Calendar bites, March 11

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

  • Robert Treat Paine, 1731. Jurist and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Torquato Tasso, 1544. Italian Poet of the late Renaissance, prone to violent outbursts and acute sensitivity to criticism. Evidently a trendsetter.
  • Lawrence Welk, 1903. Accordion player from North Dakota. His TV show was the longest running primetime program in television history, from 1955 until 1971.
  • Harold Wilson, 1916. British statesman and two-time prime minister.

Celebrations                               

Bureau of Indian Affairs established in 1824.
Dream Day
Johnny Appleseed Day
Middle Name Pride Day
Start of the 1918 “Spanish” flu pandemic which affected nearly 25% of the entire US population

Today’s events

See the Location pages for more information on these events:

Forensic Genealogy Institute. The Menger Hotel at the Riverwalk San Antonio, Texas

SC – Reunion of Upcountry Families. Easley area, South Carolina

IN – ACPL ” Surnames and Clues to Further Your Research”. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Discovery Center

MA – Memorial Hall Library Genealogy Lock-In. Memorial Hall Public Library, Andover, Massachusetts

(March 11-13th) Virtual – Winter 2016 Virtual Genealogy Conference. https://www.familytreeuniversity.com/

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