Calendar bites, March 16

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

Birthdays

  • Rosa Bonheur, 1822. French painter and sculptor.
  • George Clymer, 1739. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the US Constitution.
  • James Madison, 1751. Fourth president of the United States
  • Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan Nixon, 1912. Wife of Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th president of the United States.
  • George Simon Ohm, 1789. German physicist lauded for his law which states the exact relationship of potential and current in electric conduction, Ohm’s Law.

Celebrations                               

Anniversary of the First Black Newspaper, 1827
Curlew Day

Freedom of Information Day
Lips Appreciation Day
No Selfies Day

 

Today’s events

See the Location pages for more information on these events:

AK – Anchorage Genealogical Society Mtg BP Energy Center , 900 E. Benson Blvd., Anchorage
CA – GenSoc of North Orange County Mtg Yorba Linda Community Center, 4501 Casa Loma Ave, Yorba Linda, CA
IN – Beginning Genealogy Classes  Vigo Co Public Library, Terre Haute.
ON – Grimsby Historical Society, Ontario UK – Records of the Great Courts of Chancery & Exchequer with Michael Gandy FSG. Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London
UK – Legislation for Family Historians      Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London

 

March Calendar

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