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1 E-Day: The beach at Normandy was barely visible through heavy fog. "We will accept nothing less than a full victory," General Eisenhower said to his troops as they...Wait. No. E-Day: Banks in 12 European countries try to sneak 14 billion euro notes and 50 billion coins past a hung-over populace. Meanwhile, in New York City (and apparently under the same logic), Michael Bloomberg takes office, while the Renaissance Festival--that Clinton favorite--wraps up in Hilton Head, S.C.

3 Rose Bowl, Pasadena. If Tupac Shakur were alive to say, "Pasadena: Where you at?" the answer today would be the Rose Bowl--with Regis Philbin, who marshaled the Rose Parade (on the 1st). No. 1 Miami takes on nominal No. 2 Nebraska.

4 The Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics in Fort Lauderdale. "The big theoretical question," says director Frederick Hoffman, is "Does P = NP?" Say what? "You don't want to know." A group trip to see A Beautiful Mind, the big math film of the season, is "not out of the question."

5/6 U.S. Chess Championships, Seattle. Think kids today can't fianchetto like they used to? Check out Hana Itkis, the youngest-ever qualifier for the Open, which features $200,000 in prize money. She's 12 years old, and you don't even know what "fianchetto" means.

7 Like opposing polynucleotide strands trapped in technology's double helix, Gates and Jobs give dueling keynotes, respectively, at the Consumer Electronics Show (Las Vegas) and Macworld (San Francisco). Each conference boasts around 100,000 attendees; CES is like a 1.2-million-square-foot Best Buy, while Macworld is ... uncooperative. We asked Carol at the Apple Media Hotline what this year's big launch was. "I can't say." Will it be bigger than the iPod? "I have no idea." What if we just make something up? "I'm sure that will be lovely," she said, and hung up.

9 Stanford Business School applications are due. Harvard's and Wharton's were due on the 3rd. At UCLA (due on the 28th), director of admissions Linda Baldwin says nationwide numbers could be up 90% because of a rush of applicants "less than optimally employed."

10 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah. Robert Redford's indie-film dream week runs through the 20th, unbeknownst to most of the glittery, partygoing throng in attendance. (Insert Heather Graham hot-tub joke here.)

11 The North American Auto Show Charity Preview is the largest one-day charity event in the U.S. Called "Oscar Night in Detroit" by some--locals, natch--it raked in $6.1 million last year. Incalculable bonus points for anyone who shows up riding a Segway (machine, that is).

12/13 Embassy World Darts Championships, Lakeside Country Club, England. The year's biggest tournament--and "Anyone who claims differently," says the Embassy Website, "doesn't deserve to be respected in darts." Top seeds: John "Boy" Walton and Trina Gulliver.

14 Intel reports earnings. In Melbourne the Australian Open--stepchild of the Grand Slam circuit--gets under way. Agassi goes for a three-peat Down Under; Venus tries for three Slams in a row. And rural Virginia braces for the new 434 area code, coming tomorrow.

15"How Should Companies Report Earnings to Investors?" asks a National Leadership conference at the Harvard Club in N.Y.C. New SEC requirements add pressure, but has anyone suggested the classic while-faking-a-sneeze trick? "Ah-choofifteencents!"

16 Robert D. Kaplan speaks to 1,100 military officers at the Fort Leavenworth School of Advanced Military Studies in Kansas about "Machiavellian anxious foresight" and other topics from his new book, Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos.

17 Georgia Peanut Show, Albany. The state's Peanut Commission wants Jimmy Carter for the keynote, and plans to give him a Hall of Fame award later this year--for those who have "committed their life's work to peanuts." The former President has yet to respond.

18 The Money Laundering and Banking Fraud Conference, going on today in Hong Kong, estimates that the criminal economy generates 5% of world GDP, or around $600 billion. Actually, 5% would be more like $1.6 trillion, but who's counting?

19/20 The Golden Globe Awards happen Sunday at the Beverly Hilton. Insiders say Nicole Kidman has a strong shot to win with her performance in Seriously, Tom, Quit Moulin Around With My Rouge.

21 America celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.--civil-rights leader, minister, national hero--by honoring his birthday six days late. Actually born today was cuddly Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. We scouted his Website--www.paulallen.com--for gift ideas. Paul likes scuba diving and the Eurythmics (alas, the band is not for sale). Other notable birthdays: Jeff Bezos (12th) and Oprah Winfrey (29th).

22 The world's most fabulous loss leader--the Paris couture fashion shows--continues in a froth of neurasthenia and champagne. Linda Wachner experiences a "retail therapy" breakthrough.

23 The ISP Business Expo in San Jose offers "Saving Money, Making Money, and Reinvesting Money." Can you afford not to attend? Also: earnings reports from 1-800-Flowers.com and oddly urban-trendy tractor-and-trucking company Caterpillar.

24 A bunch more companies report earnings, including Kodak, Gateway (why is Ted Waitt smiling?), Nokia, and VISX, that LVC (laser vision correction) company that does LASIK and seems to be stuck in CAPS LOCK.

25 The National Auto Dealers Association convenes at the Superdome in New Orleans. This is the group that swapped weekends with the rescheduled Super Bowl. Apparently not everyone got that memo. Which brings us to...

26/27 The Vanity Fair Super Bowl party! The mag's calendar says the Super Bowl is this weekend. It is not. The game was rescheduled for Feb. 3. This is the part where we stick out our tongues.

29 Mardi Gras begins in New Orleans. When we were there, this crazy guy warned us that the city was "gonna catch fire." Five minutes later someone got shot. It was not as much fun as we make it sound.

30 The U.S. miraculously hoists itself out of recession. Say it enough times, and it will have to be true.

31 The World Economic Forum, usually held in Davos, Switzerland, relocates today to New York City. (More on that next month.) Meanwhile, in Elko, Nev., the Cowboy Poetry Gathering peaks. Ted Turner is torn.

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