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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 2017)
M artin L uther K ing J r . January 11, 2017 Page 23 2017 special edition It Does Good Things TM This page is sponsored by Oregon Lottery C alendar January 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 2 3 4 5 New Year’s Day Betsy Ross born, 1752 Paul Revere born 1735 Isaac Asimov born, 1920 New Year’s Day Observed 8 Secret Pal Day Elvis Presley born, 1935 15 First Super Bowl Played in 1967 Hat Day; first top hat was worn (1797) 22 Brian Wildsmith born, 1930 National Blonde Brownie Day 29 Baseball Hall of Fame established (1936) National Puzzle Day Festival Of Sleep Day J.R.R. Tolkien born, 1892 Trivia Day Isaac Newton born, 1643 Jakob Grimm born, 1785 9 10 11 First iPhone intro- duced in 2007 National Apricot Day National Static Elec- tricity Day Remy Charlip born, 1929 First Meeting of Unit- ed Nations, 1946 Dreams Come True Day Milk Day Amelia Earhart flew Pacific Ocean, 1935 16 17 18 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Prohibition, 1920 23 Measure Your Feet Day National Handwrit- ing Day National Pie Day 30 Franklin D. Roos- evelt born, 1882 (23rd President) Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) born, 1942 Benjamin Franklin born, 1706 24 Gold Discovered in California At Sut- ter’s Mill in 1848 by John Marshall 31 Backwards Day Jackie Robinson born, 1919 (Base- ball Great) R Raymond Briggs born, 1934 Beginning of the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial 25 Opposite Day First Winter Olym- pics held, 1924 First Woman Gov- ernor, Nellie Ross, Inaugurated 1925 George W Carver Recognition Day National Bird Day 12 Work Harder Day Author Jack London born, 1876 19 Artist Paul Cezanne born, 1839 Popcorn Day 26 Australia Day (first settled, 1788) FRIDAY SATURDAY 6 7 Bean Day Epiphany Sherlock Holmes born, 1854 13 Poetry Break Day Michael Bond born, 1926 20 Inauguration Day (Every 4 years: 2013, 2017, 2021) Cheese Day First U.S. Presiden- tial Election held, 1789 Old Rock Day 14 National Dress Up Your Pet Day The Revolutionary War ended (1784) 21 National Hugging Day First flight of the Su- personic Concorde (1976) 27 28 Lewis Carroll birth- day National Geograph- ic Society Founded (1888) Chinese New Year - Year of the Rooster Jackson Pollock born, 1912 (Artist) National Kazoo Day
