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                              Â
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/
