February 04, 2004 * Facebook launches * On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning. Now known simply as Facebook, the site quickly ballooned into one of the most significant social media companies in history. Today, Facebook is one of the most valuable companies in the world, with over 2 billion monthly active users.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Monday, Feb 3rd * 5/6 Girls HOME vs. Mettawee 430pm game start * Athletes please meet your coach at BVS at 4pm for pregame warm up
OVS Quote of the Day
February 03, 2002 *
New England Patriots win first Super Bowl * On February 3, 2002, the New England Patriots shock football fans everywhere by defeating the heavily favored St. Louis Rams, 20-17, to take home their first Super Bowl victory. Pats’ kicker Adam Vinatieri made a 48-yard field goal to win the game just as the clock expired.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Friday, January 31st * Practice at BVS * 5/6 Girls 400-530 pm * 7/8 Boys 530 - 700pm * All athletes should be at BVS 10 minutes prior to practice starting, coach will meet you there. Thank you.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 31, 1971 *
Apollo 14 departs for the moon * Apollo 14, piloted by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a manned mission to the moon. On February 5, after suffering some initial problems in docking the lunar and command modules, Shepard and Mitchell descended to the lunar surface on the third U.S. moon landing. Upon stepping out of the lunar module, Shepard, who in 1961, aboard Freedom 7, was the first American in space, became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon.
OVS Winter Sports Beat * Thursday, January 30th * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. FHGS 430pm game * 7/8 Boys AWAY vs. FHGS 530pm game * bus leave BVS 330, OVS 345pm
OVS Quote of the Day
January 30, 1994 *
Dan Jansen skates world-record 500 meters * On January 30, 1994, the American speed skater Dan Jansen sets a new world record of 35.76 at the World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. *
Born in 1965 in Wisconsin, Jansen had been the youngest skater to compete at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where he came in fourth place in the 500 meter event. Favored to win in Calgary in 1988, Jansen was devastated by the death of his sister Jane from leukemia on the day he was scheduled to race in the 500 meter final. He raced that night in hopes of winning in her honor, but fell 100 meters into the race. Four days later, he fell again during the 1000 meter event, and left Calgary without a medal. In Albertville, France, in 1992, Jansen came up short again, finishing fourth in the 500 meters and 26th in the 1000.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Tuesday, Jan 21 * NO practice or games today.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 28, 1985 * Music stars gather to record “We Are the World” * The special instruction Quincy Jones sent out to the several dozen pop stars invited to participate in the recording of “We Are the World” was this: “Check your egos at the door.” Jones was the producer of a record that would eventually go on to sell more than 7 million copies and raise more than $60 million for African famine relief. But before “We Are the World” could achieve those feats, it had to be captured on tape—no simple feat considering the number of major recording artists slated to participate. With only one chance to get the recording the way he and songwriters Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wanted it, Jones convened the marathon recording session of “We Are the World” at around 10 p.m. on the evening of January 28, 1985, immediately following the conclusion of the American Music Awards ceremony held just a few miles away.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Monday, January 27th * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Mettawee 530pm game
PLEASE NOTE GAME TIME CHANGE!! Bus leave times - from OVS 345pm, BVS 400pm (parents please stay with your athletes until they are on the bus - Thank you!) * Practice -- 7/8 Boys 530 - 700 pm at BVS gym
OVS Quote of the Day
January 27, 1945 * Auschwitz is Liberated * On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Clarendon Elem 430pm game start -- NO BUS - parents transporting (due to ski program) Thank you parents! * 7/8 Boys HOME vs. Mill River 430pm game start
OVS Quote of the Day
January 24, 1972 * Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam * After 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, local farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Wells 430 game start, bus leave time BVS 315pm, OVS 330pm * 7/8 Boys AWAY vs. Middlebury 430 game start, bus leave time BVS 330, OVS 345pm.
