Read today’s Calendar bites for the agenda of this day’s family history events and historical celebrations.
You might also want to review our Calendar, Call for Papers, Contests, or other sections to see what is coming up.
Birthdays
- Susan Brownell Anthony, 1820. American reformer, abolitionist and militant advocate of women’s suffrage. First American woman to have her likeness on a coin.
- Harold Arlen, 1905. American composer and songwriter, best known for “Over the Rainbow” and “Stormy Weather”.
- John Barrymore, 1882. American actor from the well known Barrymore family.
- Abraham Clark, 1726. Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Galileo Galilei, 1564. Physicist and astronomer who helped overthrow medieval concepts of the world.
- Miep Gies, 1909. Dutch wife of Jan Gies, who together helped hide the Frank family from the Nazis.
- Cyrus H. McCormick, 1809. Inventor of the reaper.
- Irena Sendler, 1910. Polish worker who smuggled 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto in WWII.
Ernest Shackleton, 1874. Antarctic explorer. - John Augustus Sutter, 1803. German settler in Sacramento, California, on whose property gold was first discovered.
- Charles Lewis Tiffany, 1812. American jeweler.
Celebrations
Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb 12-15th. Volunteers nationwide track the number and types of birds that live near their homes. Volunteer!
Asteroid Near Miss. 2013. The asteroid 2012 DA14 passed earth at a distance of less than 18,000 miles, the closest approach by any object of its size (150 ft across) in recorded history.
George Washington’s Birthday Observance.
The Grammy Awards
President’s Day
RememberThe Maine Day!
Genealogy Events
Call for Papers deadline
KY – The Underground Railroad in the Ohio River Valley
OH – Mahoning County Chapter OGS
Check our calendar or individual state pages for details of these and other genealogy events today in your area. Know of any other upcoming events? Please use the Submission tab and let us know!
