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February 14, 2018 Page 15 Together, we do good things. TM This page is sponsored by Oregon Lottery R February 2018 C alendar MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY February is Black History Month . Famous and influencial black individual’s birthdays throughout the month are included below. Also see listings throughout the year at http://www.blackintime. info/black-birthday-monthly.html 5 Weatherman’s Day Disaster Day Henry “Hank” Aaron, 1934- (Co- median, actor) 12 Arsenio Hall, 1956- (Actor, Comedian) Abraham Lincoln born, 1809 (16th President) 19 President’s Day William “Smokey” Robinson, 1940- (Grammy-winning Music Legend) 26 “Fats” Domi- no, 1928-2017 (best-selling R&B artist) 6 Monopoly Board Game Goes on Sale in Stores, 1935 13 7 Charles Dickens born, 1812 Laura Ingalls Wild- er born, 1867 FRIDAY SUNDAY 3 4 1 2 Nat. Freedom Day Robinson Crusoe Day Langston Hughes, 1902-1967 (writer) Groundhog Day William Artis, 1914- 1977 (ceramacist and sculptor) 8 9 10 11 Alice Walker, 1944- (Pulitzer Prize-win- ning author) Toothache Day Umbrella Day Leontyne Price, 1927- (Award-win- ning operatic soprano) National Inventors’ Day (In honor of Thomas Edison’s birthday) White T-Shirt Day 17 18 Gary Coleman, 1968-2010 (Actor, 1970s and 1980s television child star) 14 15 16 Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895 (Ex- slave, abolitionist, statesman) Valentine’s Day Brian Holland, 1941- (Songwriter & Record Producer) Susan B. Anthony born, 1820 Chinese New Year - Year of the Dog Levar Burton, 1957- (Actor and Televi- sion peronality) 20 21 22 23 John Glenn Orbits Earth. 1962 Sidney Poitier, 1927- (Acadamy award winning Actor) Malcom X Assassi- nated (1965) Nina Simone, 1933- 2003 (musician, civil-rights activist) George Washing- ton born, 1732 Julius Erving, 1950- (boxing champion in 6 catagories) International Dog Biscuit Apprecia- tion Day U.S. Flag raised at Iwo Jima (1945) 27 28 Marian Anderson, 1897-1993 in Port- land OR (opera singer) Polar Bear Day Public Sleeping Day Charles A. “Bubba” Smith, 1945- (NFL player. actor) Mardi Gras Emmett J. Scott, 1873-1957 (Chief aide to Booker T. Washington) SATURDAY Elizabeth Blackwell born 1821 (1st female doctor) Dennis Edwards, 1943-2018, R&B Singer Random Acts of Kindness Day Michael Jordan, 1963- (Basketball Superstar) 24 Steve Jobs born, 1955 Create a Vacuum Day Rosa Parks born, 1913 (civil rights leader) Pluto, Discovered, 1930 Toni Morrison, 1931- (Nobel & Pulitzer Prize author) 25 Quiet Day Donald Quarrie, 1951- (Olympic gold medalist sprinter)