February 15, 2012
The
Portland Observer Black History Month
Page 23
B L A C K H IS T O R Y
for February
PAR
SUNDAY
O N T H
MONDAY
THURSDAY
1
National Freedom Day
Langston Hughes
Robinson Crusoe Day
First meeting of the U.S
Supreme Court, 1790
5
6
Super Bowl Day
Weatherman's Day
Disaster Day
Hank Aaron bom, 1934
Babe Ruth bom, 1895
Monopoly Board Game
Goes on Sale in Stores,
1935
12
Judy Blume
Abraham Lincoln 16th
President bom, 1809
First Barbie Dolls for
sale
Get a Different Name
Day
First Public School
established, 1635
20
President's Day
John Glenn first person
to orbit the Earth on
this date in 1962.
Love Your Pet Day
26
27
Levi Strauss bom, 1829
Pony Express Rider
William F. Cody bom,
1864
Purim Begins at sundown.
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow bom, 1807
International Polar
Bear Day
Author John Steinbeck
bom, 1902
7
Charles Dickens bom,
1812
Laura Ingalls Wilder
bom, 1867
13 O
19 •
Phonograph Patented
by Thomas Edison
in 1878
Mr. Roger’s Neighbor
hood Debuted, 1968
O
14
Valentine’s Day
W ar D ance
M ulticultural
Film Festival
North Portland Library
512 N. Killingsworth St.
5 :00pm-7:30pm
21
Mardi Gras, 47 days
before Easter (aka Fat
Tuesday).
Malcom X Assassinated
1965
Washington Monument
dedicated, 1885
28
Public Sleeping Day
2
Groundhog Day
8
Boy Scouts' Day
Founded, 1910
Author Jules Verne
bom, 1828
15
Norman Bridwell
National Gumdrop Day
Susan B. Anthony bom,
1820
22
George Washington
bom, 1732
Be Humble Day
World Thinking Day
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
3
Elizabeth Blackwell
(first female doctor)
Elmo's Birthday
(Sesame Street)
Vietnam War Ended,
1973
9
Hershey's Chocolate
Founded, 1894
National Weather
Service Established,
1870
Toothache Day
16
Nylon Patented By
DuPont, 1937
King Tut s Burial
Chamber opened in
1923
23
International Dog
Biscuit Appreciation
Day
U.S. Flag raised at Iwo
Jima’, 1945
4
Russell Hoban
Charles Lindbergh bom,
1902
Create a Vacuum Day
Rosa Parks bom, 1913
10
11
Umbrella Day
Ratification of the 25th
Amendment, Presiden
tial Succession, 1967
Jane Yolen
Thomas Edison
Don't Cry Over Spilled
Milk Day
National Inventors' Day
White T-Shirt Day
17
18
Random Acts of
Kindness Day
National P.T.A.
Founders Day, 1897
Former planet, Pluto,
Discovered By Clyde
Tombaugh, 1930
24
Wilhelm Carl Grimm
bom, 1786
Gordon Sesame Street
Personality
25
Quiet Day
Artist Pierre Auguste
Renoir bom, 1841
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