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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 2011)
December 28, 2011 Çortlanh (Obstruer Page 19 MF ■ « 2* “ / < r -W ¿S - :• « SUNDAY New Year's Day MONDAY 1 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Drinking Straw Patented, 1888. Festival O f Sleep Day J.R .R . T olkien born, 1892 Trivia Day Isaac Newton bom, 1643 Jakob Grimm bom, 1785. Louis Braille bom, 1809. Isaac Asimov, bom, 1920 8 9 10 Secret Pal Day Elvis Presley bom, 1935 1st U.S. Balloon Flight, 1793 National Apricot Day National Static Electric ity Day Boys will be Men M ulticultural Film Festival North Portland Library 512 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, Or 97217 5:00pm-7:30pm o 15 16 17 First Super Bowl Played in 1967. Green Bay (35) defeated Kansas City (10). Hat Day The first top hat was worn. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Bom in 1929. Observed Third Monday in January. Prohibition began in 1920 Benjamin Franklin bom, 1706 Shari Lewis bom, 1934 Brian Wildsmith National Blonde Brownie Day 29 Baseball Hall of Fame established, 1936 National Puzzle Day FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 Betsy Ross bom, 1752 Paul Revere bom, 1735. Ellis Island Opened, 1892 22 THURSDAY 23 Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon Measure Your Feet Day National Handwriting Day National Pie Day 30 23rd President Franklin D. Roosevelt bom, 1882 24 Gold Discovered in California At Sutter's Mill in 1848 by John Marshall 31 Backwards Day Baseball Great Jackie Robinson bom, 1919 11 Make Your Dreams Come True Day Milk Day Amelia Earhart, flew solo across the Pacific Ocean, 1935 18 Author A.A. Milne bom, 1882 Raymond Briggs Marks the beginning of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. 25 Opposite Day First Winter Olympics held, 1924 / George Washington Carver Recognition Day National Bird Day 12 Work Harder Day Author Jack London bom, 1876 19 Artist Paul Cezanne bom, 1839 Popcorn Day Bean Day Old Rock Day 13 Poetry Break Day Michael Bond 20 Inauguration Day (Every 4 years - 2009, 2013) Cheese Day First traffic rules published, 1900 14 National Dress Up Your Pet Day The Revolutionary War ended, 1784 21 National Hugging Day First flight o f the Supersonic Concorde, 1976 26 27 Australia Day Australia first settled, 1788 28 Lewis Carroll National Geographic Society Founded, 1888 Julius Lester Jackson Pollock, Artist, bom in 1912 National Kazoo Day
