Calendar Bites is back! (Did ya miss it?)
Read today’s Calendar bites for the agenda of this day’s family history events and historical celebrations.
Review our Calendar, Call for Papers, Contests, or other pages to see what other events are coming up.
Birthdays
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, 1714. German composer, keyboard performer and theorist, the most musically important and influential son of Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Louise Beavers, 1902. Hollywood actress for over 30 years and more than 125 films. Member of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
- Kenneth Grahame, 1859. Scottish author, who wrote The Wind in the Willows.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 1841. Harvard law professor, appointed to the Mass. Supreme Court, and the US Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt.
- Hannah Hoes Van Buren, 1783. Wife of US president Martin Van Buren.
Celebrations
International Working Women’s Day
National Proofreading Day
Organize Your Home Office Day
Unique Names Day
Anniversary of the US Income Tax (okay, so not really a day to celebrate!)
Today’s events
See the Location pages for more information on these events:
FL – US & State Census Records. Lutz Branch Library, 101 W Lutz Lake Fern Rd, Lutz, FL 33548
IN – ACPL “First names, Nick Names,… and Clues to Further Your Research”. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Discovery Center
UK – NIFHS DNA & Understanding Family Finder. Honneyman Room, NIFHS Research Centre, Unit C4, Valley Business Centre, 67 Church Road,Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, BT36 7LS.
