Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread Feb 1st - Feb 28th 2026

[LoveyG]

I prefer one long thread. I would get lost with the multi-thread topics and give up.

 

[tricia]

WOW Ok the one thread wins, but I really like your suggestions. Thank you. Always feel free to come to the Daily and post suggestions or off-topic things.
I hope to make the Daily thread a must go to place every day for our members.
However,r I have not been doing my part to add to this thread. I hope to change that soon. It's been a bit crazy.
Thanks again, everyone.
Tricia

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD SATURDAY FEB.7TH 2026
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY​

In 1812, Charles Dickens was born. That man gave us gloomy orphans, creepy fog, and enough social commentary to make Victorian England clutch its pearls. Basically, he invented the dramatic miniseries before television was even a twinkle in anybody’s eye.

In 1904, the Great Baltimore Fire kicked off and burned for more than 30 hours. Over 1,500 buildings went up in smoke. Firefighters came from other cities to help… and discovered their hoses didn’t fit Baltimore’s hydrants. You can’t make this stuff up.

In 1964, four mop-topped British boys known as The Beatles landed in New York and America collectively lost its mind. Two days later, they hit The Ed Sullivan Show and teenage screaming officially became a national sport.

In 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II floated out into space untethered. No rope. No leash. Just him and the infinite void.

In 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed, paving the way for what we now call the European Union.

And here’s the kicker. In 2013, Mississippi finally made its ratification of the 13th Amendment official. The amendment abolishing slavery was ratified in 1865. Mississippi approved it in 1995. But due to a paperwork oversight, it wasn’t properly recorded until 148 years after it became law. Somewhere, a clerk cleared their throat and said, “Oh. About that.”
Thanks again everyone.

 

[tricia]

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY THREAD SUNDAY FEB 8TH 2026​

In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots is executed at Fotheringhay Castle after being accused of plotting against Queen Elizabeth I. They needed multiple blows of the axe. And when the executioner lifted her head to show the crowd… her wig came off. He was holding the wig. Her actual head rolled. History is brutal and occasionally absurd.


In 1693, the College of William & Mary is founded in Virginia. It’s the second-oldest college in America. Fun twist: several U.S. presidents attended, including Thomas Jefferson. Apparently rebellion and higher education go hand in hand.


In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War begins when Japan launches a surprise naval attack on Russia. Decades before Pearl Harbor, this was one of the first major surprise attacks of the modern era. It shocked the world that an Asian power defeated a European empire. History plot twist.


In 1915, D.W. Griffith’s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles. Technically groundbreaking. Socially horrific. It helped revive the Ku Klux Klan. A reminder that “influential” doesn’t always mean “good.”


In 1924, the first execution using lethal gas in the United States takes place in Nevada. It was supposed to be more humane. It… was not. Early reports said it went horribly wrong and took much longer than expected. History’s bad ideas department was very busy in the early 1900s.


In 1960, Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council declaring that her direct descendants will carry the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. Even royals had to sort out last-name drama.

In 1974, the Skylab space station returns to Earth… sort of. NASA discovered later that parts of it were falling out of orbit. (Technically the big crash happened in 1979, but this is when the problems were clearly brewing.) Nothing like a giant space lab slowly drifting toward Earth to spice up the Cold War.

And because you like weird…

In 1983, a professional baseball player named Gaylord Perry was elected to the Hall of Fame. His claim to fame? Being notorious for doctoring baseballs with spit, Vaseline, and who-knows-what-else. He basically turned cheating into an art form and then got immortalized for it. America.

So February 8th is apparently: royal drama, space debris, controversial cinema, and creative cheating.