Portland Observer B Isck H ¡Story Month
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B L A C K H IS T O R Y M O N T H
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
4
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
o
7
Charles Dickens bom,
1812
Laura Ingalls Wilder
bom, 1867
Russell Hoban
Charles Lindbergh bom,
1902
Create a Vacuum Day
Rosa Parks bom, 1913
8
Boy Scouts' Day
Founded, 1910
Author Jules Verne
bom, 1828
SATURDAY
9
Hershey's Chocolate
Founded, 1894
National Weather
Service Established,
1870
Toothache Day
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