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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 2019)
Page 6 January 30, 2019 C alendar 2019 January MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 28 29 Jackson Pollock born, 1912 (Artist) National Kazoo Day Baseball Hall of Fame established (1936) National Puzzle Day 30 FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 2 3 31 Backwards Day Jackie Robinson born, 1919 (Baseball Great) Franklin D. Roo- sevelt born, 1882 (23rd President) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 National Freedom Day Robinson Crusoe Day First meeting of the U.S. Supreme Court (1790) February 4 Facebook First Launched, 2004 Create a Vacuum Day Rosa Parks born, 1913 11 Thomas Edison born, 1847 Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day National Inventors’ Day White T-Shirt Day 18 President’s Day 5 Chinese New Year - Year of the Boar Weatherman’s Day Disaster Day 12 Judy Blume born, 1938 Abraham Lincoln born, 1809 (16th President) 19 Former planet, Pluto, Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 Phonograph Patent- ed, 1878, Thomas Edison Mr. Roger’s Neighbor- hood Debuted, 1968 25 26 Quiet Day Artist Pierre Auguste Renoir born, 1841 Levi Strauss born, 1829 6 Babe Ruth born, 1895 Monopoly Board Game Goes on Sale in Stores, 1935 13 Get a Different Name Day First Public School established (1635) 20 John Glenn Orbits Earth, 1962 Love Your Pet Day 27 Uri Shulevitz born, 1935 International Polar Bear Day 7 Charles Dickens born, 1812 Laura Ingalls Wilder born, 1867 14 Ferris Wheel Day Valentine’s Day 21 Malcom X Assassinat- ed (1965) Washington Monument dedicated (1885) 28 Public Sleeping Day Gold Seekers arrived in San Francisco (1849) Groundhog Day Bottle Cap Patented in 1892 8 Boy Scouts’ Day (Founded 1910) Author Jules Verne born, 1828 15 National Gumdrop Day Susan B. Anthony born, 1820 22 George Washington born, 1732 Be Humble Day World Thinking Day Vietnam War Ended (1973) 9 National Weather Service Established (1870) Toothache Day 10 Umbrella Day Ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967 (Presidential Succession) 16 Nylon Patented By DuPont in 1937 King Tut’s Burial Chamber opened in 1923 17 Random Acts of Kindness Day National P.T.A. Founder’s Day (1897) 23 24 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day U.S. Flag raised at Iwo Jima (1945) Steve Jobs born, 1955 Wilhelm Carl Grimm born, 1786
