FULL SNOW MOON

Usually the heaviest snows fall in February. Hunting becomes very difficult, and hence to some Native American tribes this was the Hunger Moon.

1770s

• 1776: DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, LOYALISTS WERE DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE OF MOORES CREEK BRIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA

1800s

• BORN 1807: HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (POET)

1820s

• 1827: FIRST MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION IN NEW ORLEANS

1870s

• 1879: SACCHARIN WAS DISCOVERED

1900s

• BORN 1902: JOHN STEINBECK (NOVELIST)

1930s

• BORN 1932: ELIZABETH TAYLOR (ACTRESS)

1940s

• BORN 1940: HOWARD HESSEMAN (ACTOR)

1950s

• 1951: THE 22ND AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION IS RATIFIED, STIPULATING A MAXIMUM OF TWO CONSECUTIVE PRESIDENTIAL TERMS
• 1951: EDWIN LAND GRANTED PATENT FOR SELF-DEVELOPING FILM
• 1951: 22ND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, ENFORCING TERM LIMITS, RATIFIED. (LIMITS U.S. PRESIDENTS TO TWO TERMS.)

1960s

• 1963: MICKEY MANTLE SIGNED A $100,000 CONTRACT WITH THE NY YANKEES. HIS NEW SALARY TIED HIM WITH JOE DIMAGGIO AS THE MOST HIGHLY PAID YANKEE PLAYERS OF THEIR TIME.
• 1964: ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ASKED PUBLIC FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO SAVE THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA
• BORN 1966: DONAL LOGUE (ACTOR)

1980s

• BORN 1980: CHELSEA CLINTON (DAUGHTER OF U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON)
• BORN 1981: JOSH GROBAN (SINGER)

1990s

• 1992: 16-YEAR-OLD TIGER WOODS, YOUNGEST PGA GOLFER IN 35 YEARS, TEED OFF IN L.A. OPEN
• DIED 1993: LILLIAN GISH (ACTRESS)

2000s

• DIED 2002: SPIKE MILLIGAN (COMEDIAN)
• DIED 2003: FRED ROGERS (HOST OF THE PBS CHILDREN’S SHOW, MR. ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD)
• 2008: A 5.3-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ABOUT 125 MILES NORTH OF LONDON, ENGLAND
• DIED 2008: WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. (WRITER & FOUNDER OF NATIONAL REVIEW)

2010s

• 2010: AN 8.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK CENTRAL CHILE
• DIED 2011: FRANK W. BUCKLES (LAST SURVIVING U.S. WW I VETERAN; HE WAS 110 YEARS OLD)
• 2013: NINE-FOOT TALL BRONZE SCULPTURE OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST ROSA PARKS UNVEILED IN STATUARY HALL IN THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
• DIED 2015: LEONARD NIMOY (ACTOR)

COURTESY www.almanac.com