Dates
January 30
Franklin Delano Roosevelt born in Hyde Park, New York, 1882
January 31
Jackie Robinson born, 1919
February 2
Candlemas
February 3
Gertrude Stein born, 1874
February 4
Independence Commemoration Day in Sri Lanka
February 5
Constitution Day in Mexico
February 6
New Zealand Day
February 7
Fellowship leaves Lorien (Lord of the Rings)
February 8
Jules Verne born in Nantes, France, 1828
February 10
Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck, AD 60
February 11
Thos. Edison born, 1847
February 12
Abraham Lincoln born, 1809
Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England, 1809
February 15
Galileo Galilei born in Pisa, Italy, 1564
Susan B. Anthony born, 1820
February 16
Nylon patented, 1937
February 17
Death of Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
February 18
Democracy Day in Nepal
Independence Day in The Gambia
Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, Lowell Observatory, AZ, 1930
February 19
Nicolas Copernicus born in Thorn, Poland, 1473
February 20
Meriadoc & Pippin meet Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)
February 21
Battle of Verdun begins, 1916 1M casualties
First telephone directory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1878
Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965, beginning of National Brotherhood Week
February 22
George Washington born, 1732
Passing of King Ellesar (Lord of the Rings)
February 23
Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
W.E.B. DuBois born, 1868
February 24
Gregorian Calendar Day
Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
Ents destroy Isengard (Lord of the Rings)
February 25
Renoir born, 1841
George Harrison born in Liverpool, England, 1943
National Day in Kuwait
February 26
Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (Lord of the Rings)
February 27
The Lionheart crowned, 1189
February 28
Michel de Montaigne born, 1533
March 1
Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrested for witchcraft
in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692
March 2
Texas Independence day
Peasants Day in Burma
Dr. Seuss born in 1904
March 3
Girl's Day in Japan
Throne Day in Morocco
March 4
First meeting of Congress, 1789, in N.Y.C.
March 5
Frodo & Samwise encounter Shelob (Lord of the Rings)