Black History
He was the first to break the race barrier in Major League Baseball and won Rookie of the Year while playing for the Dodgers in 1947.
Jackie Robinson
In Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of this goddess.
Venus
Predicting weather in a small town in Pennsylvania, he's the most famous groundhog of all...
Punxutawney Phil
"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today."
Groundhog Day
"I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way"
My Girl
(by the Temptations)
He oversaw the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington; he also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Valentine’s Day candy, still popular today, was first created on equipment made for lozenges.
Sweethearts
Another name for a groundhog, it's used in a popular tongue twister that begins with the words "How much..."
Woodchuck
"I'm the King of the World!"
Titanic
I knew
You'd love me as long as you wanted
And then some day
You'd leave me for somebody new
Crazy
(sung by Patsy Cline, written by Willie Nelson)
This skilled group of African-American pilots not only flew First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for a famous ride, they also showed great prowess as fighter pilots during World War II, earning a Distinguished Unit Citation for their performance in combat.
The Tuskegee Airmen
This notorious gangster orchestrated the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.
Al Capone
This actor played Phil Connors, a cynical weatherman, in Groundhog Day.
Bill Murray
"Here's Looking At You, Kid."
Casablanca
Early evening, April four
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride
Pride (In the Name of Love)
(Sung by U2 in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Escaping from slavery in 1849, this woman, known as "Moses" to many for her efforts, risked her life to rescue over 70 slaves, secretly entering the South 13 times as part of the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Valentine's Day is the second busiest day of the year for this type of business establishment (Mother's Day is the first).
Restaurants
If a groundhog emerges from its burrow on February 2nd and sees its shadow due to clear weather, it means this will happen...
Six more weeks of winter
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Pride & Prejudice
"I got married to the widow next door
She's been married seven times before"
I'm Henry the 8th, I am
(sung by Herman's Hermits)
Born into slavery, this man rose to become a prominent agricultural scientist and inventor, widely known for his work and promotion of the peanut; Booker T. Washington hired him to teach at the Tuskegee Institute, which he did for 47 years...
George Washington Carver
This infamous King of England, known more for his six wives, declared Valentine's Day a national holiday.
Henry VIII
This more locally known groundhog, who resides in Georgia, also performs weather forecasts on February 2nd.
General Beauregard
"Give 'em hell, 54th!"
Glory
"Strike up the music the band has begun"
Pennsylvania Polka
(From the movie, Groundhog Day)