Birthdays
- Elizabeth Bishop, 1911. Award winning poet and author.
- James Dean, 1931. 85th anniversary of the birth of this iconic American actor, known for Rebel Without A Cause.
- Jack Lemmon, 1925. Stave, screen and television actor, known for his role in The Odd Couple, and Some Like It Hot.
- William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820. Remembered for his devastating march through Georgia during the Civil War, and for saying “War is hell”.
- Jules Verne, 1828. French writer, sometimes called “the father of science fiction”. Author of Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and many others.
Celebrations
Founding of the Boy Scouts of America, 1910.
Chinese New Year
Bun Day in Iceland
Genealogy Events
AR – Monthly Genealogy Course. 402 President Clinton Avenue. Monthly genealogy course: Finding Family Facts, at the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Arkansas Studies Institute, Room 204, 401 President Clinton Avenue.
IN – Wabash Valley Genealogical Society. Vigo County Public Library, 1 Library Square, Terre Haute, IN 47807, United States. “From Jamestown to Lost Creek: A 200 Year Journey” by James Shepard. 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. VCPL Rooms A, B & C. 6:00 p.m. – Refreshments & Socializing. For more information http://www.inwvgs.org/
KY – The Underground Railroad in the Ohio River Valley. At Boone County Public Library – Main 1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington. For more info: http://www.bcpl.org/lhg/
