Poor Gabriel's Almanac - February 8th

Interesting things that happened February 8th:

Birthdays on this date:

In 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general
In 1828 Jules Verne (in France), author who pioneered what later became science fiction
In 1885 Dame Edith Evans, stage and film actor (The Whisperers, Tom Jones)
In 1906 Chester F. Carlson, invented xerography
In 1914 Gypsy Rose Lee (in Seattle, WA), stripper
In 1920 Lana Turner (in Wallace, Idaho), actor
In 1924 Audrey Meadows, actor
In 1925 Jack Lemmon, actor
In 1931 James Dean, actor (East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause)
In 1940 Ted Koppel, newscaster
+ Nick Nolte, actor
In 1949 Brook Adams, actor
In 1968 Gary Coleman, actor, political hopeful

Events worth noting:

+ Feast Day of St. Meingold, patron of bakers, bankers, millers, miners
In 1587 Mary Queen of Scots executed.
In 1693 Charter granted for College of William and Mary, second college in US.
In 1861 Confederate States of America formed.
In 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island. Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound.
In 1883 Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen.
In 1908 Boy Scouts of America founded.
In 1915 "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles.
In 1922 Radio arrives in the White House.
In 1957 Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall.
In 1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land.
In 1984 Soyuz T-10 is launched.
In 1996 Pres. Clinton signs the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

And remember ...

Canned Food Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
National Embroidery Month
Age-Related Macular Degeneration & Low Vision Awareness Month

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