Dates


January 30
Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, New York, 1882

January 31
Jackie Robinson born, 1919

February 2
Candlemas

February 3
Gertrude Stein born, 1874

February 4
Independence Commemoration Day in Sri Lanka

February 5
Constitution Day in Mexico

February 6
New Zealand Day

February 7
Fellowship leaves Lorien (Lord of the Rings)

February 8
Jules Verne born in Nantes, France, 1828

February 10
Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck, AD 60

February 11
Thos. Edison born, 1847

February 12
Abraham Lincoln born, 1809
Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England, 1809

February 15
Galileo Galilei born in Pisa, Italy, 1564
Susan B. Anthony born, 1820

February 16
Nylon patented, 1937

February 17
Death of Boromir (Lord of the Rings)

February 18
Democracy Day in Nepal
Independence Day in The Gambia
Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930

February 19
Nicolas Copernicus born in Thorn, Poland, 1473

February 20
Meriadoc & Pippin meet Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)

February 21
Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties
First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1878
Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965, beginning of National Brotherhood Week

February 22
George Washington born, 1732
Passing of King Ellesar (Lord of the Rings)

February 23
Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
W.E.B. DuBois born, 1868

February 24
Gregorian Calendar Day
Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
Ents destroy Isengard (Lord of the Rings)

February 25
Renoir born, 1841
George Harrison born in Liverpool, England, 1943
National Day in Kuwait

February 26
Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (Lord of the Rings)

February 27
The Lionheart crowned, 1189

February 28
Michel de Montaigne born, 1533

March 1
Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692

March 2
Texas Independence day
Peasants Day in Burma
Dr. Seuss born in 1904

March 3
Girl's Day in Japan
Throne Day in Morocco

March 4
First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C.

March 5
Frodo & Samwise encounter Shelob (Lord of the Rings)