MSNBC Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nachman once jokingly lamented this unusual situation:

The FSLIC forced Mr. Bright to sell the Cowboys to Jerry Jones on February 25, 1989.

Then Jerry Jones bought the team on February 25, 1989, and promptly fired Landry, the only head coach Dallas ever had.

* February 1 – Jerry Spinelli, American children's author

* February 17 – Jerry O ' Connell, American Actor

* February 4 – Jerry Adler, American actor

* February 24 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $ 200, 000 for defamation.

* February 10 – Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot.

After having been vetoed in a previous attempt by owner Jerry Reinsdorf, Krause traded Scottie Pippen for Roy Rogers ( who was released in February 1999 ) and a conditional second-round draft pick from the Houston Rockets.

On February 10, 2011, with the team record at 31 – 23 after a loss to the Chicago Bulls, head coach Jerry Sloan resigned, along with assistant Phil Johnson.

Jerry Seinfeld is an avid fan and " The Old Man " ( Season 4, Episode 18, aired 18 February 1993 ) featured a cantankerous old man named " Sid Fields ," played by veteran actor Bill Erwin, as a tribute to Sidney Fields, the landlord from the Abbott & Costello TV show.

In February 2007, Jerry Yang and his wife gave US $ 75 million to Stanford University, their alma mater, the bulk of which went to building the " Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building ", a multi-disciplinary research, teaching and lab building, the first to be realized on Stanford's new Science and Engineering Quad.

The first, in January and February 1986, featured Bragg, Weller's band The Style Council, The Communards, Junior Giscombe, Lorna Gee and Jerry Dammers, and picked up guest appearances from Madness, Heaven 17, Bananarama, Prefab Sprout, Elvis Costello, Gary Kemp, Tom Robinson, Sade, The Beat, Lloyd Cole, The Blow Monkeys and The Smiths along the way.

* February 16 – Jerry Lee Lewis surrenders to federal authorities on charges of income tax evasion.

* February 10 – Jerry Goldsmith, composer for film and television ( d. 2004 )

* February 17 – Jerry O ' Connell, actor

* February 10-Tom and Jerry make their debut in the animated cartoon Puss Gets the Boot.

Two weeks later on February 26, 1989, Landry was dismissed as head coach, shortly after Bright sold the team to Jerry Jones.

Jeremiah " Jerry " O ' Connell ( born February 17, 1974 ) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the TV series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me, Derek in Scream 2, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack, and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan.

American chat show host and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, Jerry Springer claims he was born inside the station on 13 February 1944, during the Blitz, but he may be mistaken and it's more likely that it was Highgate station where his mother was sheltering since there is no deep shelter at East Finchley, a surface station.

Edmund Gerald “ Pat ” Brown, Sr. ( April 21, 1905 – February 16, 1996 ) was the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967 and the father of 34th and 39th governor of California, Jerry Brown.

In January and February 1978 the Misfits, then consisting of Danzig, guitarist Franché Coma, bassist Jerry Only, and drummer Mr. Jim, recorded seventeen songs at C. I.

* February 23 – Jerry Holland, fiddler

* February 10, 1992 – Tom Harkin ( 76 %), " Uncommitted " ( 12 %), Paul Tsongas ( 4 %), Bill Clinton ( 3 %), Bob Kerrey ( 2 %), and Jerry Brown ( 2 %)

Chris Sarandon ( born July 24, 1942 ) is an American actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

On August 24, 1958, Jan & Arnie played in a live show hosted by Dick Clark that featured Bobby Darin, the Champs, Sheb Wooley, The Blossoms, The Six Teens, Jerry Wallace, Jack Jones, Rod McKuen, and the Ernie Freeman Orchestra in front of nearly 12, 000 fans at the first rock-n-roll show ever held at the Hollywood Bowl.

* July 24 – At New York City's Copacabana Club, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their last comedy show together ( their act started on July 25, 1946 ).

* January 24 – Jerry Maren, American actor

Scores for the episodes were composed by Post ( 36 episodes ), Velton Ray Bunch ( 24 episodes ), and Jerry Grant ( 10 episodes ).

On September 24, 1962, singer Jerry Scoggins, Lester Flatt and Scruggs recorded " The Ballad of Jed Clampett " for the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies, which was released October 12, 1962.

In 1994, animation historian Jerry Beck surveyed 1000 people working in the animation industry and published the results in The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1, 000 Animation Professionals, in which The Tell-Tale Heart ranked # 24.

In March 2012, the developer, Jerry Bedrin, and the Borough of Hawthorne were served with a 15-count lawsuit alleging improprieties in the re-zoning of the property, the amendments to the ordinance allowing for 24 / 7 shopping, and the plan in general.

* Santa Claus Routine with Arthur Godfrey ( December 24, 1967 ) – Arthur Godfrey plays Santa Claus and gets a visit from a group of monsters consisting of Thudge ( performed by Jim Henson ), Gleep ( a protoype of Grover performed by Frank Oz ), Scudge ( performed by Jerry Juhl ), Snerk, and Snork ( performed by Frank Oz ).

Valenzuela in 1981 was named the opening day starter as a rookie after Jerry Reuss was injured 24 hours before his scheduled start and Burt Hooton was not ready to fill in.

Begun in 1956 by a group of thirty-five, including Jerry Falwell, Thomas Road now claims more than 24, 200 members.

Executive Producer Jerry Leazer created a 24 / 7 music video programming format concentrating on the music roots of The Sounds Of Philadelphia.

Also in 1995, a solution for superflip in 24 quarter turns was found by Michael Reid, with its minimality proven by Jerry Bryan.

A daily magazine features 24 hour news updated every 15 minutes, as well as articles and reviews by art critics such as Jerry Saltz and Matthew Collings.

As a freshman, Manning was the third-string quarterback, but injuries to Todd Helton and Jerry Colquitt forced him to take over the Mississippi State game, a 24 – 21 loss.

The former record of 24 innings was shared by 5 players: Mike Powers ( 9-1-1906 ), Buddy Rosar and Bob Swift ( both on 7-21-1945 ), Hal King and Jerry Grote ( both on 4-15-1968 ).

In the general election, she defeated Republican nominee Jerry Burley 73 %- 24 %.

* Jerry Orbach Memorial, Richard Rodgers Theater, March 24, 2005

A satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean on August 24 including Hurricane Humberto, Hurricane Iris, Tropical Storm Jerry, and two tropical waves that would ultimately become Karen and Hurricane Luis

Jerry slowly weakened, and as downgraded to a tropical depression late on August 24.

They then toured with Metallica and Jerry Cantrell starting in West Palm Beach, Florida on June 24, 1998.

The Grateful Dead performed at the Boston Garden more times than any other band, with 24 performances from 1970 to 1994 ( as an opener or middle of bill or headliner ), and were intended to be the last band to play the Garden, with six shows scheduled for September 1995, which were canceled due to the death of Jerry Garcia on August 9, 1995.

Even though the 24 hours of truth are up, Max knows he means it, and Audrey decides not to move to Boston with Jerry after all.