2-2-22
(Or, if you prefer: 02-02-2022)
From the LAT: One hundred thirty-five years ago today, in 1887, the first Groundhog Day was observed in Punxsutawney, Penn. The tradition wasn’t mentioned in the pages of The Times until Feb. 11, 1899, with the blurb: “Groundhog Day back East appears to have passed without a sight of the varmint, on account of his inability to find sunshine enough lying around loose to cast a shadow.”