John Steinbeck

Did you know... 

... that today is the birthday of John Steinbeck (1902)? John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). Celebrate by reading your favorite novel!

Feburary 27

Author John Steinbeck born (1902); Actress Elizabeth Taylor born (1932); RIP Nobel Prize-winning physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1936); 22nd Amendment is ratified, setting term limits for US presidents (1951); RIP Fred Rogers (2003).

Feburary 26

Levi Strauss born (1829); Grand Canyon National Park established (1919); Johnny Cash born (1932); HBD musician Erykah Badu (1971); World Trade Center bombing kills six, injures more than 1,000 (1993).

February 25

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

Feburary 24

Marbury v. Madison establishes the principle of judicial review in US (1803); HBD Nike cofounder Phil Knight (1938); Steve Jobs born (1955); Fidel Castro retires as president of Cuba (2008); RIP legendary Indian actress Sridevi (2018).

Feburary 20

RIP Frederick Douglass (1895); HBD actor Sidney Poitier (1927); John Glenn is first American to orbit Earth (1962); Musician Kurt Cobain born (1967); HBD Rihanna (1988)

Feburary 21

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