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    February 21, 2018
Page 15
Together, we do good things.
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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
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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)
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15
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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)
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21
22
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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
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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)