infoplease - Daily Almanac Collected Daily Feeds from Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/daily en-us Copyright 2012 Pearson Education editor@infoplease.com webmaster@infoplease.com Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:05:00 GMT infoplease - Daily Almanac http://img.infoplease.com/images/04ip_logo113x20.gif 113 20 http://www.infoplease.com/daily This Day in History: 911 debuts http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/Feb-16 Daily Word Quiz: bete noir http://www.infoplease.com/wordoftheday?month=Feb&day=16 Today's Birthday: Henry Adams http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=Feb&day=16 Today's Weather Fact: Big blizzard buries Boston http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/weather?month=Feb&day=16 Did you know: In 1990 L. Douglas Wilder became the first African American to be elected governor of a state. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0194050.html Who said: A man always has two reasons for what he does-a good one, and the real one. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0834017.html Top Ten List: Park Place http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004743.html Link of the Day: Names: Their Meanings, Origins, and Popularity http://www.infoplease.com/spot/names.html Today's Featured Article: Presidential Factfile http://www.infoplease.com/spot/presday1.html