Today is: 

Mardi Gras!

This Day in History: 

1998: U.S. women win the first Winter Olympics hockey gold medal

Today's Birthdays: 

Ed Sheeran, 35
Billie Joe Armstrong, 54

This Day in Music
#1 in 1987

Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi

This Day in Movies

#1 in 1987

Platoon