Calendar bites, Jan. 31

Birthdays

• Ernie Banks, 1931. First African-American player for the Chicago Cubs. His uniform number 14 was the first ever to be retired by the Cubs.
• Zane Grey, 1872 (original name Pearl Grey). American dentist and prolific author of  over 80 Western novels.
• Robert Morris, 1734. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. One of only two men who signed all three documents.
• Jackie Robinson, 1919. Athlete and business executive. The first black to enter professional major league baseball when he was drafted to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
• Franz Schubert, 1797. Austrian composer.

Celebrations                               

Today is the anniversary of several US space program milestones, including the launch of Apollo 14.

World Leprosy Day, bringing awareness to the fact that still over 225,000 new cases are reported each year.

Genealogy Events

Call for Papers deadline. 1 deadline today. See https://conferencekeeper.org/call-for-papers/

Contest deadline. https://conferencekeeper.org/contests/

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/

OH – East Cuyahoga Chapter OGS Where: Ross DeJohn Community Center. 6306 Marsol Rd. Mayfield Heights. Ohio.   Funeral Home Practices and Records. with J. Mark Busch. For more info: http: //www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcwogs/

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