Feburary 27

HBD John Steinbeck (1902); RIP behavioral scientist Ivan Pavlov (1936); 22nd Amendment is ratified (1951); HBD Elizabeth Taylor (1932); RIP Mister Rogers (2003).

February 26

HBD Levi Strauss (1829); Grand Canyon National Park established (1919); HBD Johnny Cash (1932); HBD musician Erykah Badu (1971); World Trade Center bombings kills six, injures over a thousand (1993).

February 25

Hiram Revels becomes 1st African-American in US Congress (1870); HBD George Harrison (1943); Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeats Sonny Liston to win his first world heavyweight title (1964); HBD actress Tea Leoni (1966); RIP playwright and poet Tennessee Williams (1983).

Feburary 22

RIP Amerigo Vespucci (1512); HBD George Washington (1732); HBD Drew Barrymore (1975); Miracle on Ice as US Hockey defeats the Soviet Union at Winter Olympics (1980); RIP Andy Warhol (1987).

Feburary 21

The Communist Manifesto is published by Karl Marx (1848); HBD musician Nina Simone (1933); NASCAR founded (1948); Malcolm X assassinated (1965); RIP Billy Graham (2018).

Erma Bombeck

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Erma Bombeck (1927)? Erma was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life humorously from the mid-1960s until the late 1990s. She also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers. And we still enjoy her writings today! :-)

February 19

Thomas Edison gets patent for the phonograph (1878); HBD musician Smokey Robinson (1940); Battle of Iwo Jima begins (1945); HBD musician Seal (1963); RIP To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee (2016).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)(aged 63) The 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades

February 20

RIP Frederick Douglass (1895); HBD Sidney Poitier (1927); John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (1962); HBD Kurt Cobain (1967); HBD Rihanna (1988).

Muhammad Ali

(born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist. Considered a cultural icon, Ali has both been idolized and vilified

Frederic Ogden Nash

 (August 19, 1902  – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, the New York Times said his “droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country’s best-known producer of humorous poetry”. When Nash wasn’t writing poems, he made guest appearances on comedy and radio shows and toured the United States and England, giving lectures at colleges and universities.

February 15

HBD Galileo Galilei (1564); HBD Susan B. Anthony (1820); RIP Nat King Cole (1965); Soviet-Afghan War ends as all Soviet troops depart Afghanistan (1989); 30M people in 600 cities protest Iraq War (2003).

Feburary 14

RIP Saint Valentine (269); HBD Frederick Douglass (1818); Pale Blue Dot photo taken by Voyager 1 (1990); Dolly the sheep dies; was first cloned mammal (2003).

Feburary 13

HBD Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break the sound barrier (1923); HBD Jerry Springer (1944); Nashville sit-ins begin (1960); RIP French opera singer Lily Pons (1976); Earthquake in El Salvador kills 944 (2001).

Feburary 12

HBD Abraham Lincoln (1809); HBD Charles Darwin (1809); HBD children’s author Judy Blume (1938); President Clinton acquitted on impeachment charges (1999); RIP Peanuts creator Charles Schulz (2000).