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