Calendar bites, March 13

Read today’s Calendar bites for the agenda of this day’s family history events and historical celebrations.
Review our Calendar, Call for Papers, Contests, or other pages to see what other events are coming up.

Birthdays

• Walter Annenberg, 1908. Publisher, philanthropist and ambassador. Founder of the TV Guide, and Seventeen.
• Lorenzo Delmonico, 1813. Restaurateur and gastronomic authority.
• Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1798. First wife of Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the US. The first White House resident to bring books into it.
• L. Ron Hubbard, 1911. Science fiction writer, recluse, and founder of the Church of Scientology.
• Percival Lowell, 1855. American astronomer, and founder of the Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, AX. Began the search that resulted in the discovery of Pluto.
• Ken, 1961. Barbie’s beau.
• Edward “Butch” O’Hare, 1914. Aviator. Earned the first Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II. O’Hare International Airport in Chicago was named in his honor.
• Joseph Priestly, 1733. Discoverer of oxygen. Gosh. what would we have done if he hadn’t?
• Tami Osmer Mize. RelativelyCurious, WikiChick, Conference Keeper, wearer of purple hair and so very many hats.

Celebrations                               

Camp Fire Girls Birthday Week
Check Your Batteries Day
Consider Christianity Week
Daylight Savings Time Begins
Deaf History Month
Good Samaritan Involvement Day
IntraUterine Growth Restriction Awareness Day
National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
Planet Uranus Discovered, 1781

Today’s events

See the Location pages for more information on these events:

OR – Spring Seminar – Discover Your Irish Roots Milwaukie & Portland, OR
Virtual – Winter 2016 Virtual Genealogy Conference. https://www.familytreeuniversity.com
Virtual – Prof Gen II – Becoming a Better Professional Researcher Sat Mar 12, 2016 – Sun Mar 20, 2016