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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 2014)
‘P ortland (Obstruer Page 6 January 8. 2014 National Soup Month National Staying Healthy Month National Thank You Month Prune Breakfast Month Universal Letter Writing Week (Jan. 8th - 14th) SUNDAY MONDAY -N - TUESDAY cc 1 Betsy Ross bom, 1752 I Paul Revere bom 1735 1 Ellis Island Opened, J 1892 New Year's Day P o rtla n d O b se rv e r is a p ro u d m e m b e r of the A A C C 6 12 Secret Pal Day Work Harder Day Author Jack London bom, 1876 19 Artist Paul Cezanne bom, 1839 Popcorn Day 26 Australia Day (first settled, 1788) Poet Carl Sandburg bom, 1878 Epiphany (Christian Holiday) Sherlock Holmes bom, 1854 13 Poetry Break Day Rubber Duckie's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) 20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Born in 1929 (Observed Third Monday in January) 27 Lewis Carroll National Geographic Society Founded (1888) Julius Lester bom, 1939 .......................... FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 A F R 1 C A A M E R fE A N C H A M B E R OF C O M M E R C E First Woman Gover nor Inaugurated 1925 (Nellie Ross) George Washington Carver Recognition Day WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 7 First U.S. Presidential Election held, 1789 Old Rock Day 14 National Dress Up Your Pet Day The Revolutionary W ar ended (1784) 21 National Hugging Day First flight of the Supersonic Concorde (1976) 8 Crosby Bonsall bom, 1921 Drinking Straw Patented, 1888 Festival O f Sleep Day J.R.R. Tolkien born, 1892 Trivia Day Isaac Newton bom, 1643 Jakob Grimm bom, 1785 Louis Braille bom, 1809 9 10 First iPhone intro duced in 2007 1 st U.S. Balloon Flight (1793) National Static Electricity Day Remy Charlip bom, 1929 First Meeting of United Nations General Assembly in London, 1946 Milk Day Milk delivered in bottles for the first time, 1878 Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Pacific Ocean, 1935 15 16 17 18 First Super Bowl Played in 1967. Green Bay (35) defeated Kansas City (10). Hat Day The first top hat was worn (1797) Prohibition began in 1920 National Nothing Day Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) bom, 1942 Benjamin Franklin bom, 1706 Shari Lewis bom, 1934 Raymond Briggs bom 1934 Marks the beginning of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial. Make Your Dreams Come True Day Elvis Presley bom, 1935 o 22 23 Brian Wildsmith bom, 1930 National Blonde Brownie Day Measure Your Feet Day National Handwriting Day National Pie Day 28 Jackson Pollock bom, 1912 (Artist) National Kazoo Day Isaac Asimov born 1920 (Astronomer) 10 Baseball Hall of Fame established (1936) National Puzzle Day Franklin D. Roosevelt bom, 1882 (23rd President) a 11 24 25 Eskimo Pie Patented by Christian Nelson in 1922. Gold Discovered in California At Sutter's Mill in 1848 Opposite Day First W inter Olympics held, 1924 31 Backwards Day Jackie Robinson bom, 1919 (Baseball Great)
