RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition STUPID CUPID nus cannot find her. Here, Psyche finds herself approaching a beautiful mansion where she BY: KIERA MALLEY decides to make herself at home. In her time With Valentine’s day approaching, cou- spent at this mansion, she is waited on by invis- ples everywhere are beginning to plan romantic ible servants and eventually falls in love with evenings for one another. It has been said that a man in the dark. Having never seen her new Cupid, the Roman God of desire, flies around love, she is eventually encouraged by her sisters the world on this night shooting his arrows of to go look upon him in the night. While doing love at deserving couples, locking their fate so, she accidentally wakes up her love, who she together. While Cupid works his magic, the discovered to be Cupid himself, angering him amount of love in the atmosphere leaves people and causing him to flee. On a quest to find her swooning over one another. The myth of love, Psyche goes to Venus herself for help. Still has been around for thousands of years, resur- angry, Venus sends Psyche on several daunting facing each February with the takeover of this FEB. 2016 tasks before offering her help. In the mean- . But how did Cupid come to time, Cupid found out about his mother’s de- claim the throne of Valentine’s Day? mands, then asking the God Jupiter to order her The son of Venus and Mars, Cupid is typi- to stop. After she did so, Cupid and Psyche were cally portrayed as a small, chubby baby with left to live happily ever after with one another. wings, carrying a bow and . His wings are This Valentine’s Day, before you ex- representative of the flightiness of lovers and change gifts with your significant other, re- how quick they may be to change their minds. member to thank Cupid for working his magic His symbols are the arrow and torch, because yet again! Spread this newfound knowledge to “love wounds and inflames the heart.” Cupid is everyone else who is blindly giving their love sometimes portrayed with two arrows; one with away, and Happy Valentine’s Day! a sharp golden point and one with a blunt tip of lead. The golden arrow will fill its target with VALENTINE’S DAY STATS immense desire and affection, while the lead BY: KIERA MALLEY tip fills them with aversion and provokes them to flee. As we delve deeper into 2016 and head While many Roman Gods and Goddesses star in towards February, Valentine’s Day decorations several tall tales, Cupid is found as a side char- are beginning to take over. Stores are putting acter more often than not. Only in the myth of up their displays of candy hearts and choco- Cupid and Psyche is he the main character. In lates, commercials for “that special someone” this story, Psyche, a woman renowned for her are being flashed across tv, and Hallmark is beauty, becomes disobedient to Venus. Feeling releasing cards and teddy bears for everyone. offended and betrayed, Venus sends Cupid to Americans go above and beyond for their loved punish Psyche by forcing her to fall in love with ones on Valentine’s Day. To give a better per- a horrible monster. However, he finds himself spective, I’ll give you some statistics! distracted by her beauty, and uses one of his As of February 2015; golden arrows on himself to fall in love. Fear- • $13.19 billion: Average annual Valentine’s ful for her well-being, Psyche’s family suggest Day spending that she go hide in the mountains where Ve- • 180 million: Number of Valentine’s Day cards RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition exchanged annually among them? • 196 million: Number of roses produced for Valentine’s Day LEAP YEAR • 85%: Percent of cards bought by women BY: KIERA MALLEY • 73%: Percent of flowers bought by men • 14%: Percent of women who send themselves Welcome to the New Year! 365 days to flowers (LOL) go. . . Right? Wrong! 2016 is special for the fact • $116.21: Amount average consumer spends that it’s a leap year! This means you have an per Valentine’s Day extra 24 hours this year to get something done. • 61.8%: Percent of consumers who celebrate But why do we just tack on an extra day every Valentine’s Day once in awhile? There’s science to it! • 53%: Percent of women who would end their Leap years come around every four relationship if they didn’t get something for years, adding an extra day to the end of Febru-

Valentine’s Day (OMG) ary. This is caused by extra time built up in our FEB. 2016 I’m sure that most people can agree that rotation around the sun every year. What hap- Valentine’s Day is easy to put in the back of pens is what we consider to be a day (time it your mind when you have more important tasks takes for the Earth to rotate around its axis) is to attend to. So when you realize you forgot to actually just short of 24 hours. An actual day buy your significant other something the night length would be 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 before, you’ll more than likely run to your local seconds. This leaves about 5-6 hours extra after Hallmark for cards and candy. Here are some it’s built up. If we were to re-adjust our calen- stats on the most common V-Day gifts! dars to fit the proper length of the years, the • 52.1%: Cards seasons would be off by about a month about • 47.5%: Candy every 125 years. Rather than have that, we • 34.6%: Dinner compile our extra time into an extra day every • 34.3%: Flowers four years; February 29th. • 17.3%: Jewelry Now that you know the science of where • 14.4%: Clothing the Leap Year came from, here are some facts • 12.6%: Gift Cards you may not have known about it! • 11.2%: Other If the year cannot be evenly divided by 4 and Did you know there is a way to math- divided equally by 100 (but not 400), it is ematically calculate the most romantic city in skipped. So, 2100 will not be a Leap Year, but the U.S.? It’s ranked by how much they increase 2400 will be. spending on a typical Valentine’s Day gift in the When you go from a standard year to the next first half of February. Another fun fact; Ameri- year, the same day of the year advances by one cans spend on average $700 million dollars on day. Valentine’s Day gifts on their pets, which is Julius Caesar introduced Leap Year in the Ro- double the cost of costumes! Valen- man Empire over 2000 years ago, but the Julian tine’s Day is also celebrated in Canada, Mexico, Calendar only had one rule: any year evenly the UK, France, Australia, Denmark, , and divided by 4 would be a leap year. This lead to Japan. These are the numbers of Valentine’s way too many leap years, but didn’t get cor- Day ladies and gentleman, are your purchases rected until the introduction of the Gregorian RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition Calendar 1500 years later. It is common misbelief in Greece to believe that VALENTINE’S DAY WEDDINGS getting married in a Leap Year is bad luck. BY: MARK CAPICHANA People born on February 29 are often called Since February is National Weddings “leaplings” or “leapers”. Month and celebrates Valentine’s Day, I think There is a festival held for Leap Year in it’s safe to say that February is the “Month of . It is believed that if you are born on Feb- Love”. Although February may be filled with ruary 29th, you will develop a rare talent. love, it is not the most popular when it comes After reading, I hope you’re all more apprecia- to choosing dates for weddings. Actually, the tive of your extra day this year. Use your time most popular month for weddings is June! Feb- wisely! Here’s to the Leap Year! ruary is not even in the top 5! With the month of love, comes a month of pretty interesting FEBRUARY HOLIDAYS facts and statistics. Enjoy these facts about

FEB. 2016 BY:MARK CAPICHANA weddings and enjoy your Valentine’s Day! FEB. 2016 February is a big month for holidays or • The hottest destination for weddings is Las special days in general. For example, Febru- Vegas, with 100,000 weddings a year. Hawaii ary 4th is “Thank a Mailman” Day. We also is the second with only 25,000! have some great holidays like , • The average engagement ring costs $4,411. President’s Day, and Day! There is at • Most recently, the average wedding costs least one for every day throughout the whole roughly $26,000. That’s about $6,500 per month, so I took a few from the calendar just word in the “I do’s” spoken by both the for you to get an idea of the different celebra- bride and groom. tions that go on throughout February. Some may • About 60% of brides change their surnames. seem a bit strange, but they’re all for good fun. • The average age for a first marriage is 27-29 Enjoy these holidays! years-old. February 1st - • On Average, about 2.4 million weddings are February 2nd - performed each year in the . February 7th - • The groom carrying the bride across the February 8th - threshold began with the superstition that February 9th - the husband was protecting her from evil February 9th - National Day spirits that lurked below them. February 10th - Ash Wednesday • In Greek Tradition, the bride will put a sugar February 14th - Valentine’s Day cube in her glove. This is believed to make February 15th - Presidents Day their union sweeter! February 15th - Grammy Awards • The ring began being worn on the ring finger February 22nd - George Washington’s Birthday because it was once believed that the vein February 22nd - Walk a Dog Day in that finger led directly to the heart. February 23rd - National Dog Biscuit Apprecia- • A pearl engagement ring is considered bad tion Day luck because the pearl resembles the shape February 23rd - Tennis Day of a teardrop. February 26th - National Pistachio Day • The phrase “Tying the Knot” comes from a February 26th - Tell a Fairytale Day Celtic tradition. At the wedding, they would February 28th - Public Sleeping Day tie the bride and groom’s hands together to February 28th - symbolize their commitment to each other February 29th - Leap Day RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition • According to Hindu tradition, rain on your like to compete in a competition before states, wedding is actually a sign of good luck! you must be a Drama Club member and you also have to talk to team captain Matt Hagberg. The SCHOOL EVENTS next competition is February 6th, please see BY: MARK CAPICHANA Matt Hagberg for details. Even though we’re all excited about Valentine’s VALENTINE’S GIFT GIVING Day, there are a few school events that you will BY: SAM LOSURDO be very eager to attend. Although the month of February isn’t that busy for school events, A common struggle people face around what we lack in quantity we definitely make up Valentine’s Day is actually figuring out what for with quality! Here is the list of the school to get their significant other. Though since the events that you could, and really should, at- holiday is not as crazy as , it’s almost tend! harder to figure out what to get another person. FEB. 2016 RHS Lip Sync - The RHS Lip Sync is an event You don’t want to go too crazy with a gift, but where participants choose songs and come up then again, you have to at least do something with movements to go with their chosen song. nice. Valentine’s Day can be a little tricky when The Lip Sync will take place on Wednesday, it comes to gifts but here are some tips that can February 10th, at 7:00. Please talk to Ms. Taylor help you through the holiday. in the Auditorium or Ms. Florio in D6 if you are Keep your significant other’s hobbies in interested in participating. mind. Anything to keep someone busy but also Half Day and School Closed - 3-day weekend! something they like to do on their own time is February 12th will be a half day in celebration something worth buying. For example, if they’re of Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday and we will have into painting, a new paint set could be a good off Monday the 15th to celebrate George Wash- gift. Think of things they enjoy to do with you ington’s Birthday. or on their own. It’s always a plus when the per- State Forensics - Forensics is a competitive and son realizes how much you know about them; it positive outlet for high school students in the- makes them feel special. Go on a random shop- atre and speech. Students from all around the ping trip and just keep the person in mind while state compete. We are fortunate enough to be your shopping. holding the state championships at Raritan on Think about their favorite movie, TV February 27th! There are many categories to show or musician. A movie poster or a mug cor- compete in, including Dramatic Pairs, Comedic responding to one of those things is always a Pairs, Dramatic Monologue, Comedic Mono- great idea. If they enjoy a particular TV show, logue, Musical Theatre Pairs, Improvisational gifting their favorite season or complete se- Pairs, Reader’s Theatre, Impromptu Speaking, ries would be a home run. Everyone loves to Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, sit home and binge watch shows, especially Prose Interpretation, and After Dinner Speak- a good one! Concert tickets to their favorite ing. To be able to compete in states you would band, their favorite CD or a vinyl are other good need to place in any other competitions that options. Even though everyone streams music are held. Once you place, you already have a online and on their phones, some still appreci- spot reserved for you at states! If you would ate a physical copy of things. RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition Shopping for another person could be other person. It shouldn’t matter where the hard. Especially if it’s someone that you really two of you are as long as you’re together. Go- like or love. You want only the best for them and ing out to dinner and sharing the night with it could sometimes seem like nothing is. Keeping other couples around you might not be the what they’re into in mind, their favorite movies, way your significant other likes to do things. TV shows or music are good things to remember. Staying at home and making your own meal, Breaking it down to simple categories such as perhaps together, is also a cheaper option. “their favorite’s” could make this shopping expe- Talk to them first and see what they’re more rience a lot more easy and stress-free for you. into. Going out and being served by others or hanging out at home and eating a home VALENTINE’S NIGHT OUT cooked meal meant just for them? Try to BY: SAM LOSURDO remember it’s not all about presentation but more about who you’re spending the time FEB. 2016 FEB. 2016 A common struggle for couples during the with. month of February could be what to do on Val- entine’s Day. As the day approaches, people get more crazed and restaurants get more booked. MOST ROMANTIC SONGS To avoid the hectic nature of the love holiday, BY: SAM LOSURDO book ahead of time at a restaurant you and your particular other enjoy. I’m sure people have al- “Music makes the world go round.” ready called in to book a reservation at the best “Music is the best way to express your feel- places around. Booking your spot early for a table ings if you aren’t one for words.” Music wouldn’t be a crazy thing, it’d be smart. plays a huge part in the world of romance. If by any chance, you happen to be a pro- Especially for those who don’t know how to crastinator and Valentine’s Day comes up on you tell others the way they feel. Musicians can too quickly, a home cooked meal is the next best struggle with this as well but writing it out thing. Ask your special someone to get dressed and making it into can make things a up as if you were actually going out. If they start lot easier for them. Finding the perfect song to ask questions, don’t let them in on your plans: to fit your feelings during the time when the it’s gotta be a surprise! Look around the house for air is filled with love could be a bit difficult. a cookbook to use and find a recipe for the other To help you out, here’s a list of the best love person’s favorite food. Make sure you have all of songs of all time. the ingredients before starting your meal. It’d be • Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ a bit embarrassing if you make it halfway through is a classic heart warmer. It has words to cooking and realize you don’t have a particular belt out which will make it easier to pro- ingredient. Follow all of the instructions carefully fess your love. and try not to burn the house down. • Celine Dion’s Titanic classic, ‘My Heart It’s nice to be able to go out on Valentine’s Will Go On’. This French Canadian’s voice Day with your boyfriend or girlfriend and treat has a special way of pulling at the heart them to a good dinner. Though the most impor- strings especially when it’s this song she is tant part of Valentine’s Day is sharing it with that singing. RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition

• Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ is a tearjerker. This “Fat Tuesday”, and became a day for feasting song displays the true affection someone before the start of . feels for another, a true musical definition of isn’t the only city that love, one might say. goes all out for the celebration of Mardi Gras. • ‘’A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri is one Lafayette, also in , throws the sec- for the win. This song sincerely speaks from ond biggest celebration in the state. Mobile, the heart and shows raw admiration one feels is also known for hosting great pa- for another. rades and festivities and the city holds the • ’s, ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, claim for having the first organized Mardi Gras is yet another classic. Presley has a way with . Detroit, Michigan and St. Louis, Mis- words and his voice just carries them flaw- souri both hold smaller scale among lessly. many other cities in varying states. Across

For this February, putting together a Best the country in , San Francisco and FEB. 2016 Love Songs of All Time playlist wouldn’t be a bad San Diego celebrate the day as well. Mardi idea to get into the Valentine’s mood. The five Gras is celebrated as far east as Philadel- songs listed here are a few to get you started. phia, Pennsylvania where there’s an unofficial From here, put your own thoughts into it and celebration on South Street every year. The add in some of your favorite love songs. The best movement and institution of the Mardi Gras love songs are spoken from the heart and their celebration in cities without French Catholic genuine love for another person is easily shown. heritage has been seen as a way to give single people a little relief and something to cel- ebrate before the couple-oriented holiday of MARDI GRAS Valentine’s Day sets in. BY: EMILY O’CONNOR GROUNDHOG DAY The celebration of Mardi Gras started in BY: EMILY O’CONNOR Medieval Europe as a French tradition of the Bourbon royal family. It then followed the French The arrival of German settlers in the to their colonies and was celebrated all over the 1700’s brought the tradition of New World. The first time it was celebrated in Day. The day fell halfway between the winter the New World was in 1699 on March 2nd when solstice and the equinox. Supersti- French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le tion says that if the weather was fair, the Moyne Sieur de Bienville Awh landed around 60 second half of winter would be stormy and miles south of New Orleans on the eve of the fes- cold. Candlemas became the day the ground- tival and named his landing spot “Point du Mardi hog peeps out of his winter quarters and if Gras”. By the time New Orleans was established he sees his shadow he pops back for another in 1718 it was widely celebrated across the ter- six weeks. But if the day was cloudy, he ritory and by the early 1740’s the governor the remained out as the weather was to moder- Marquis de Vaudreuil set up elegant high society ate. The original predictor of the weather was balls that still exist in the present day celebra- actually the badger, but the German settlers tions. The phrase ‘Mardi Gras’ itself is french for RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition

GROUNDHOG DAY rivals from Canada also vying for his fame. BY: EMILY O’CONNOR Phil, however remains a national favorite, and has met other big celebrities like Oprah Win- The arrival of German settlers in the frey and even former President Ronald Rea- 1700’s brought the tradition of Candlemas gan. Day. The day fell halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Supersti- tion says that if the weather was fair, the OSCARS 2016 second half of winter would be stormy and BY: MATT HAGBERG cold. Candlemas became the day the ground- hog peeps out of his winter quarters and if For the past 88 years, the Academy of he sees his shadow he pops back for another Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has present-

six weeks. But if the day was cloudy, he ed awards recognizing excellence in filmmak- FEB. 2016 FEB. 2016 remained out as the weather was to moder- ing. Most known for the “Big Five” categories ate. The original predictor of the weather was (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, actually the badger, but the German settlers Best Actor, and Best Actress), there are actu- realized were a lot easier to find ally 24 categories, ranging from Best Costume in Pennsylvania. In 1886 on February 2nd, Design to Best Film Editing. For this year’s The Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper declared Oscars, airing on February 28th on ABC, the it the first official celebration of Ground- nominations were announced on January hog Day and a random groundhog that the 14th. The “Big Five” nominees were as fol- town’s mayor found was given the lofty name lows: “, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and BEST PICTURE Weather Prophet Extraordinary”, but he usu- The Big Short, Bridge of Spies ally just went by Punxsutawney Phil. His home Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road town was then dubbed “The Weather Capital The Martian, The Revenant, , Spotlight of the World” and his debut performance saw no shadow and early spring. For all the faith ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE that is placed in these rodents that are actu- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo ally members of the squirrel family, the great Matt Damon, The Martian groundhog predictions are only right 39% of Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant the time. Regardless of how accurate the Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs forecasts are, people are delighted by the Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl original Punxsutawney Phil and all his succes- sors (there’s close to 40 of them)and the little ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE groundhog is famous across the country. Phil , Carol has a little competition to add to it. There’s Brie Larson, Room Chuck who lives in New York, , Joy Ohio’s , and Georgia’s General Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years Beauregard Lee. Not to mention international , Brooklyn RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition BEST DIRECTOR • Say Anything… Adam McKay, The Big Short • Gone With the Wind George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road • Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant • Sleepless in Seattle , Room • Brokeback Mountain Tom McCarthy, Spotlight • Ghost • It Happened One Night BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY • Breakfast at Tiffany’s Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, Bridge of • Before Sunrise Spies • Slumdog Millionaire Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Out • Roman Holiday Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight • WALL-E

Alex Garland, Ex Machina • A Walk to Remember FEB. 2016 Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff, Straight • You’ve Got Mail Outta Compton • Sixteen Candles • The Princess Bride • Pride and Prejudice MOST ROMANTIC MOVIES • 500 Days of Summer BY: KYLIE RIVERA • Sense and Sensibility • West Side Story As Valentine’s Day approaches, try- • Wuthering Heights ing to figure out how to spend the holiday • Romeo and Juliet is something that is weighing on everyone’s minds. However, if you’re not the dinner and a movie type, there are plenty of alterna- FAMOUS CELEBRITY COUPLES tives. Whether you’re single or you have a BY: KYLIE RIVERA significant other, spending the night in, order- ing up some Chinese food and indulging in a cheesy, classic movie marathon is a great way Whether you have experienced it or to spend your February 14th. If you’re at a not, there is no denying that Valentine’s Day loss for ideas, here is a list in no particular provokes our thoughts about love. Throughout order, of the 30 most romantic movies of all history, on screen and off, we have admired time. What better day to do so than Valen- and glorified couples who exemplify what the tine’s Day? meaning of love is. Some might say that love is defined by passion, attraction, and altru- • Titanic ism. The following listed pairs have publicly • The Notebook demonstrated all of these attributes and • When Harry Met Sally… more, influencing our social perception of • Pretty Woman love and how it should be. Scroll down and • Casablanca find some of your favorite dynamic duos. • An Affair to Remember • Annie Hall • Antony and Cleopatra RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition • John and Jackie Kennedy crashes (2003). • William and Ida McKinley • February 2nd: • and Desi Arnaz • Argentina is founded (1536), end of the • Elizabeth and Robert Browning Mexican-American War (1848), major • Jackie and Rachel Robinson league baseball is started (1876), Iditarod • Sonny and race begins (1925), WWII: the German • John Lennon and Yoko Ono Sixth Army surrenders at Stalingrad (1943), • Elvis and Priscilla Presley and Soviet occupation of Afghanistan ends • Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio (1989). • and Richard Burton • February 3rd: • Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love • The 15th Amendment to the US Constitu- • Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duke and tion is passed (1870), US starts the Income Duchess of Cambridge Tax (1913), and Buddy Holly dies in a plane

FEB. 2016 • Victoria and David Beckham crash (1959). FEB. 2016 • Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi • February 4th: • Beyoncé and Jay-Z • American Revolutionary War ends (1783), • and George Washington becomes the first • Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka US President (1789), the Confederacy is • Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen formed in the US Civil War (1861), the first • and Freddie Prinze Jr. Talkie movie is released (1927), and Snow • and Mila Kunis White and the Seven Dwarfs is released • Blake Lively and (1938). • Kiera Malley and Jake Gyllenhaal • February 5th: • Matt Hagberg and Chris Pratt/Scarlett Johans- • The Constitution of Mexico is ratified son (1917), the movie Peter Pan is released • Sam Losurdo and Austin Butler (1953) and Apollo 14 lands on the moon • Mark Capichana and Emily Bett Rickards (1971). • Nick Ince and • February 6th: • Emily O’Connor and • Julius I is elected pope (337), Sir Thomas • Melanie Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio Stamford Raffles founds Singapore (1819), • Kylie Rivera and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Battle of Fort Henry in the US Civil War (1862), and the Integrated Circuit is in- vented (1959) • February 7th: FEBRUARY DATES • The 11th Amendment to the US Constitu- BY: KYLIE RIVERA tion is passed (1795), the British Labour is formed (1900), the movie Pinoc- • February 1st: chio is released (1940), the Beatles first • The Steamboat is invented (1788), start of come to the United States (1964), collapse the US Supreme Court (1790), France de- of the (1990), and the Euro- clares war on the (1793), pean Union is formed (1992). New York’s Grand Central Station Opens • February 8th: (1913), and the Space Shuttle Columbia RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition • Mary, Queen of Scots is executed (1587), the • February 15th: Boy Scouts of America begins (1910), World • Spanish-American War begins (1898), the War II: Battle of Guadalcanal (1943), start first Teddy Bear is made (1903), the movie of the NASDAQ stock market index (1971), Cinderella is released (1950) and Dale Earn- and Disney’s California Adventure park opens hardt wins the Daytona 500 (1998). (2001). • February 16th: • February 9th: • Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s burial chamber is • John Quincy Adams becomes President of the opened (1923), nylon is invented (1937), Fi- USA (1825), becomes presi- del Castro becomes Premier of Cuba (1959), dent of the Confederacy (1826), volleyball 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes is invented (1895), Hollywood Walk of Fame into service (1968), Wilt Chamberlain scores begins (1960), The Beatles appear on the Ed 30,000th NBA point (1972) and the National Sullivan Show (1964) and first US troops sent Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005

to Vietnam (1965). regular season (2005). FEB. 2016 • February 10th: • February 17th: • End of the French and Indian War (1763), • Miles Standish becomes commander of Plym- the extinguisher is invented by Alanson outh colony (1621), the first ship passes Crane (1863), New Delhi becomes the capi- through the Suez Canal (1867), Newsweek is tal of India (1931), and computer wins chess published for the first time (1933) and first match over Garry Kasparov (1996). weather satellite is launched (1959). • February 11th: • February 18th: • Henry VIII becomes the head of the Church • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published of England (1531), 1st hospital in the US (1885), first Academy Awards are announced opens in Pennsylvania (1752) and first Gold (1929), Pluto is discovered (1930) and the record presented (1941). first 3D movie opens (1953). • February 12th: • February 19th: • Georgia becomes the 13th American Colony • The Donner Party is rescued (1847), Thomas (1733), first artificial ice rink in the US opens Edison invents the phonograph (1878), prizes (1879) and first presidential radio address: are now included in Cracker Jacks (1913), Calvin Coolidge (1924). World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima (1945) and • February 13th: the Soviet Union launches the Mir space sta- • Henry III of France is crowned (1575), Portu- tion (1986). gal becomes an independent nation (1668), • February 20th: Thomas Edison discovers the Edison effect • The United State Postal Service is estab- (1880) and last Peanuts comic strip is re- lished (1792), the Metropolitan Museum leased (2000). of Art opens in New York (1872), Edward • February 14th: O’Hare is named America’s first World War II • Alexander Graham Bell invents the tele- flying ace (1942) and John Glenn is the first phone (1876), the movie Tarzan of the Apes American to orbit the earth (1962). is released (1918), IBM corporation founded • February 21st: (1924) and first spacecraft orbits an asteroid • The trial of Joan of Arc begins (1431), the (2000). sewing machine is invented by John Gree- RARITANRARITAN HIGHREVIEW SCHOOL’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Valentine’s Day Edition nough (1842), the first telephone book is issued (1848), NASCAR is incorporated (1948), the DNA molecule is discovered 1953) and Malcolm X is assassinated (1965). • February 22nd: • The Republican Party holds its first national meeting (1856), Johns Hopkins University is founded (1876), Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 (1959) and the “Miracle on Ice” occurs when the US defeats Russia in hockey (1980). • February 23rd: • The Siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas (1836), Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States (1903), US gains control of the Panama Canal Zone (1904), Benito Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy (1919) and plutonium is first produced (1941). • February 24th: • Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar (1582), William Otis invents the steam shov- el (1839), first parade to have floats is held (1868), Andrew Johnson is the first US President to

FEB. 2016 be impeached (1868), and National Public Radio (NPR) is founded (1970). FEB. 2016 • February 25th: • Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England (1570), Samuel Colt invents the Colt Revolver (1836), the electric printing press is patented by Thomas Davenport (1837), J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation (1901), first aircraft carrier is launched, the USS Ranger (1933), Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion (1964) and the movie Passion of the Christ is released (2004). • February 26th: • The Bank of England issues the first one-pound note (1797), the GrandTeton National Park is created (1929) and Robert-Watson Watt first demonstrates RADAR (1935). • February 27th: • The island of New Britain is discovered (1700), the first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana (1827), the artificial sweetener saccharin is discovered (1879), the 22nd amendment to the US constitution is ratified limiting Presidents to two terms (1951) and People magazine is published for the first time (1974). • February 28th: • John Wesley charters the Methodist Church (1784), the first vaudeville theater opens (1883), basketball is televised for the first time (1940) and final episode of M*A*S*H* airs (1983).