February

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March

2010

Sunrise: 06.45

Sunset: 18.30

Lunar cycle
day 29

Sunday of St. John Climacus; Benedict the Righteous of Nursia; Euschemon the Confessor of Lampasakos ; Demetrios Tournaras the New Martyr

1794	American Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the first cotton gin, which he had invented a year prior. Up until then, the fibres were separated from the seeds manually.
1933	popular music producer and composer Quincy Jones is born in the USA. He is the man behind many popular album productions, including Michael Jacksons "Thriller".
1947	American comedian Billy Crystal is born.
1972	in Italy, editor Giangiacomo Feltrinelli is killed in a bomb explosion.
1975	American actress and Academy Award winner (1958) Susan Hayward dies.