Sunday, February 8, 2009

anniversaries

Abraham Lincoln, 16th American president, born February 12, 1809

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, born February 12, 1809
published The Origin of Species 1859

Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet, born January 19, 1809

Felix Mendelssohn, German composer, born February 3, 1809

Miami University (Ohio) established February 17, 1809

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