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Pi Day
March 2, 2021 By Barbara Feldman
Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Regardless of the size of the circle, pi is always the same irrational number: approximately 3.14. Thirty years ago, physicist Larry Shaw created a Pi Day celebration …[Continue]
Dr. Seuss
February 23, 2021 By Barbara Feldman
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 -1991), winner of the Pulitzer Prize and three Academy Awards, is best known as Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator of forty-six children’s books. Since his first children’s book in 1936, Dr. Seuss has introduced several generations …[Continue]
Frederick Douglass
February 16, 2021 By Barbara Feldman
Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, Frederick Douglass (February, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was a Black American abolitionist, famous for his oratory and anti-slavery writings. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement …[Continue]
Surfing the Calendar
- Irish American Heritage MonthMarch
- National Craft MonthMarch
- National Nutrition MonthMarch
- Music in Our Schools MonthMarch
- Women’s History MonthMarch
- National Cheerleading Safety MonthMarch
- U.S. Patent Issued for Alexander Graham Bell’s TelephoneMar 7, 1876
- Barbie Doll DebutsMar 9, 1959
- US Paper Money IssuedMar 10, 1862
- Harriet Tubman Day (the Anniversary of Her Death in 1913)Mar 10, 2021
- Death of John Chapman, celebrated as Johnny Appleseed DayMar 11, 1845
- First Flu Case in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918 Reported at Fort Riley, KSMar 11, 1918
- WHO Declares Covid-19 a Global PandemicMar 11, 2020
- Sir William Herschel Discovers UranusMar 13, 1781
- Deaf History Month BeginsMar 13, 2021
- Albert Einstein’s BirthdayMar 14, 1879
- Pi DayMar 14, 2021
- Daylight Saving Time BeginsMar 14, 2021
- International Ask a Question DayMar 14, 2021
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s BirthdayMar 15, 1933
- Ireland National Day – St. Patrick’s DayMar 17, 2021
- More Surfing the Calendar