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February 27: Feast day of Saint Gregory of Narek (Catholicism)

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Simulated surface-level view of Louth's ice mound
Simulated surface-level view of Louth's ice mound
  • ... that the ice mound (pictured) at the center of the crater Louth is the warmest permanent body of water on the Martian surface?
  • ... that English nurseryman Luke Pope claimed on his deathbed to have spent more than £3,000 (equivalent to over £250,000 in 2020) on tulip bulbs?
  • ... that the Louis Micheels House was called a building of "great significance", but the new owners wanted it gone?
  • ... that the 2021 Bahamas Bowl was the first edition in which a team made a return appearance?
  • ... that approximately 85 percent of Manhattan was recreated for the 2008 video game The Incredible Hulk?
  • ... that despite being nicknamed a "lanternbug", Lycorma imperialis does not actually emit any light?
  • ... that Bianca Baptiste was Tottenham Hotspur's top goal scorer during their promotion—and then they dropped her from the team?
  • ... that the captain of the warship CSS Baltic stated that she was "about as fit to go into action as a mud scow"?

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Patrick Francis Healy (February 27, 1834 – January 10, 1910) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. While Healy was one-sixteenth black and considered himself to be white, he was posthumously recognized as the first black American to become a Jesuit, to earn a PhD, and to become the president of a predominantly white university. Born in Georgia, Healy was legally considered a slave by birth and was sent north by his father to be educated alongside his brothers. After studying in Massachusetts, Healy entered the Society of Jesus and eventually earned his doctorate in Belgium. Healy was named the chair of philosophy at Georgetown University in 1866 and became its president in 1873. He aimed to transform the institution into a modern university by expanding courses in the sciences, raising standards at the medical school, and growing the law school. He also had constructed the university's flagship building, Healy Hall. For this, he became known as Georgetown's "second founder". (Full article...)