Calendar bites, Feb. 5

Birthdays

• William S. Burroughs, 1914. Renowned “beat” author known for pushing the limits of taboo subjects.
• John Carradine, 1906, American film actor, known as “The Bard of Broadway” due to his habit of wandering the streets in a velvet suit and satin cape, reciting Shakespeare.
• Robert Peel, 1788, English Tory statesman, twice served as prime minister, and was chief secretary for Ireland.
• Adlai Ewing Stevneson II, 1900. American statesman, governor of Illinois, Democratic candidate for president in 1952 and 1956.
• John Witherspoon, 1723. Clergyman, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Celebrations                               

Working Naked Day – celebrating those who work without the support of the traditional corporate workplace (still fully clothed). Please don’t accidentally embarrass yourself thinking otherwise.

Ontario Winter Carnival Bon Soo, Feb 5-14. One of Canada’s largest winter carnivals.

National Wear Red Day (better than working naked, please). Celebrating American Heart Month and Go Red For Women, to bring awareness of the risks of heart disease to women.

Weatherperson’s Day. Commemorating the birth of one of America’s first weathermen, John Jeffries, a Boston physician who kept detailed records of weather conditions from 1774 to 1816.

Genealogy Events

UT: RootsTech 2016 Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sponsored by FamilySearch. For more information: https://rootstech.org

MA – Crime & Punishment in Early Massachusetts NEHGS 99-101 Newbury St., Boston. Noon-1pm. Free lecture, part of NEHGS’ First Fridays lecture series. Presented by Rose Doherty, current President and former Treasurer of the Partnership of the Historic Bostons, Inc. For more info & registration: http://goo.gl/t1W9cK

SC – African American Genealogical Research Historic Columbia, 1601 Richland St., Columbia, SC 29201. 8a-4p at Historic Columbia. Free. History from the Motherland to Mann-Simons: Methods of African American Genealogical Research.   For more info: http://goo.gl/uG9sIE

WI – Mt Horeb’s Scandihoovian Winter Festival. Stroll, shop, eat, and play at one of Dane County’s most unique and charming villages — just a short trip from Madison at Exit 69 on Highway 18-151. For more information, visit: www.scandiwinterfest.com.

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