Calendar bites, Feb. 2

Birthdays

  • William Rose Benet, 1886. American poet and critic.
  • Farrah Fawcett, 1947. Actress and ’70s pop-culture icon. Who didn’t want her hair?
  • Stan Getz, 1927. American jazz saxophonist who introduced the cool-jazz movement in the 1950s, and the bossa nova style of the 60s.
  • George Halas, 1895. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and team owner.
  • James Joyce, 1882. Irish novelist and poet, author of Dubliners, Ulysses, and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, among others.
  • Ayn Rand, 1905. Russian author of The Fountainhead and  Atlas Shrugged.
  • Elaine Stritch, 1925. Actress and singer, sometimes called the First Lady of Broadway.

Celebrations                               

African-American Coaches Day.
Groundhog Day.
Hedgehog Day (the ancient Roman tradition that was the inspiration for Groundhog Day)
Incorporation of New Amsterdam (New York) 1653.

Genealogy Events

IA – Des Moines County Genealogical Society Meeting Where: 210 Court Street, Burlington, Iowa. Regular meeting at the Burlington Public Library, 210 Court Street, Burlington, Iowa

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