A8-THE JOURNAL, Thursday'i February 7, 2019
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On Feb. 13,1861,the earliest
military action to be revered
with a Medal of Honor award
is performed by Col. Bernard
JD. Irwin, an Army surgeon
serving in the first major U ,S .-
Apache conflict. The Irish-
born doctor volunteered to go
to the rescue of2nd Lt. George
Bascom, who was trapped in
Arizona with 60 soldiers by
the Apaches.
On Feb. 14, 1886, the first
trainload of oranges grown
by southern Califomia farm-
ers leaves Los Angeles via
the transcontinental mil~ad.
Development of California
surged when state railroad
lines linked Los Angeles into
the Iranscontinental railways.
On Feb. 15, 1903, the first
Teddy bear goes on sale.
Toy-store owner and inven-
tor Morris Michtom placed
two stuffed bears in his shop
window, advertising them
as Teddy bears, named after
President Theodore Roosevelt.
On Feb. 16,1923,in Thebes,
Egypt, English archaeologist
Howard Carter enters the
sealed burial chamber of the
ancient Egyptian ruler King
Tutankhamen. The room was
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virtu y"in t; with fie'a' A caiendar helps us to helped
sures untouched after more schedule our days and
than 3,000 years, months and to recognize the
seasons of the year. Without
On Feb. 12, 1938, Judy an accurate calendar, would
Blume, popular young-adult the groundhog know when
author, is born in Eliza: February 2nd is? Maybe one
beth, New Jersey. Blume's of those very small calen-
books, which realistically dars that stick on metal or
address such topics as bul- plastic would fit inside the
lying, divorce, friendships groundhogs den.
and family, gained legions of Without a calendar, would
young fans; however, their we know when to file our
content fi'equently led them to income tax returns? Gar-
be banned by school libraries, deners and Farmers have
observed indicators in
On Feb. 11, 1960, the Fed- nature that tell that spring
eral Communications Com- is on the way and it is time
mission proposes a new law to plant. An accurate cal-
making it a criminal act to be endar helps in this. Longer
involved in Payola -- corrupt days in warmer weather
practices in the radio and help signal the approach
music industries that involved of planting time. When
manufacturing a hit by paying : the sun goes down straight
for it to be played on the air. west of us, that is the first
day of spring. Those who
OnFeb. 17,1996,world:hess plant corn say toplant when
championGarryKasparovtri- the new leaves on an oak
umphsoverDeepBlue,IBM's tree are the size of a squir-
chess-playing computer, to, reindeer. Another indicator
show the time for
planting, Those who plant
crops, vegetables, trees or
flowers know these indica-
tors. The custom for plant-
ing Irish potatoes is Saint
Patrick's Day, March 17th;
a calendar helps us to know
which day that is.
Before the days of Julius
Caesar, the Roman Calen-
dar had 12 months, based
on the phases of the moon.
However that calendar was
11 1/2 days short of a true
solar year. Every three years
an extra month called Inter-
calarius was added to make
up the difference. This cal-
endar was very confusing,
because most of the time
it did not correspond to the
true solar year and to the
seasons. It was not very
helpful in telling farmers
when to plant their crops.
The farmers used indicators .endar was 10 days ahead of
and nature to determine the true solar year. The first
seasons and the time to day of spring was occurring
plant crops, on March 1 lth instead of
In 46 B.C Julius Caesar March 21st.
met with some astronomers Pope Gregory XIII met
and scribes and devised a with his astronomers and
new calendar with some scribes. They made correc-
corrections. Our pres- tions, and put the calendar
ent-day calendar is similar back to the true solar year.
to their calendar. Several The Gregorian Calendar is
different cultures had inde- what we use today. The old
pendently observed that Roman Calendar and the
a true solar year was 365 Julian calendar considered
days. Julius and his com- March 1st as New Year's
mittee knew that, but they Day. The month of March
calculated that a true solar was considered to be the
year was 365 1/4 days. To first month. That is why the
compensate for that, their names of the month, SeW
new calendar had a leap tember October November
year. Every 4 years an extra and December are used in
day was added to make up Latin, the Roman language,
for that one fourth day. the names mean 7th, 8th,
Later in history, the astron- 9th, and 10th months.
omers found that the true The Gregorian calendar
solar year was 11 minutes designated January as the
shorter than the 365 1/4 first month, but the names of
days. This didn't make the months remain the same.
much difference at first, The month of July is named
but eventually the error after Julius Caesar, and the
became noticeable. After month of August is named
1600 years, the Julian cal- after Augustus Caesar.
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23, Assault & Battery on
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Gottfried, Dakota Jean,
26, Unlawful Possession
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Intent to Distribute; Pos-
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Former Conviction of a
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