A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 13th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 13, 1542, the Queen of England and wife of King Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, was executed for adultery. On February 13, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to stand trial before the Catholic Inquisition for heresy. On February 13, 1919, American football legend Eddie Robinson was born in Jackson, Louisiana. On February 13, 1920, the Negro National League of professional baseball was founded,…

A Brief History On February 13, 1919, American football legend Eddie Robinson was born in Jackson, Louisiana. Digging Deeper Eddie was born into a working family and earned his BA in English from Leland College at Baker, Louisiana while playing quarterback on their football team.  He later earned his MA at the University of Iowa in 1954. In the meantime, Eddie compiled an incredible record as the football coach at Grambling State University in Louisiana, from 1941 to 1997, amassing a record of 408 wins, 165 losses, and 15 ties.  Robinson retired in 1997 and died at the age of…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 12th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 12, 1733, James Oglethorpe founded the English Province of Georgia, later to become the Colony of Georgia in 1752, the Southernmost and last of the 13 Colonies that would later become the United States of America. On February 12, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a coalition of White Americans and African…

A Brief History On February 12, 1733, James Oglethorpe founded the English Province of Georgia, later to become the Colony of Georgia in 1752, the Southernmost and last of the 13 Colonies that would later become the United States of America. Digging Deeper Georgia was named after King George II, who had issued the charter allowing for its colonization.  The first settlement was at Savannah, and Georgia was the 4th state admitted to the Union in 1788. Known as The Peach State, Georgia’s capital is Atlanta, a city of a half million, although its metropolitan area is over 6 million,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 11th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 11, 1812, Elbridge Gerry, the Governor of Massachusetts, was accused of manipulating voting districts in a bizarre, uneven way in order to tailor voting demographics to suit his own political benefit. On February 11, 1823, a tragedy occurred at the Carnival celebration mass at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, in what was then the British Crown Colony…