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Category: February

18 February

Posted on February 18, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

February 18 marks Presidents Day in America for 2019. George Washington was born February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. However, his birthday is observed as a federal holiday the

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17 February

Posted on February 17, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

February 17, 2011 becomes Bloody Thursday as multiple pivotal events occur during the Arab Spring. Libyan protests begin against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. Meanwhile in Bahrain, government security forces launch a

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16 February

Posted on February 16, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The event sets off a kind of Egyptomania that hasn’t really ceased into the 21st century. We

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15 February

Posted on February 15, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

February 15 is Singles Awareness Day. Some singles though may be too busy seizing life to notice if one takes a cue from Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. With a life in

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14 February

Posted on February 14, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

February 14 is Valentine’s Day. There are as many wonderful romances as there are bright stars in the sky. In the nebulous contemporary canon though, there appears The Fault in

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13 February

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by librariansalmanac

February 13 marks Galentine’s Day in American culture. It is a day women are able to celebrate themselves and their relationships with other women. February 13 also sometimes marks Mardi

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12 February

Posted on February 12, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. His life is a journey of passing worlds. He begins his life in a cabin in the Kentucky wilderness

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11 February

Posted on February 11, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

On February 11, 1979, the Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Nobel prize winner and human rights lawyer, Shirin Ebadi, is a voice

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10 February

Posted on February 10, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

On February 10 1567, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled after an explosion occurs at the Kirk o’ Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. Assassination

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09 February

Posted on February 9, 2019February 1, 2019 by librariansalmanac

On February 9, 1881, Fyodor Dostoyevsky passes away. Of all his works, Crime and Punishment may be globally the best known. He was forced to pause the work while facing

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