out how many of them would be interested in participating, and several hundred declared their support. The hope was to form a 24 hour world yoga marathon. In general, the idea behind World Yoga Day is very simple: yoga teachers, yoga schools and yogis around the world donate a bit of their time, space and money to human rights causes. Each participating school organizes a two-hour yoga session during which all of the participants devote all of their thoughts and energy to people who have suffered human right violations in hopes that that will help those people feel stronger and more positive. Students may also donate as much money as they can afford, and the money collected is then donated to charities helping the victims. One important aspect of the two-hour yoga session is that it must take place precisely from 11 am to 1 pm local time, so that the result will be a 24-hour yoga marathon in the intentions of those suffering violence and other forms of injustice. Lamont Cranston, aka the detective crime fighter "The Shadow", would have approved; the October 24, 1937 radio episode "The Temple Bells Of Neban" specifies that a Yogi priest, "Keeper Of The Temple of Cobras" in Delhi, taught him how to be invisible by "clouding" peoples' minds. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-shadow-radio-mp3-dvd-complete-old-time-broadcast3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Pyramids Sphinx & Cities Of Ancient Egypt MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: The Abu Simbel Festival (Post Winter Solstice): -- A stunning celebration held twice a year -- February 22 and October 22 -- at the magnificent Abu Simbel temples in Egypt. During this event, sunlight perfectly illuminates the inner sanctum, lighting up the statues of Ramses II and the gods. This extraordinary alignment has amazed people for centuries, drawing visitors from around the globe to witness the wonder. The festival marks a rare moment when nature and ancient architecture unite in a breathtaking display. On these two special days, thousands gather at dawn to experience the magic. The sun rises, casting golden rays through the temple's entrance, creating a mystical atmosphere. This natural spectacle is a tribute to the brilliance of ancient engineers who designed the temple to honor the gods. As the sun's light touches the statues, the crowd feels a deep connection to the past, sharing in a moment that transcends time. The festival is not just a tourist attraction but a celebration of human achievement and the enduring power of the sun. The Abu Simbel Festival has roots that go back over 3,000 years. Pharaoh Ramses II built the Abu Simbel temples to honor himself, his family and the gods. He wanted to showcase his power and devotion. The temples were carved out of a mountainside in southern Egypt. They were designed with an incredible feature: twice a year, the sun shines directly into the innermost chamber, lighting up the statues of Ramses II and the gods. This alignment happens on the anniversary of Ramses II's coronation and his birthday. These dates were carefully chosen to reflect his connection to the divine. For centuries, people have marveled at this natural phenomenon. It's a unique blend of human ingenuity and nature's beauty. In the 1960s, the temples were relocated to prevent flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam. Despite this move, the sun's alignment still occurs. Modern celebrations began around this time, attracting people from all over to witness this event. Today, the Abu Simbel Festival is a vibrant celebration of history, architecture, and ancient Egypt's genius. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/pyspciofaneg.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Tex Avery: The King Of Cartoons DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22: Tex Avery Day: -- An excellent annual reason to enjoythe absurd, ironic, sarcastic, and even occasionally sexual tones of cartoons created by the cartoonist legend Tex Avery! Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery's hometown of Taylor, Texas, declared February 22 as a local holiday to honor his contributions to cartooning and the world. Tex Avery (February 26, 1908 - August 26, 1980)) graduated from North Dallas School in 1926, where the phrase "What's up, Doc?" was standard slang for "How are you?". Tex Avery spearheaded the creative development of Warner Bros. and M.G.M. studios. He created iconic cartoons like "Looney Tunes" and "Gold Miner" and developed popular characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, etc. He also played a major role in shifting from the normal Disney cartoon model and created fast-paced and innovative shows that featured surrealist humor, racial stereotypes, and intense humor. Avery started his career in 1928 in Los Angeles. After spending a few months working menial jobs, he started working at Winkler Pictures as an inker. The studio did not last long, but during this time, he worked on the animated short film "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit." He joined Universal Studio Cartoons (Walter Lantz Productions) as an inker, but he rapidly worked his way up and ended up as an animator by 1930. He worked under Bill Nolan, who gave Avery enough space to be creative. By 1935, Avery left Walter Lantz Productions, and he convinced Mr. Leon Schlesinger, a Warner Bros. producer, that he was an experienced director and got a job at Warner Bros. In the years that followed, he created his masterpieces and started developing less-realistic cartoon characters like Porky Pig and deviated from the realism normally used by studios like Disney. Avery used innovative and daring ideas and techniques that changed cartoons. He had a great career and created characters that we still see today. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tex-avery-the-king-of-cartoons-documentary-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Meet George Washington: The Man Behind Myth + Bonus MP4 Download DVD
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1732: #BOTD: #HBD! George Washington, American founding father, general, politician, statesman, first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 (d. December 14, 1799) is #born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation. Washington received his initial military training and command with the Virginia Regiment during the French And Indian War. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he was appointed Commanding General of the Continental Army. He commanded American forces, allied with France, in the defeat and surrender of the British during the Siege Of Yorktown, and resigned his commission in 1783 after the signing of the Treaty Of Paris. Washington played a key role in the adoption and ratification of the Constitution and was then elected president by the Electoral College in the first two elections. He implemented a strong, well-financed national government while remaining impartial in a fierce rivalry between cabinet members Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. During the French Revolution, he proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the Jay Treaty. He set enduring precedents for the office of president, including the title "President of the United States", and his Farewell Address is widely regarded as a pre-eminent statement on republicanism. Washington owned slaves for labor and trading, and supported measures passed by Congress protecting slavery, in order to preserve national unity. He later became troubled with the institution of slavery and freed his slaves in a 1799 will. He endeavored to assimilate Native Americans into Western culture, but responded to their hostility in times of war. He was a member of the Anglican Church and the Freemasons, and he urged broad religious freedom in his roles as general and president. On December 14, 1799, Washington died at his home in Mount Vernon, New York. Upon his death, he was eulogized as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." He has been memorialized by monuments, art, geographical locations, stamps, and currency, and many scholars and polls rank him among the greatest American presidents. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/meet-george-washington-the-man-behind-myth-dvd-mp4-us4.html

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Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1881: #BOTD: #HBD! James Reese Europe, African American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer, the leading figure on the African Americans music scene of New York City in the 1910s whom Eubie Blake called "The Martin Luther King Of Music" (d. May 9, 1919) is #born in Mobile, Alabama. Europe moved to New York in 1904. He had a son, James Reese Europe Jr (1917-2001) with Bessie Simms (1888-1931). In 1910, Europe organized the Clef Club, a society for Black Americans in the music industry. In 1912, the club made history when it played a concert at Carnegie Hall for the benefit of the Colored Music Settlement School. The Clef Club Orchestra, while not a jazz band, was the first band to play proto-jazz at Carnegie Hall. It is difficult to overstate the importance of that event in the history of jazz in the United States - it was 12 years before the Paul Whiteman and George Gershwin concert at Aeolian Hall, and 26 years before Benny Goodman's famed concert at Carnegie Hall. The Clef Club's performances played music written solely by Black composers, including Harry T. Burleigh and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Europe's orchestra also included Will Marion Cook, who had not been in Carnegie Hall since his own performance as solo violinist in 1896. Cook was the first black composer to launch full musical productions, fully scored with a cast and story every bit as classical as any Victor Herbert operetta. In the words of Gunther Schuller, Europe "... had stormed the bastion of the white establishment and made many members of New York's cultural elite aware of Negro music for the first time". The New York Times remarked, "These composers are beginning to form an art of their own"; yet by their third performance, a review in Musical America said Europe's Clef Club should "give its attention during the coming year to a movement or two of a Haydn Symphony". In 1913 and 1914, he made a series of phonograph records for the Victor Talking Machine Company. These recordings are some of the best examples of the pre-jazz hot ragtime style of the U.S. Northeast of the 1910s. These are some of the most accepted quotes that are in place to protect the idea that the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded the first jass (spelling later changed) pieces in 1917 for Victor. Unlike Europe's post-War recordings, the Victor recordings were not called nor marketed as "jazz" at the time, and were far from the first recordings of ragtime by Black American musicians. Neither the Clef Club Orchestra nor the Society Orchestra were small "Dixieland" style bands. They were large symphonic bands to satisfy the tastes of a public that was used to performances by the likes of the John Philip Sousa band and similar organizations very popular at the time. The Clef Orchestra had 125 members and played on various occasions between 1912 and 1915 in Carnegie Hall. It is instructive to read a comment from a music review in the New York Times from March 12, 1914: "... the programme consisted largely of plantation melodies and spirituals [arranged such as to show that] these composers are beginning to develop an art of their own based on their folk material ..." Europe was known for his outspoken personality and unwillingness to bend to musical conventions, particularly in his insistence on playing his own style of music. He responded to criticism by saying, "We have developed a kind of symphony music that, no matter what else you think, is different and distinctive, and that lends itself to the playing of the peculiar compositions of our race ... My success had come ... from a realization of the advantages of sticking to the music of my own people." And later, "We colored people have our own music that is part of us. It's the product of our souls; it's been created by the sufferings and miseries of our race."He was one of the first African American musicians to make it to mainstream. During World War I, Europe obtained a commission in the New York Army National Guard, where he fought as a lieutenant with the 369th Infantry Regiment (the "Harlem Hellfighters") when it was assigned to the French Army. He went on to direct the regimental band to great acclaim. In February and March 1918, James Reese Europe and his military band travelled over 2,000 miles in France, performing for British, French and American military audiences as well as French civilians. Europe's "Hellfighters" also made their first recordings in France for the Pathe brothers. The first concert included a French march, and the Stars And Stripes Forever as well as syncopated numbers such as "The Memphis Blues", which, according to a later description of the concert by band member Noble Sissle "... started ragtimitis in France". After his return home in February 1919, he stated, "I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling and if we try to copy whites we will make bad copies ... We won France by playing music which was ours and not a pale imitation of others, and if we are to develop in America we must develop along our own lines." In 1919, Europe made more recordings for Pathe Records. These include both instrumentals and accompaniments with vocalist Noble Sissle who, with Eubie Blake, would later have great success with their 1921 production of Shuffle Along, which gives us the classic song "I'm Just Wild About Harry". Differing in style from Europe's recordings of a few years earlier, they incorporate blues, blue notes, and early jazz influences. James Reese Europe died when one of his drummers Herbert Wright became very agitated, threw his drumsticks down in a seemingly unwarranted outburst of anger, claimed Europe did not treat him well and that he was tired of getting blamed for others' mistakes., and lunged for Europe with a penknife and stabbed him in the neck. Europe had been feeling ill all day, but wanted to go on with a concert which was to be the first of three in Boston's Mechanics Hall. During the intermission of that last performance, Europe went to have a talk with two of his drummers, Steve and Herbert Wright. Europe criticized some of their behavior, such as walking off stage during others' performances, which provoked Herbert Wright to stab him. After the stabbing, Europe told his band to finish the set and he would see them the next morning. To Europe and his band the wound seemed superficial. As he was carried away, he told them "I'll get along alright"; however, at the hospital, they could not stop the bleeding, and he died hours later. Herbert Wright was later convicted of manslaughter, and served eight years in prison. News of Europe's death spread fast. Composer and band leader W. C. Handy wrote: "The man who had just come through the baptism of war's fire and steel without a mark had been stabbed by one of his own musicians ... The sun was in the sky. The new day promised peace. But all the suns had gone down for Jim Europe, and Harlem didn't seem the same." Europe was granted the first ever public funeral for a black American in the city of New York. Tanney Johnson said of his death: "Before Jim Europe came to New York, the colored man knew nothing but Negro dances and porter's work. All that has been changed. Jim Europe was the living open sesame to the colored porters of this city. He took them from their porters' places and raised them to positions of importance as real musicians. I think the suffering public ought to know that in Jim Europe, the race has lost a leader, a benefactor, and a true friend." At the time of his death, he was the best-known black-American bandleader in the United States. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia. Europe was mentioned by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his short story "No Flowers". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/wwi-a-history-in-pictures-world-war-i-photo-cd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Old Time Radio Sci-Fi & Paranormal MP3 MegaSet CD, Download, USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1890: #BOTD: #HBD! Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, entrepreneur, publisher, amateur anthropologist and businessman, creator and founder of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show, which feature odd facts from around the world (d. May 27, 1949) is #born LeRoy Robert Ripley; his exact birthdate is disputed. Subjects covered in Ripley's cartoons and text ranged from sports feats to little-known facts about unusual and exotic sites. He also included items submitted by readers, who supplied photographs of a wide variety of small-town American trivia ranging from unusually shaped vegetables to oddly marked domestic animals, all documented by photographs and then depicted by his drawings. Robert Ripley died of a heart attack in New York City, aged 59. He was buried in his home town of Santa Rosa in the Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery, which is adjacent to the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-old-time-radio-scifi-paranormal-megaset-dual-layer-mp3-dv3.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Way To The Stars (Uncut) {Johnny in the Clouds (Cut)} MP4 DVD USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1908: #HBD: #HBD! John Mills, English soldier and actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades (d. April 23, 2005) is #born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills in North Elmham, Norfolk, England in East Anglia in the East of England, the son of Edith Mills (nee Baker), a theatre box office manager, and Lewis Mills, a mathematics teacher. Sir John Mills, CBE excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes. He was first married to actress Aileen Raymond (m. 1932; div. 1941), and again to Mary Hayley Bell, which whom he had three famous children: actress Juliet Mills, actress Hayley Mills and film director Jonathan Mills. In 1971, he received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ryan's Daughter. For his work in film Mills was knighted by Elizabeth II in 1976. In 2002, he received a BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and was named a Disney Legend by the Walt Disney Company. He died of a stroke at the age of 97 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, following a stroke. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-way-to-the-stars-dvd-world-war-ii-feature-film.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The American Diary: US History 1895-1933 TV Series DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1909: The History Of The United States: Foreign Policy Doctrines Of The United States: Gunboat Diplomacy: The Great White Fleet: -- The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world. The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the powerful United States Navy battle fleet that completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909, by order of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various small escorts, and the hulls of these ships were painted a stark white, giving the armada the nickname "Great White Fleet". Its mission was to make friendly courtesy visits to numerous countries, while displaying America's new naval power to the world. The voyage also helped familiarize the 14,500 officers and sailors of the fleet with the logistical and planning needs for extended fleet action far from home. Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military prowess and its blue-water naval capabilities, as well as to demonstrate its ability to enforce treaties and protect overseas holdings. Another goal was to deter a threatened war with Japan amid growing tensions around 1907. Since Japan had arisen as a major sea power with the 1905 annihilation of the Russian fleet at Tsushima, the deployment of the Great White Fleet was therefore intended, at least in part, to send a message to Tokyo that the American fleet could be deployed anywhere, even from its Atlantic ports, and would be able to defend American interests in the Philippines and the Pacific. The most serious tensions between the United States and Japan came in 1907, leading to widespread speculation among experts that war was imminent between the two. The main cause was intense Japanese resentment against the mistreatment of Japanese in San Francisco, California caused by growing anti-Asian sentiment among the White population. Pulitzer prize-winning biographer Henry Pringle states that sending Great White Fleet so dramatically to Japan in 1908 was "the direct result of the Japanese trouble." Tensions rapidly de-escalated after the fleet's very friendly reception in Yokohama; thus, the gesture neutralized the diplomatic trouble that had resulted from anti-Japanese riots in San Francisco. Those problems had been resolved by the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907, whereby Japan would not allow further emigration to the United States and the United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigrants already present in the country, and the fleet visit was offered as and received as a friendly gesture to Japan. The Japanese welcomed it. Roosevelt saw the deployment as one that would encourage patriotism, and give the impression that he would teach Japan "a lesson in polite behavior", as historian Robert A. Hart phrased it. After the fleet had crossed the Pacific, Japanese statesmen realized that the balance of power in the East had changed. After long neglecting the Navy, Congress started generous appropriations in the late 1880s. Beginning with just 90 small ships, over one-third of them wooden and obsolete, the Navy quickly added new steel fighting vessels. The fleet's capital ships were already obsolete compared to the advent that year of the British dreadnought, which became the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. Nevertheless, it was by far the largest and most powerful fleet that had ever circled the globe; the mission was a success at home and in every country that was visited, including in Europe, which was visited only briefly. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/american-diary-complete-us-historytv-series-2-dual-layer-dvd2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: U-Boat! WWI & WWII German Submarine Documentaries Set MP4 Download DVD
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1915: The European Civil War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of World War I): The Western Front Of World War I: Naval Warfare Of World War I: The U-boat Campaign (The U-boat Campaign 1914-1918): The 1917 Resumption Of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: -- The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare, a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning. The Germans were responding to the British introduction of Q-ships, heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. In the most dramatic episode, the Germans sank the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 US citizens, because they believed it was carrying war munitions. The U.S. demanded it stop, and Germany did so. Admiral Henning von Holtzendorff, chief of the Admiralty staff, argued successfully in early 1917 to resume the attacks and thus starve the British. The German high command realized the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare meant war with the United States but calculated that American mobilization would be too slow to stop a German victory on the Western Front. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/uboat-wwi-amp-wwii-uboats-german-submarine-films-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: TV Commercials: The Cable Age Classics Vol. 5 MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1918: #BOTD: #HBD! Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer and news reporter whose career spanned more than seven decades (d. August 18, 2014) is #born Dominick George Pardo Jr. in Westfield, Massachusetts to Dominick George Pardo Sr. and Valeria "Viola" Rominak-Pardo who were Polish immigrants who owned a bakery. Pardo was hired for his first broadcasting position at NBC radio affiliate WJAR in Providence in 1938. He joined NBC full-time as an in-house announcer in 1944, remaining on the network staff for 60 years. The radio programs on which he worked as an announcer include Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, the sci-fi shows X Minus One and Dimension X. During World War II, Pardo worked as a war reporter for NBC Radio. For most of 30 years, Pardo's recorded voice was one of the announcer introduction inserts for "Ten at Ten", the KFOG San Francisco radio show appearing at 10 a.m., and in syndication with Dave Morey on KFOG HD Radio, although a few years featured Monty Hall and Larry "Bud" Melman. A member of the Television Hall of Fame, Pardo was noted for his 70-year tenure with NBC, working as the announcer for early incarnations of such notable shows as The Price Is Right, Jackpot, Jeopardy!, Three on a Match, Winning Streak and NBC Nightly News. His longest, and best-known, announcing job was for NBC's Saturday Night Live, a job he held for 38 seasons, from the show's debut in 1975 until the end of the 6th season in 1981 and again from the season 8 premiere in 1982 until he died in his sleep in Tucson, Arizona at the age of 96. He is buried in Rockland Cemetery in Sparkill, Rockland County, New York. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tv-commercials-the-cable-age-classics-vol-5-mp4-video-download-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Fabulous Sixties with Peter Jennings TV Docuseries MP4 Or DVD Set
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. August 25, 2009) is #born Edward Moore Kennedy at St. Margaret's Hospital in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, the last of the nine children of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald, members of prominent Irish American families in Boston who constituted one of the wealthiest families in the nation once they were joined. Ted Kennedy served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and the Kennedy political family, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and was the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy. After attending Harvard University and receiving his law degree from the University of Virginia, he began his career as an assistant district attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Kennedy was 30 years old when he first entered the Senate following a November 1962 special election in Massachusetts to fill the vacant seat previously held by his brother John, who had taken office as the president. He was elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and was later re-elected seven more times. The Chappaquiddick Incident in 1969 resulted in the death of his automobile passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. He pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident and later received a two-month suspended sentence. The incident and its aftermath hindered his chances of ever becoming president. His only attempt, in the 1980 election, resulted in a Democratic primary campaign loss to the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter. Kennedy was known for his oratorical skills. His 1968 eulogy for his brother Robert and his 1980 rallying cry for modern American liberalism were among his best-known speeches. He became recognized as "The Lion of the Senate" through his long tenure and influence. Kennedy and his staff wrote more than 300 bills that were enacted into law. Unabashedly liberal, Kennedy championed an interventionist government that emphasized economic and social justice, but he was also known for working with Republicans to find compromises. Kennedy played a major role in passing many laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, the National Cancer Act of 1971, the COBRA health insurance provision, the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Ryan White AIDS Care Act, the Civil Rights Act Of 1991, the Mental Health Parity Act, the S-CHIP children's health program, the No Child Left Behind Act, and the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. During the 2000s, he led several unsuccessful immigration reform efforts. Over the course of his Senate career, Kennedy made efforts to enact universal health care, which he called the "cause of my life." By the later years of his life, Kennedy had come to be viewed as a major figure and spokesman for American progressivism. He died on August 25, 2009, of a malignant brain tumor at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and was buried near his brothers John and Robert at Arlington National Cemetery. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/decades-the-1960s-dvd-set-peter-jennings-tv-series-3-19603.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Tibet History & The Dalai Lama Documentaries DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1940: Spiritual Ascensions: -- The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso - Tenzin Gyatso for short - known as Tenzin Gyatso, known as Gyalwa Rinpoche to the Tibetan people, the current Dalai Lama (the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism) is enthroned as Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet at the age of four; he eventually assumed full temporal (political) duties on November 17, 1950, at the age of 15, after the People's Republic Of China's occupation of Tibet. He was born Lhamo Thondup on July 6, 1935, or in the Tibetan calendar, in the Wood-Pig Year, 5th month, 5th day, on a straw mat in a cowshed to a farming and horse trading family in the small hamlet pronouned either Taktser or Chija Tagtser in Tibetan, Hongya Cun; literally 'Redcliff Village' in Chinese, at the edge of the traditional Tibetan region of Amdo in Qinghai Province. He is considered a living Bodhisattva; specifically, an emanation of Guanyin Bodhisattva (Avalokitesvara). He is also the leader of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism, formally headed by the Ganden Tripa. The central government of Tibet, the Ganden Phodrang, invested the Dalai Lama with temporal duties until his exile in 1959. On 29 April 1959, the Dalai Lama established the independent Tibetan government in exile in the north Indian hill station of Mussoorie, which then moved in May 1960 to Dharamshala, where he resides. He retired as political head in 2011 to make way for a democratic government, the Central Tibetan Administration. The 14th Dalai Lama was born to a farming family in Taktser (Hongya Village), in the traditional Tibetan region of Amdo (administratively Qinghai Province, Republic of China). He was selected as the tulku of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 and formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in a public declaration near the town of Bumchen in 1939. As with the recognition process for his predecessor, a Golden Urn selection process was not used. His enthronement ceremony was held in Lhasa on 22 February 1940 and he eventually assumed full temporal (political) duties on 17 November 1950, at the age of 15, after the People's Republic of China's occupation of Tibet. The Tibetan government administered the historic Tibetan regions of U-Tsang, Kham and Amdo. During the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Dalai Lama escaped to India, where he currently lives in exile while remaining the most important spiritual leader of Tibet. The Dalai Lama advocates for the welfare of Tibetans while continuing to call for the Middle Way Approach to negotiations with China for the autonomy of the nation and the protection of its culture, including for the religious rights of Tibetans. The Dalai Lama also meets with other world leaders, religious leaders, philosophers and scientists, and travels worldwide giving Tibetan Buddhist teachings. His work includes focus on the environment, economics, women's rights, nonviolence, interfaith dialogue, physics, astronomy, Buddhism and science, cognitive neuroscience, reproductive health and sexuality. Along with his teachings on Tibetan Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, the Dalai Lama's Kalachakra teachings and initiations are international events. He is the chief Patron of the Maha Bodhi Society of India, conferred upon him at the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Maha Bodhi Society of India. The Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and the US Congressional Gold Medal in 2006. Time magazine named the Dalai Lama one of the "Children of Mahatma Gandhi" and Gandhi's spiritual heir to nonviolence. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/tibet-documentaries-2-dvd-se2.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: An Ocean Apart: US-UK Relations TV Series + Profumo Affair MP4 DVD Set
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1942: #BOTD: Christine Keeler, English model, showgirl, escort courtesan and prostitute, central figure in The Profumo Affair, a major sexpionage scandal in which an MI5 operation, involving the women of americanized british establishment osteopath and pimp Simon Ward, to sexually blackmail soviet agent Yevgeny Ivanov, went wrong when the bait, 19-year-old Christine Keeler, became involved with Briitsh Secretary Of State For War John Profumo instead, backfiring on all involved and ultimately resulting in the downfall of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's conservative government (d. December 4, 2017) is #born Christine Margaret Keeler in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. A shooting incident involving Johnny Edgecombe, a British jazz promoter and a third lover mixed-up in The Profumo Affair, that took place outside Simon Ward's home while Keeler was hiding there caused the press to investigate her, an investigation that revealed that her affairs could threaten national security. In the House of Commons, Profumo denied any improper conduct but later admitted to having lied. Ward was found guilty of being her pimp; a trial was instigated after the embarrassment caused to the government. The trial has since been considered a miscarriage of justice and a charade orchestrated by the establishment to protect itself, and resulted in Ward's suicide. Christine Keeler died in the night at The Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough, London, aged 75. She had been ill for some months, suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her funeral took place on December 16 at The West London Crematorium in Kensal Green Cemetery. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/an-ocean-apart-us-uk-relations-tv-series-profumo-affair-mp4-dvd-set.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Douglas MacArthur Documentaries Set DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1942: World War II: The Pacific War (The Asia-Pacific War, The Pacific Theater Of World War II): The Pacific Ocean Theater Of World War II: The Philippines Campaign (1941-1942) (The Battle Of The Philippines, The Fall Of The Philippines): Douglas MacArthur's Escape From The Philippines: -- When Japanese victory in the Battle of Corregidor appears inevitable, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sends an order to General Douglas MacArthur to get out out of the Philippines. MacArthur responded with a request that he might select the time of his departure. "Unless the right moment is chosen for this delicate operation", he wrote, "a sudden collapse might occur." "With regard to the actual movement", he went on, "I deem it advisable to go to Mindanao by combined use of surface craft and submarine, and thence by air, further movement by submarine being too time consuming." Marshall replied that the President would allow him to choose the time and method of his departure. MacArthur left on March 11th, famously declaring "I shall return". On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/general-douglas-macarthur-dvd-korea-wwii-documentaries.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Restless Conscience: Resistance To Hitler In Germany DVD MP4 USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1943: German Resistance To Nazism (German: Widerstand): The White Rose Movement: -- #DOTD: #RIP: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst, #dies when they are summarily executed in Nazi Germany, having been arrested only four days prior. The White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany led by a group of students and a professor at the University of Munich. The group conducted an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign which called for active opposition to the Nazi regime. Their activities started in Munich on June 27th, 1942, and ended with the arrest of the core group by the Gestapo on February 18th, 1943. They, as well as other members and supporters of the group who carried on distributing the pamphlets, faced show trials by the Nazi People's Court, and many of them were sentenced to death or imprisonment. The group wrote, printed and initially distributed their pamphlets in the greater Munich region. Later on, secret carriers brought copies to other cities, mostly in the southern parts of Germany. In total, the White Rose authored six leaflets, which were multiplied and spread, in a total of about 15,000 copies. They denounced the Nazi regime's crimes and oppression, and called for resistance. In their second leaflet, they openly denounced the persecution and mass murder of the Jews. By the time of their arrest, the members of the White Rose were just about to establish contacts with other German resistance groups like the Kreisau Circle or the Schulze-Boysen/Harnack group of the Red Orchestra. Today, the White Rose is well-known both within Germany and worldwide. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/restless-conscience-resistance-to-hitler-in-germany-1933193345.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Confession AKA L'aveu (1970) Yves Montand DVD, Download, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1948: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Eastern Bloc (The Communist Bloc, The Socialist Bloc, The Soviet Bloc): Czechoslovakia: The 1948 Czechoslovak Coup D'Etat (The Czech Coup) (Opponents: Czech: Unor 1948, Slovak: Februar 1948, "February 1948"; Supporters: Czech: Vitezny Unor, Slovak: Vitazny Februar,"Victorious February"): -- The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumes undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia during The 1948 Czechoslovak Coup D'Etat (February 21 - 25, 1948), marking the onset of four decades of communist rule in the country. The coup's significance extended well beyond the state's boundaries as it was a clear marker along the already well-advanced road to full-fledged Cold War. The event alarmed Western countries and helped spur quick adoption of the Marshall Plan, the creation of a state in West Germany, vigorous measures to keep communists out of power in France, Greece and especially Italy, and steps toward mutual security that would, in little over a year, result in the establishment of NATO and the definitive drawing of the Iron Curtain until the Revolutions of 1989. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-confession-aka-l39aveu-dvd-1970-yves-montand-simone-si391970.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: Babes In Toyland 1986 Keanu Reeves Drew Barrymore DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1975: #BOTD: #HBD! Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, screenwriter, talk show host, author and beauty, is #born Drew Blythe Barrymore in Culver City, California, to actor John Drew Barrymore and aspiring actress Jaid Barrymore (born Ildiko Jaid Mako), who was born in a displaced persons camp in Brannenburg, West Germany, to Hungarian World War II refugees. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, Drew Barrymore has received several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a British Academy Film Award and seven Emmy Awards. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004. Barrymore achieved fame as a child actor with her 1982 role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, she released an autobiography Little Girl Lost. She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Never Been Kissed, Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Scream and Ever After. Barrymore starred with Adam Sandler in three films The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Blended. Her other films include Firestarter, Donnie Darko, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Fever Pitch, Music and Lyrics, Going the Distance, Big Miracle, and Miss You Already. She also starred in her directorial debut film Whip It. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role in Grey Gardens. She starred in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet and currently hosts her syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show. Barrymore is the founder of the production company Flower Films. It produced several projects in which she has starred. She launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner in 2013, which has grown to include lines in make-up, perfume and eyewear. Her other business ventures include a range of wines and a clothing line. E. P. Dutton published a collection of Barrymore's autobiographical essays in a book titled Wildflower in 2015. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/babes-in-toyland-1986--keanu-reeves-drew-barrymore-dvd-mp19864.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: The Great White Way: Broadway History MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1983: Premieres: Theatre Premieres: United States Theatre Premieres: Finales: Theatre Finales: United States Theatre Finales: -- The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Moose Murders is a play by Arthur Bicknell, self-described as a mystery farce. A notorious flop, it is now widely considered the standard of awfulness against which all Broadway failures are judged, and its name has become synonymous with those distinctively bad Broadway plays which open and close on the same night. It had its single performance (excluding its 13 previews) at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on February 22, 1983. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/the-great-white-way-dvd-broadway-history-documentary.html

Today's EarthStation1.com 15% Off Commemorative Memorial Title: A Rustling Of Leaves: Inside The Philippine Revolution DVD, MP4, USB
Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1986: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War In Asia: Coups In The Philippines: The People Power Revolution (The EDSA Revolution, The Philippine Revolution Of 1986, The February Revolution, The Yellow Revolution): The February 1986 Reform The Armed Forces Movement Coup: -- The People Power Revolution in the Philippines begins as The Reform The Armed Forces Movement (RAM) under the leadership of Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile moves to depose then-president Ferdinand Marcos. It was discovered and aborted in its earliest stages on February 22, 1986, but the plot is notable for being the first major military action set in motion to advanced The People Power Revolution, a movement that which would otherwise have taken the form of a civil disobedience campaign led by Aquino, who had refused to back down after the revealed cheating in the 1986 Philippine presidential election. The coup's intent was to take advantage of the public disruption arising from revelations of cheating during the 1986 Philippine presidential election, and replace Marcos with a military junta which would include Enrile, Philippine Constabulary Chief Fidel V. Ramos, then-Presidential Candidate Corazon Aquino, and Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin, among others, which Enrile and the RAM Colonels would control from behind the scenes. After discovering that their plot had been uncovered, Enrile and the RAM decided abort it, and instead stage a last stand in Camp Aguinaldo, the site of the general headquarters (GHQ) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He then called Philippine Constabulary Chief General Fidel Ramos and Cardinal Sin to ask for support. The defection of Ramos, who commanded nearby Camp Crame; the arrival of civilians to form a human barricade surrounding the two camps; and the eventual the defection of numerous other units of the AFP, eventually snowballed into what became the People Power Revolution. Corazon Aquino, who rejected Enrile's proposal of a Military Junta, was eventually inaugurated as the civilian president of a revolutionary government which was not military in nature. Enrile was briefly granted the role of Defense Secretary in Aquino's administration, but was then compelled to resign due to "disagreements" with Aquino and his alleged role in plotting later coups against Aquino. RAM eventually organized several failed coups to overthrow Philippine President Corazon Aquino from November 1986 to October 1990. The People Power Revolution was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in the capital city of Manila from February 22-25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and alleged electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of President Ferdinand Marcos along with his authoritarian regime and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/a-rustling-of-leaves-inside-the-philippine-revolution-dvd.html

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Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1989: Music History: Music Of The United States: African-American Music:Rap: -- DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) win the first Grammy Award in the category "Best Rap Song" for the hit single "Parents Just Don't Understand", the duo's second single from their second studio album, "He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper" (1988), one of the two songs to win in this category before the award was discontinued in 1991. In the song, the Fresh Prince details his problems with his parents, whom he feels do not understand the challenges of being a teenager. The song was released as a single in spring 1988 by Jive and peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance at the 1989 Grammy Awards. The song was referenced several times in the television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and was ranked number 96 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop". It was also featured in the movies The Parent Trap, Malibu's Most Wanted and Jersey Girl. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/color-adjustment-40-years-of-black-americans-on-tv-dvd-download-u40.html

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Today, February 22, 2026

February 22, 1991: The Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I): Operation Desert Storm: -- U.S. President George H. W. Bush issues a 24-hour ultimatum: Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait to avoid starting a ground war. That same day, Iraq had agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement which called for Iraq to withdraw troops to pre-invasion positions within six weeks following a total ceasefire, and called for monitoring of the ceasefire and withdrawal to be overseen by the UN Security Council. The coalition rejected the proposal, but said that retreating while Iraqi forces would not be attacked, Iraq would still have to withdraw from Kuwait within 24 hours. The following day, February 23, fighting resulted in the capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers, and the day following that, on February24 , British and American armored forces crossed the Iraq-Kuwait border and entered Iraq in large numbers, taking hundreds of prisoners. Iraqi resistance was light, and four Americans were killed. The Gulf War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq' invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the term "Iraq War" became identified instead with the 2003 Iraq War. On Sale @ 15% Off Discount Till Midnight PT! https://store.earthstation1.com/desert-storm-the-victory-persian-gulf-war-i-dvd-mp4-download-us4.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22: Single Tasking Day: -- Pays tribute to one of the long-lost habits in this busy world - single-tasking! Did you know that single-tasking can make you more productive while conserving energy? Yes, while people are lauding multitasking and getting as many things as possible done in a day, resulting in half-finished jobs, single-tasking is much more productive. Single-tasking or monotasking is the art of dedicating oneself to one given task at a time and minimizing potential interruptions and distractions until said task is completed or a significant period of time has elapsed. This differs from multitasking, which is the ability to perform more than one task at a time, dividing one's focus among multiple tasks. To commemorate this amazing skill that most people have forgotten, people across the world celebrate Single Tasking Day. Unfortunately, the history behind the origin and celebration of Single Tasking Day is not known. There was a long period of time where people boasted about their multitasking skills and abilities, but as the dangers of multitasking have slowly come to light in the past years, people are trying to move away from multitasking and adopting single-tasking. Multitasking has been repeatedly shown to leave us more exhausted and unproductive, whereas single-tasking achieves exactly the opposite of that. Single-tasking is not just taking a task and doing it without any distractions and going about our day; it means taking a task, breaking it down into parts, and completing each of those parts thoroughly with undivided attention to detail. So, don't let the earthly pressures of multitasking overwhelm you and make you lose track of details and stop you from doing your best; instead, take a deep breath, take one step at a time and make the best of your ability! https://store.earthstation1.com/american-business-films-1910s1960s-3-dual-laye191019603.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22: Be Humble Day: -- Today people across the world, irrespective of their religion, culture, and philosophy come together and stress the importance of being humble. Many great personalities say that humility is the most difficult of all virtues to attain. Either way, Be Humble Day focuses on the importance of being humble. Apt to this day we celebrate, the person who is responsible for the founding and celebration of Be Humble Day is unknown. Yes, the exact origin and the founder of Be Humble Day still remains a mystery. Maybe he didn't like to boast - a true sign of being humble! Speaking of boasting, on Be Humble Day, no boasting is allowed, because bragging about one's achievements, success and abilities can lead to pride, a.k.a one of the seven deadly sins. In this self-obsessed world where people are increasingly becoming narcissistic, obsessed with their appearance, and attention-seeking, not choosing to brag is much more difficult than one might think. So, being humble in this world is itself a great achievement. Being humble is more than not boasting about one's own life and achievements, it is all about listening to others, accepting our errors and weaknesses, and working on them to get better. This is exactly what Be Humble Day advocates. But unfortunately, in most cases, humble people receive a bad rap. This is due to a misconception that humility is associated with being too passive, submissive, or insecure - this is far from true. Humble people are quite the opposite with full of confidence and belief in themselves. So, they are eager to help others and hear others out. By being humble, one can achieve many things including higher self-control and joy. So, this Be Humble day, practice humility by just being humble and silent! https://store.earthstation1.com/mahatma-mohandas-gandhi-nonviolent-revolution-biography-dvd.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22: Play More Cards Day: -- If you look back on some of the most fun times with close friends, we're pretty sure it involved a card game at some point. We know we've had a ton of laughs when playing. It's the best way to unwind, and a little healthy competition always spices things up. Besides being incredibly fun, card games also improve our focus, creativity, and decision-making. So, it's always a good idea to indulge more often. Play More Cards Day is the perfect reason to make it happen. Picture a deck of cards, and the Bicycle_ brand is the first name that springs to most people's minds. It comes as no surprise that America's biggest manufacturer of playing cards was also the creator of Play More Cards Day - with the first one taking place in 2013. The modern deck is ubiquitous to card games everywhere - from glitzy casinos to poker games with friends at home. It's such a familiar item that most of us assume that playing cards have always looked like this. Well, people who lived centuries ago would beg to differ! Playing cards looked nothing like the way they do today. Over hundreds of years and across continents, the cards have undergone a glorious transformation into the 52 cards in a deck we know and love today. The earliest mention of card games in world history dates back to the Tang dynasty in China. Historical records speak of Princess Tong Chyeng enjoying a "leaf game" with the members of the Wei Clan. It was only in the 1300s that cards made an appearance in Europe. As you can imagine, they became wildly popular throughout Europe - to the extent that a Paris ordinance in 1377 established official rules to keep players in check. In 1885, an Ohio-based printing company called Russel, Morgan, & Co. produced the first Bicycle_ Brand cards. Since then, the cards have graced homes and events of all kinds while creating waves in modern world history to boot. For instance, the United States Playing Card Company produced special Bicycle_ Spotter Decks to help U.S soldiers identify ships, aircraft, and tanks from other countries. In addition, unique decks for prisoners of war revealed maps when pulled apart and moistened. Straight out of a movie, right? So, whether you enjoy a solitary game of cards or the thrill of beating your friends, go all out today. Play more cards, but of course, do it responsibly. https://store.earthstation1.com/escape-mp3-dvd-complete-radio-adventure-series-broadcast3.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
( #JCKaelin here: Shortly after Chuck passed, I was recruited by the executors of Chuck Jones' estate in an unrealized project to release the book "Letters From The Heart: Letters To Chuck Jones", selections from Chuck's fan mail over the years :) ) ========= February 22, 2002: #DOTD: #RIP: Chuck Jones, American animator, director, producer, producer and screenwriter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of shorts (b. September 21, 1912) #dies of congestive heart failure at his home in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach at the age of 89. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. Chuck Jones was born Charles Martin Jones in Spokane, Washington. Chuck Jones wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic Animated Cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, and Porky Pig, among others. Jones started his career in 1933 alongside Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Robert McKimson at the Leon Schlesinger Production's Termite Terrace studio, where they created and developed the Looney Tunes characters. During the Second World War, Jones directed many of the Private Snafu (1943-1946) shorts which were shown to members of the United States military. After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts (1963-1967) as well as the television adaptations of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) and Horton Hears a Who! (1970). He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Enterprises, where he directed and produced the film adaptation of Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth (1970). Jones's work along with the other animators was showcased in the documentary, Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975). Jones directed the first feature-length animated Looney Tunes compilation film, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979). In 1990 he wrote his memoir, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist, which was made into a documentary film, Chuck Amuck (1991). He was also profiled in the American Masters documentary Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens - A Life in Animation (2000) which aired on PBS. Jones won three Academy Awards. The cartoons which he directed, For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line won the Best Animated Short. Robin Williams presented Jones with an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for his work in the animation industry. Film historian Leonard Maltin has praised Jones's work at Warner Bros., MGM and Chuck Jones Enterprises. In Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons, a group of animated professionals ranked What's Opera, Doc? (1957) as the greatest cartoon of all time, with ten of the entries being directed by Jones including Duck Amuck (1953), Duck Dodgers in the 24_th Century (1953), One Froggy Evening (1955), Rabbit of Seville (1950), and Rabbit Seasoning (1952). https://store.earthstation1.com/3-disc-world-war-ii-propaganda-cartoons-dvd-megase3.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1512: #DOTD: #RIP: Amerigo Vespucci, Italian merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived (b. March 9, 1451) #dies of malaria aged 60 in Seville, Crown Of Castile (modern Spain). He is buried at Ognissanti Church in the city of his birth, Florence, Italy. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain (1499-1500) and then for Portugal (1501-1502). In 1503 and 1505, two booklets were published under his name, containing colourful descriptions of these explorations and other alleged voyages. Both publications were extremely popular and widely read across much of Europe. Although historians still dispute the authorship and veracity of these accounts, at the time they were instrumental in raising awareness of the new discoveries and enhancing the reputation of Vespucci as an explorer and navigator. He first demonstrated in about 1502 that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to people of the Old World. Vespucci claimed to have understood, back in 1501 during his Portuguese expedition when he explored South America and the Amazon River, that Brazil was part of a continent new to Europeans, which he called the "New World". The claim inspired cartographer Martin Waldseemuller to recognize Vespucci's accomplishments in 1507 by applying the Latinized form "America" for the first time to a map showing the New World. Other cartographers followed suit, and by 1532 the name America was permanently affixed to the newly discovered continents. It is unknown whether Vespucci was ever aware of these honours. In 1505, he was made a citizen of Castile by royal decree and in 1508, he was appointed to the newly created position of piloto mayor (master navigator) for Spain's Casa de Contratacion (House of Trade), a post he held until he died. His birthday, March 9, is celebrated as Amerigo Vespucci Day. https://store.earthstation1.com/columbus-and-the-age-of-discovery-epic-7-hourlong-episode-tv-serie7.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1965: #DOTD: #RIP: Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-born American lawyer and jurist, Harvard Law School professor, co-founder of The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 until 1962, during which period he was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in its judgements (b. November 15, 1882) #dies of congestive heart failure in at the age of 82. His remains are interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Frankfurter was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, immigrating to New York City at the age of 12. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Frankfurter worked for Henry L. Stimson, the U.S. Secretary of War. During World War I, Frankfurter served as Judge Advocate General. After the war, he helped found the American Civil Liberties Union and returned to his position as a professor at Harvard Law School. He became a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to fill the Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin N. Cardozo. He exercised liberal judicial restraint during an era where conservative justices wielded the judicial power through the derogation canon and the "plain meaning rule" to strike down progressive laws. Frankfurter served on the Court until his retirement in 1962, and was succeeded by Arthur Goldberg. Frankfurter wrote the Court's majority opinions in cases such as Minersville School District v. Gobitis, Gomillion v. Lightfoot, and Beauharnais v. Illinois. He wrote dissenting opinions in notable cases such as Baker v. Carr, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Glasser v. United States, and Trop v. Dulles. On December 8, 1953, after the Supreme Court failed to come to a decision on the Brown v. Board Of Education school segregation case when it was first argued on December 9, 1952, the court had the case reargued, at the behest of Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, as a stalling tactic to allow the court to gather a consensus around a Brown opinion that would outlaw segregation, with special attention to whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibited the operation of separate public schools for whites and blacks. Accordingly Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). reargued the case for the plaintiffs before the court. The justices in support of desegregation spent much effort convincing those who initially intended to dissent to join a unanimous opinion. Although the legal effect would be same for a majority rather than unanimous decision, it was felt that dissent could be used by segregation supporters as a legitimizing counter-argument. The tactic worked, and on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. https://store.earthstation1.com/simple-justice-brown-v-board-of-education-segregation-battle-dvd.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1987: #DOTD: #RIP: Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer, leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art, whose works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture (b. August 6, 1928) #dies after a gallbladder surgery in his sleep at 6:32 a.m. of cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 58 in Manhattan, New York City. He is buried at Saint John The Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Bethel Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Andy Warhol Museum, in collaboration with EarthCam, has a 24/7 livestream of Andy's gravesite. The livestream is part of a project called "Figment." That line comes from a quote Warhol gave in which he said, "I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'" So keep that in mind if you do visit - you'll be on camera! That's fitting, since Warhol lived so much of his life on camera -- so come get your own 15 minutes of fame! Andy Warhol was born Andrew Warhola Jr. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to working-class immigrants of Lemko ethnicity (from the ethnographic region in the Carpathian Mountains and foothills spanning Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland) from Miko, Austria-Hungary (now called Mikova, located in today's northeastern Slovakia). Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell's Soup Cans (1962) and Marilyn Diptych (1962), the experimental film Chelsea Girls (1966), and the multimedia events known as the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966-67). His New York studio, The Factory, became a well-known gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons. He promoted a collection of personalities known as Warhol superstars, and is credited with coining the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." In the late 1960s, he managed and produced the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground and founded Interview magazine. He authored numerous books, including The Philosophy Of Andy Warhol And Popism: The Warhol Sixties. He is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. https://store.earthstation1.com/anwa1domelme.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1933: #BOTD: #HBD! Ernie K-Doe, African American R & B singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law", which went to number 1 on the Billboard pop chart in the U.S., a hit followed by "A Certain Girl" (d. July 5, 2001) is #born Ernest Kador Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana. K-Doe recorded as a member of the group the Blue Diamonds in 1954 before making his first solo recordings the following year. "Mother-in-Law", written by Allen Toussaint, was his first hit, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard pop chart and the Billboard R & B chart. In the UK, the song peaked at number 29. K-Doe never had another top-40 pop hit, but "Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta" (number 21, 1961) and "Later for Tomorrow" (number 37, 1967) both reached the R & B top 40. In the 1980s, K-Doe did radio shows on the New Orleans community stations WWOZ and WTUL. The shows were known for his explosively energetic announcements and frequent self-promotion (occasionally causing problems for the noncommercial station). K-Doe's catch phrases included "Burn, K-Doe, Burn!", "I'm a Charity Hospital Baby!" and (addressed to himself) "You just good, that's all!" For a time he billed himself as "Mister Naugahyde", until he was ordered to desist by the owners of the Naugahyde trademark. K-Doe then explained that it was a misunderstanding; he was actually referring to himself as "Mister M-Nauga-Ma-Hyde", a word he invented himself. In the 1990s, K-Doe began billing himself as "The Emperor of the Universe" and, wearing a cape and crown, became a famous local eccentric in New Orleans. He continued performing and occasionally recording until shortly before his death. Always an elaborate showman, one of K-Doe's most notable later performances was at the Aquarium of the Americas, in New Orleans, where he performed at a benefit for a local group aiding people with disabilities. The show ended with K-Doe performing seven continuous renditions of "Mother In Law" while dancing in front of the Gulf of Mexico shark tank exhibit dressed in a green plumed cape. Later recordings of note included "White Boy, Black Boy". While best known as a singer, he was also an accomplished drummer. The song "Here Come the Girls" was released in 1970 in the UK, but was not a hit. It was re-released in 2007 as a result of its use in an advertising campaign for Boots and reached number 43 in the UK Singles Chart. K-Doe died in 2001 of kidney and liver failure from years of alcoholism. After a traditional jazz funeral, he was interred in the 200-year-old Duval tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2, in his native New Orleans. He had burial space in his father's family cemetery in Erwinville, Louisiana, but his widow, Antoinette, as well as his fans and friends in New Orleans, wanted his remains in the city, so the Duval family offered him some of their burial space. He is buried in the same tomb with his second mother-in-law, with whom he was very close, and his best friend, Earl King. https://store.earthstation1.com/dj-radio-airchecks-mp3-dvd-1950s60s70s-dis319506070.html

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February 22, 1945: #BOTD: #HBD! Oliver, American pop singer, best known for his 1969 song "Good Morning Starshine" from the musical Hair as well as "Jean" (the theme from the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) (d. February 12, 2000) is #born William Oliver Swofford in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill starting in 1963 and began singing as an undergraduate. He was a member of two popular music groups - The Virginians and, later, The Good Earth - and was then known as Bill Swofford. His uptempo single "Good Morning Starshine" from the pop/rock musical Hair reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1969, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. a month later. Later that fall, a softer, ballad single titled "Jean" (the theme from the Oscar-winning film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. Written by poet Rod McKuen, "Jean" also sold over one million copies, garnering Oliver his second gold disc in as many months. Performing both hits on a number of television variety shows and specials in the late 1960s, including The Ed Sullivan Show, helped both songs. Oliver had more modest commercial success with the cover of "Sunday Mornin'", which peaked at No. 35 in December 1969, and "Angelica", which stalled at No. 97 four months later. His cover of "I Can Remember", the 1968 James & Bobby Purify hit, missed the Hot 100 but climbed into the top 25 of the Billboard Easy Listening chart in the mid summer of 1970. Late that fall, Oliver also had one inspirational recording titled "Light the Way", composed by Eric Carmen. Oliver's last single to enter the pop music charts was his 1971 cover of "Early Morning Rain" by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. The song "Bubbled Under" at No. 124 on May 1, 1971 and also reached No. 38 on the Easy Listening chart a few weeks later. As producer Bob Crewe preferred elaborately orchestrated musical arrangements and Oliver preferred a simpler folk sound, these "creative differences" led them to part ways in 1971. Resuming the name Bill "Oliver" Swofford, the singer toured hundreds of college campuses in the eastern and southern United States in 1976 and 1977. He was recorded on numerous albums of his friends including Steve Goodman and is credited with guitar, and vocals on several of Steve's albums. He and Goodman wrote one of the songs together (Jessie's Jig (Rob's Romp, Beth's Bounce)) which was released on the album Jessie's Jig and Other Favorites and dedicated it to their children. His natural talent and vocal range made him one who was called often for recording sessions. In 1984, Oliver recorded his final album In Our Time. The album was finally released in 2005 under the title Lonely Days, and contained the same song list as "In Our Time", minus his re-recorded hits, "Good Morning Starshine" and "Jean". For a number of years in the mid-1990s, Oliver was treated for Sjogren Syndrome, a long-term autoimmune disease, before being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. By the time that disease was confirmed, it had spread throughout his body, giving little hope of a full remission. In 1999, his brother John donated bone marrow for a transplant to try to save Bill's life. However, he died ten months later aged 54 at LSU Hospital in Shreveport. Swofford is buried at Laurel Land Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. In 2009, Ted Brown, a native of Swofford's home town, asked North Carolina legislators to introduce a resolution in the North Carolina General Assembly to honor Swofford and his contributions to music. On July 7, 2009, the resolution was passed. On the 40th anniversary of Swofford's hit-making success, Brown chaired and directed a musical tribute, "OliverFest", in honor of Swofford. Bob Crewe, and "60's on 6" celebrity disc jockey, Phlash Phelps, served as honorary co-chair(s) with Brown. Oliver was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010. In 2012, he was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame. Four years later, he was inducted into the Wilkes County (North Carolina) Hall of Fame. https://store.earthstation1.com/wabc-musicradio-shows-mp3-dvd-60s80s-am-360807775.html

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February 22, 1962: World Premieres: Film Premieres: -- The British naval war film H.M.S. Defiant (released as Damn The Defiant! in the United States) starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde has its world premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End. Filmed in CinemaScope and Technicolor, it tells the story of a mutiny aboard the fictitious ship of the title at around the time of the Spithead mutiny. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert, with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale from Frank Tilsley's novel Mutiny (1958). https://store.earthstation1.com/damn-the-defiant-alec-guinness-napoleonic-british-naval-dvd.html

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February 22, 1907: #BOTD: #HBD! Robert Young, American actor and singer (d. July 21, 1998) is #born Robert George Young in Chicago, Illinois, the son of an Irish immigrant father, Thomas E. Young, and an American mother, Margaret Fyfe. Robert Young acted in film, television, and radio, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character in Father Knows Best (CBS, then NBC, then CBS again), and the physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC). In 1978, Young produced a documentary that "stressed the importance of motorcycle training for teenagers." This film earned him the 1979 BAFTA Award for Best Specialised Film. He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the stars are in the categories of film (located at 6933 Hollywood Blvd.), television (6358 Hollywood Blvd.), and radio (1660 Vine Street). Robert Young died of respiratory failure at his Westlake Village, California, home, aged 91. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. #RobertYoung #Actors #Movies #Film #MotionPictures #Hollywood #ClassicalHollywoodCinema #ClassicalHollywoodNarrative #ClassicHollywoodCinema #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #OldHollywood #SilverScreen #Radio #OldTimeRadio #OTR #GoldenAgeOfRadio #FatherKnowsBest #MarcusWelbyMD #MP4 #VideoDownload #DVD https://store.earthstation1.com/hell-below-1933-dvd-wwi-movie-jimmy-durante-walter-hu1933.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1985: #DOTD: #RIP: Alexander Scourby, American film, television, and voice actor known for his deep and resonant voice (b. November 13, 1913) #dies of a heart attack in Newtown, Connecticut, aged 71. He is best known for his film role as the ruthless mob boss Mike Lagana in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, and is also particularly well-remembered in the English-speaking world for his landmark recordings of the entire King James Version audio Bible, which have been released in numerous editions. He later recorded the entire Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Scourby recorded 422 audiobooks for the blind which he considered his most important work. He was also a television documentary narrator and host of choice, particular in David L. Wolper productions. https://store.earthstation1.com/victory-at-sea-1954-dvd-the-movie-rare-wwii-1954.html

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Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1956: The American Civil Rights Movement: Anti-Black Racism In The United States: Racial Segregation: Civil Rights Protests: Civil Rights Protests In The United States: Transport And Bus Segregation In The United States: Transport And Bus Boycotts In The United States: The Montgomery Bus Boycott: -- Eighty participants in the three month old bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama voluntarily give themselves up for arrest after an ultimatum from white city leaders. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks were among those arrested. Later in 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court mandated desegregation of the buses. The Montgomery Bus Boycott began on December 5, 1955 in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a municipal bus to a white man. Organized by the African American community, the boycott lasted until December 20, 1956, when a U.S. Supreme Court ruling integrated the public transportation system. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to obey municipal bus driver James F. Blake' order to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled, and then to move to the back section of a bus. NAACP organizers believed that Parks was the best candidate for seeing through a court challenge as a result of her arrest for civil disobedience in violating Alabama segregation laws. Others had taken similar steps, including Bayard Rustin in 1942, Irene Morgan in 1946, Lillie Mae Bradford in 1951, Sarah Louise Keys in 1952, and the members of the ultimately successful Browder v. Gayle 1956 lawsuit (Claudette Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald, and Mary Louise Smith) who were arrested in Montgomery for not giving up their bus seats months before Parks. Parks' act of defiance and the Montgomery bus boycott became important symbols of the modern Civil Rights Movement. On November 13, 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Browder v. Gayle that racial segregation on public buses was unconstitutional and declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott. https://store.earthstation1.com/king-a-filmed-record--montgomery-to-memphis-dvd.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Kerouac: The Movie (1985) Jack Kerouac Documentary DVD, Download, USB
Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 2021: #DOTD: #RIP: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, painter, activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers and Publishers (b. March 24, 1919) #dies of interstitial lung disease at his home in San Francisco at age 101. He is buried at Bolinas Cemetery in Bolinas, California. He was born Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti in Yonkers, New York. Shortly before his birth, his father, Carlo, a native of Brescia, died of a heart attack, and his mother, Clemence Albertine (nee Mendes-Monsanto), of Portuguese Sephardic Jewish descent, was committed to a mental hospital shortly after. He was raised by an aunt, and later by foster parents. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Lawrence Ferlinghetti is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of more than one million copies. City Lights is an independent bookstore-publisher combination in San Francisco, California, that specializes in world literature, the arts, and progressive politics. It also houses the nonprofit City Lights Foundation, which publishes selected titles related to San Francisco culture. It was founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin (who left two years later). Both the store and the publishers became widely known following the obscenity trial of Ferlinghetti for publishing Allen Ginsberg's influential collection Howl and Other Poems (City Lights, 1956). Nancy Peters started working there in 1971 and retired as executive director in 2007. In 2001, City Lights was made an official historic landmark. City Lights is located at 261 Columbus Avenue, on the nexus of North Beach and Chinatown in San Francisco. https://store.earthstation1.com/kerouac-the-movie-dvd-1985-jack-kerouac-documentary-1985.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: El Hajj Malik El Shabazz: Malcolm X Biography DVD Download USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1932: #BOTD: #HBD! Gil Noble, African American television reporter, interviewer, producer and journalist (d. April 5, 2012) is born Gilbert Edward Noble in Harlem, New York City to Jamaican immigrants Gilbert, the owner of an auto repair shop, and Iris Noble, a school teacher. He was the producer and host of New York City television station WABC-TV's weekly show Like It Is, originally co-hosted with actor Robert Hooks and journalist Melba Tolliver, produced and aired on WABC-TV in New York City between 1968 and 2011. Noble eventually became sole host, and produced the series after 1975. The program focused primarily on issues concerning African Americans and those within the African diaspora. It was one of the longest-running, locally produced programs of its kind in television history. In spite of being aired only in the New York area, Like It Is achieved wide acclaim nationally based on the renown of its topics and interview subjects. Noble won seven Emmy Awards and 650 community awards, and was granted five honorary doctorates. During the Korean War, he was drafted into the United States Army. After graduating from the City College of New York he worked for Union Carbide. In 1962 he got his professional break into broadcast media when he was hired as a part-time announcer at WLIB radio. He began reading and reporting newscasts. Noble joined WABC-TV in July 1967 as a reporter, after reporting on the 1967 Newark riots. Starting in January 1968 he became an anchor of its Saturday and Sunday night newscasts. He became host of Like It Is a few months prior to the rebranding of the station's newscasts as Eyewitness News in November 1968. In addition, he was an occasional interviewer on some of WABC's other public affairs shows, such as Eyewitness Exclusive. From 1986 on, Noble concentrated exclusively on Like It Is. Noble also created documentaries on such topics as W. E. B. Du Bois, Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Decade of Struggle, Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Jack Johnson, Charlie Parker and the documentary Essay on Drugs. In 1977, he wrote, directed and produced the first documentary on Paul Robeson, entitled The Tallest Tree in Our Forest. In 1973, Noble reported for local station WABC-TV Channel 7 on the first mobile cellular phone invented by Marty Cooper from the NY Hilton in New York. In 1981, he wrote an autobiography, Black is the Color of My TV Tube. He was a member of the board of directors of the Jazz Foundation of America, hosting the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007 "A Great Night in Harlem" Concert/Benefit for The Jazz Foundation to support The Musicians Emergency Fund. In July 2011, Noble suffered a stroke. In late September, his family announced that he would not be returning to host Like It Is. The program ended its 43-year run the following month. Gil Noble died in Wayne, New Jersey aged 80 of complications due to his 2011 stroke. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings-On-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. https://store.earthstation1.com/el-hajj-malik-el-shabazz-malcolm-x-biography-dvd-download-usb-drive.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Art Carney: His Golden Age Of TV Shows DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1987: #DOTD: #RIP: David Susskind, American soldier, talk show host and producer of TV, movies, and stage plays (b. December 19, 1920) #dies at the age of 66 of a heart attack in New York City. He is interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Born David Howard Susskind to a Jewish family of modest means in Manhattan, he is known was his innovative talk shows which addressed timely, controversial topics beyond the scope of others of the day. He graduated from Brookline High School in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1938. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then Harvard University, graduating with honors in 1942. He served in the Navy during World War II and, as communications officer on an attack transport, USS Mellette, saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His first job after the war was as a press agent for Warner Brothers. Next he was a talent agent for Century Artists, ultimately ending up in the powerhouse Music Corporation of America's newly minted television programming department, managing Dinah Shore, Jerry Lewis, and others. In New York, Susskind formed Talent Associates, representing creators of material rather than performers. In 1954, Susskind became producer of the NBC legal drama Justice, based on case files of the Legal Aid Society of New York. His program, Open End, began in 1958 on New York City's commercial independent station WNTA-TV, channel 13, the predecessor to WNET, and was appropriately titled: the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue. His interview of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, which aired in October 1960, during the height of the Cold War, generated national attention. It is one of the very few talk show telecasts from the era that was preserved and can be viewed today. In 1961, Susskind conducted a series of interviews with former President Harry Truman in Truman's hometown of Independence, Missouri. After picking Truman up at his home to take him to the Truman Presidential Library for the interviews over a number of days, Susskind asked Truman why he hadn't been invited into the home. According to presidential historian Michael Beschloss, Truman flatly told Susskind, "This is Bess's house" and that there had never been nor would there ever be a Jewish guest in there. In 1961, Open End was constrained to two hours and went into national syndication. The show was retitled The David Susskind Show for its telecast on Sunday night, October 2, 1966. In the 1960s it was the first nationally broadcast television talk show to feature people speaking out against American involvement in the Vietnam War. In the 1970s it was the first nationally broadcast television talk show to feature people speaking out for gay rights. The show continued until its New York outlet cancelled it in 1986, approximately six months before Susskind died. Joyce Davidson, with whom Susskind was in a relationship, began working as a co-producer of a television talk show Susskind hosted locally in New York called Hot Line in June 1964. It was a different show from the Open End talk show. Hot Line was the first television show to use the recently invented ten-second broadcast delay. This gave the control room time to delete material deemed unfit for broadcast, especially from telephone call-ins. Davidson had a hand in the on-air version of the show and among other duties screened viewer phone calls. She also made the first approach to some of the people who appeared as guests on Hot Line, including Malcolm X, whom she invited for Hot Line immediately after he gave a speech at The Town Hall. Notwithstanding a perhaps courageous willingness to present challenging political issues of his times to audiences, a thorough analysis of his editorial perspective would be incomplete without considering recently unearthed film footage of Susskind's 1968 appearance on The Eamonn Andrews Show, when he excoriated Muhammad Ali with withering criticism for refusing to be conscripted into the U.S. military for the Vietnam War. His legacy is that of a producer of intelligent material at a time when TV had left its golden years behind and had firmly planted its feet in programming which had wide appeal, whether or not it was worth watching. Among other projects, he produced television adaptations of Beyond This Place (1957), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1958), The Moon and Sixpence (1960), Ages of Man (1966), Death of a Salesman (also 1966), Look Homeward, Angel (1972), The Glass Menagerie (1973), and Caesar and Cleopatra (1976); the television films Truman at Potsdam (1976), Eleanor and Franklin (1976), and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); and the feature films A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Loving Couples (1980). In 1964, he produced Craig Stevens's acclaimed CBS drama Mr. Broadway, which left the air after thirteen episodes. He also produced and owned all the rights to the 1961 fourteen-episode macabre CBS TV series - Way Out. His production company, Talent Associates, also produced Get Smart. Susskind was married twice. Both of his marriages ended in divorce. In 1939, he married Phyllis Briskin; they had three children: Diana Susskind Laptook, Pamela Susskind Schaenen, and Andrew Susskind. They divorced in 1966. In the same year he married Joyce Davidson, who had two daughters from a prior marriage, Connie and Shelley. They had a daughter, Samantha Maria Susskind Mannion. They divorced in 1986. Susskind was first cousin to television writer and producer Norman Lear. https://store.earthstation1.com/art-carney-dvd-tv-shows-old-time-television.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Verna: USO Girl (1978) TV Docudrama Sissy Spacek DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 2022: #DOTD: #RIP: Sally Kellerman, American actress, singer and beauty whose acting career spanned 60 years (b. June 2, 1937) #dies from heart failure at a care facility in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at the age of 84. At the time of her death, she was suffering from dementia. Her remains were cremated, and her ashes scattered at sea (likely the Pacific Ocean). Sally Kellerman was born Sally Clare Kellerman in Long Beach, California. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. After M*A*S*H, she appeared in a number of the director's projects, namely the films Brewster McCloud (1970), Welcome to L.A. (1976) (produced by Altman, directed by his protege, Alan Rudolph), The Player (1992), and Pret-a-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman appeared in films such as Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Back to School (1986), plus many television series such as The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1963 & 1965), Star Trek (1966), Bonanza (1966, 1970), The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006), 90210 (2008), Chemistry (2011), and Maron (2013). She also voiced Miss Finch in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), which went on to become one of her most significant voice roles. At age 18, Kellerman signed a recording contract with Verve Records, but her first album (Roll with the Feelin' on the Decca label) was not recorded until 1972. A second album Sally was released in 2009. Kellerman also contributed songs to the soundtracks for Brewster McCloud (1970), Lost Horizon (1973), Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975), and Boris and Natasha: The Movie (1992). Kellerman did commercial voiceover work for Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing, Mercedes-Benz, and Revlon. Kellerman's animation work included The Mouse and His Child (1977), Happily Ever After (1990), Dinosaurs (1992), Unsupervised (2012), and The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (2013). In 2013, she released her memoir Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life, describing her trials and tribulations in the entertainment business. https://store.earthstation1.com/verna-uso-girl-dvd-sissy-spacek-howard-da-silva-sally-kellerman.html

Today's EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Complete TV Music & Dance MegaSet DVDs, Downloads, USB Flash Drives
Today, February 22, 2026
February 22, 1976: #DOTD: #RIP: Florence Ballard, African American pop and soul singer, founding member of the popular Motown vocal female group the Supremes (b. June 30, 1943) #dies at 10:05 ET at Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital in Detroit, Michigan from cardiac arrest caused by a coronary thrombosis (a blood clot in one of her coronary arteries), at the age of 32. Ballard is buried in Detroit Memorial Park Cemetery in Warren, Michigan. Florence Ballard was born Florence Glenda Chapman in Detroit, Michigan. Florence Ballard sang on 16 top forty singles with the group, including ten number-one hits. After being removed from the Supremes in 1967, Ballard tried an unsuccessful solo career with ABC Records before she was dropped from the label at the end of the decade. Ballard struggled with alcoholism, depression, and poverty for three years. She was making an attempt for a musical comeback when she died of a heart attack in February 1976 at the age of 32. Ballard's death was considered by one critic as "one of rock's greatest tragedies". Ballard was posthumously inducted to The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a member of the Supremes in 1988. https://store.earthstation1.com/14-disc-classic-tv-music-amp-dance-shows-discount-dvd-megas14.html