Thomas Edison granted 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).
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
February 18
RIP artist Michelangelo (1564); “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the US (1885); HBD television personality Vanna White (1957); HBD rapper and entrepreneur Dr. Dre (1965); Auto racing legend Dale Earnhardt killed in crash at Daytona 500 (2001).
Monday, February 17, 2020
Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown
(born February 17, 1945) is a motivational speaker, author, radio DJ, former television host, and former politician. As a politician, he is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. As a motivational speaker, he uses the catch phrase “it’s possible!” and teaches people to follow their dreams as he learned to do
Friday, February 14, 2020
Febuary 14
RIP Saint Valentine (269); Abolitionist Frederick Douglass born (1818); Pale Blue Dot photo taken by Voyager 1 (1990); Dolly the sheep dies; was first cloned mammal (2003); Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting; 17 killed and 17 injured (2018).
Febuary 13
HBD Chuck Yeager, first pilot to break sound barrier (1923); HBD talk show host Jerry Springer (1944); Nashville sit-ins begin (1960); RIP French opera singer Lily Pons (1976); Earthquake in El Salvador kills 315, injures 3,400 (2001).
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Isaac Asimov
(January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Febuary 11
Inventor Thomas Edison born (1847); HBD Jennifer Aniston (1969); Iranian Revolution begins as Ayatollah Khomeini comes to power (1979); Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa after 27 years (1990); RIP Whitney Houston (2012).
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