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Today is: Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: Celebrating the joy that is Bubble Wrap, America’s favorite shipping material. So take some time today to learn the history and etiquette of bubble wrap “popping.” ALSO: A room of one’s own day: Delight in the private sanctity of your own space today. No matter how big or how small, a room of your own is a gift to be cherished.

BIRTHDAYS

Dean Jones-79
Etta James-72
Alicia Keys-29

TODAY IN HISTORY

1870 Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
1961 Walt Disney’s “101 Dalmations” released
1964 Beatles 1st US #1, “I Want to Hold your Hand” (Cashbox)
1970 Robert Altman’s “M*AS*H” premieres
1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
1988 George Harrison releases “When We Was Fab”
1993 20th American Music Award Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win
1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham gets engaged
1998 Super Bowl XXXII Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 in San Diego; Super Bowl MVP Terrell Davis, Denver, Running Back
1985 “We are the World” is recorded

CHOCOLATE SHOES
A British baker says her line of chocolate high-heeled shoes — “the perfect gift for a woman” — has been selling “like hotcakes.” Frances Cooley, 47, proprietor of Clifton Cakes in Bristol, England, said she creates the chocolate stilettos in 3.2-inch-long pairs for $13.80 or single 6.7-inch shoes for $34. Cooley said the non-wearable but completely edible shoes are available in several designs, including zebra stripes and polka dots.

NO TACOS FOR YOU
Warren Strickland, 31, of Fairbanks, says his taco weren’t prepared correctly at Taco Johns. He then went a little overboard throwing the taco at manager Carol Dzimtrowicz during the Jan. 14 incident. He’s now been baned from visiting any Taco Johns for 1 year. Strickland pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to one day in jail, $100 in fines and one year of probation. He is not allowed to set foot in any Taco Bell locations during his probation.

MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON AUCTION
The US Airways jetliner that landed on the Hudson River in January 2009 is listed for auction in New Jersey “as is.” Chartis Insurance, the company that insures US Airways, said the Airbus A320-214 is listed “AS IS/WHERE IS” at a Kearny, N.J., salvage yard in an auction set to end at 4:30 p.m. March 27. The auction, which does not include the engines of the plane, lists “severe water damage throughout the airframe” and “impact damage to underside of aircraft.” It says the wings of the aircraft were removed.

GRAND THEFT AUTO
Polk County, FL. deputies investigating the theft of a 1998 Dodge Durango arrested 30-year-old Michael Ray Ekes on Thursday. The found Ekes was inside a house, playing “Grand Theft Auto” the video game.

USELESS TRIVIA

Odd Timing: Oktoberfest in Munich begins in September, while Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was actually set in the early spring. Composer Aaron Copeland’s “Appalachian Spring” premiered in the fall of 1944.

Where there’s a will: An American is known for having the world’s longest will. It was contained in four volumes and probated in 1925 in London’s Somerset House. Oddly enough, the lady really didn’t have that much to bequeath.

Hard working: Famous actress Susan Sarandon, who won an Oscar for her role in the movie, “Dead Man Walking,” came from a family of nine children. She started acting in 1970 when she landed a role in the movie “Joe.” Over the course of her career, she has starred in more than 70 motion pictures.