U.S. Customs agents unload 700 cases of Canadian Scotch whiskey from the fishing trawler "Notus," which was captured by the U.S. Coast Guard off Montauk Point, February 23, 1931.

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Today is the day, folks!

Today is the day we Venezuelans will try to receive the humanitarian aid gathered by our foreign friends.

The tension is incredible. We've already had:

- Pemons (a local indigenous community) being attacked by the National Guard.

- People in Ureña being attacked as well for demanding that the borders are opened and that the aid comes in.

- Three soldiers breaking the barrier next to Colombia and joining the volunteers while refusing to acknowledge Maduro's government.

- Multiple protests across the country, both in favor and against the humanitarian aid.

- The National Guard was removed from the border, and instead they're placing policeWOMEN only.

...and this is just the start!

If you want to stay informed about what's happening, check out this livestream -since no Venezuelan channels is reporting any of this, since they could be banned, and those that do belong to Maduro (like VTV and TeleSur):

https://youtu.be/lpdIVZ-isdk

Also, seek out CaracasChron for information in English.

A photo from “My Name Is New York,” showing Woody Guthrie playing while he gets his shoes shined.

My name is New York, I’m a brick on a brick I’m a hundred folks running, and ten dying sick I’m a saint, I’m a sinner, a whore and her pimp Your ocean’s the mirror I look in to primp. —“My Name Is New York,” Woody Guthrie

"This Land Is Your Land" was written at a small rooming house on 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue on February 23, 1940, within a few days of his arrival.

Computers come to New York: on February 23, 1959, NYC Budget Director (and future mayor) Abraham Beame and Comptroller Lawrence E. Gerosa examine the newfangled machine that turn out paychecks for city employees, complete with deductions. It was estimated that it would save the city half a million dollars a year and do the work of 200 employees.

Ohio State University sprinter Jesse Owens, second from left, dashes to a new world's record of 6.6 seconds in the 60-meter event in the semifinals of the National A.A.U. Indoor Track and Field Championships at Madison Square Garden, February 23, 1935. Owens's record time was equaled in the final heat by Columbia's Ben Johnson, who won the event. From left to right are: Sam Maniaci, Columbia; Owens; Hunter Russell, University of Illinois, and Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette, the defending champion. Owens, of course, would go on to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.