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9 February, 2016 at 7:06 pm #843623

Jeankit
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Happy Birthday to:
1944 Alice Walker, Pulitzer prize winning author (The Color Purple).

Born today in 1876 painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.

9 February, 2016 at 7:17 pm #843624

Anonymous
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On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the first president of the post-apartheid era

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/janedodo/image_zps1ttjaog9.jpg
South Africa’s First Black President

10 February, 2016 at 6:47 pm #843649

Jeankit
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Wow, thanks for the Fyi 5/09 PG – hmm, wish it was May – but we are
still in February:
Today:
02-10:

11 February, 2016 at 3:27 pm #843672

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Emma Goldman, a crusader for women’s rights and social justice, is arrested in New York City for lecturing and distributing materials about birth control. She was accused of violating the Comstock Act of 1873, which made it a federal offense to disseminate contraceptive devices and information through the mail or across state lines. In addition to advocating for women’s reproductive rights, Goldman, who was later convicted and spent time in jail, was a champion of numerous controversial causes and ideas, including anarchism, free speech and atheism. Nicknamed “Red Emma,” the forward-thinking Goldman was arrested multiple times for her activist activities.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/janedodo/url_zpsvmavsvcb.jpg

11 February, 2016 at 5:41 pm #843675

Jeankit
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Throw back Thursday – or today in Music History:

45 years ago…yup, had this LP with piano music book too 🙂
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39 years ago…lalalala

11 February, 2016 at 6:43 pm #843679

JerseyJoan
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I had both of these, can’t remember if I had the albums or cassette tapes.

12 February, 2016 at 6:12 pm #843705

Jeankit
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February 12
Happy birthday:

1809 Charles Darwin, naturalist and influential theorist of evolution (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection).
1809 Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President of the United State (1861-1865).
1828 George Meredith, English poet and novelist.
1857 Eugene Atget, French photographer, took over 10,000 photographs documenting Paris.

Born today in 1809 painter, illustrator and printmaker Karl Bodmer.
Below: Bodmer print “Cat Playing with an Adder” (1873).

15 February, 2016 at 6:28 pm #843787

Jeankit
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02-15 Happy birthday to:
1564 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and mathematician.

1797 Henry Steinway, piano maker

1820 Susan B. Anthony, suffragette and political activist.

1954 Matt Groening, cartoonist (The Simpsons

16 February, 2016 at 7:23 pm #843822

Jeankit
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02-16 Happy Birthday to:
Born today in 1909 artist Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber.
Below: “Siamkatzen” (1964)

Meezer Collage

17 February, 2016 at 6:28 pm #843855

Jeankit
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Happy Birthday to:

Born on February 17
1774 Raphaelle Peale, U.S. painter
1864 A(ndrew) B(arton) “Banjo” Paterson, Australian poet and journalist.

1902 Marian Anderson, American singer.
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Born today in 1926 fashion model Jean Patchett.

18 February, 2016 at 6:31 pm #843884

Jeankit
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Happy Birthday to:
1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassware artist and designer.

1922 Helen Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine

Throw back Thurs quote!
with
“Five cats and a woman. That is all I need in life.”
Happy Birthday author and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky. Jodorowsky is eighty-seven today.

🙂

19 February, 2016 at 6:32 pm #843917

Jeankit
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Happy Birthday to:
02-19-16
1940 Smokey Robinson, American singer and songwriter.

Today’s Earworm – enjoy!

23 February, 2016 at 5:22 pm #844017

Jeankit
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Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2016. There are 312 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Feb. 23, 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, Texas.

with some birthdays:
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Peter Fonda is 76. Country-rock musician Rusty Young is 70. Actress Patricia Richardson is 65. Former NFL player Ed “Too Tall” Jones is 65. Rock musician Brad Whitford (Aerosmith) is 64. Singer Howard Jones is 61. Rock musician Michael Wilton (Queensryche) is 54. Country singer Dusty Drake is 52. Actress Kristin Davis is 51. Tennis player Helena Sukova…

24 February, 2016 at 7:01 pm #844046

Jeankit
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Born today in 1886 artist Kasia Von Szadurska.

Purrday Artist!

More birthdays for 2/24:
http://www.famousbirthdays.com/february24.html
Including:
http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/steven-jobs.html

25 February, 2016 at 1:28 am #844060

lagatta
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I know about the February Strike in Amsterdam and Rotterdam from periods working in the Netherlands (not permanently – a stint at a research institute there). This was certainly the first general strike against the Nazi occupation anywhere in Europe, in 1941, and similar events in Italy (which I know more about) happened a couple of years later: http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/02/ten-things-about-the-february-strike/ 25 February 1941.

I remember commemorations at the turn of this century when there were still survivors/veterans of the general strike present, but alas most will probably have died of natural causes by now or be too frail to participate.

On a happier note, the Ottawa Tulip festival (in a few months) commemorates the gratitude of the Dutch to the Canadians…

25 February, 2016 at 8:18 pm #844085

Jeankit
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Happy Purrdays to:

Born on February 25
1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir, French painter and founder of the French Impressionist movement.

1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian opera tenor.

25 February, 2016 at 8:48 pm #844086

Jeankit
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Must Not Forget!

Happy Birthday George Harrison!

25 February, 2016 at 10:38 pm #844089

CatWScotia
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Never forgotten – the lovely George Harrison. In 1963, when I threw my autograph book on to the stage, it was George who picked it up and looked around for the owner. And my brother, with whom I had gone to the concert, wouldn’t let me stay to retrieve it!

Happy Birthday, George.

25 February, 2016 at 11:07 pm #844090

katzenjammer
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CWS, I’m sure that your brother is wonderful, especially to take you to rock concert, but grrr (mildly) for not letting you retrieve your autograph book. I like to think (on your behalf) the “the quiet Beatle” kept it!

26 February, 2016 at 5:48 pm #844108

Jeankit
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Hee hee…best take on History lesson!

😉
Happy Heavenly Birthday to Johnny Cast today:

would be 84 today!

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1829 Levi Strauss, creator of blue jeans.

1928 Antoine “Fats” Domino, American singer.

🙂 Enjoy the day!
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