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Bob Marley b. February 6, 1945 d. May 11, 1981 Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter and Rastafarian. "My first colored pencil on batik was of this "first" in the world of reggae music. His smile looking back at me in February 2006, encouraged me to "go ahead! try it, mon!"
February 9, 1964 The Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show to a television audience of 73 million people.
February 12 Charles Darwin 1809 Abraham Lincoln 1809 Christina Ricci 1980
February 12, 1967 Keith Richards (with Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful) become the first of “the famous rock stars busted for drugs.”
February 13, 1945 Kurt Vonnegut survives the Allied firebombing of Dresden, Germany. This will become the inspiration for his best-selling novel: Slaughterhouse Five
February 22 George Washington 1732 Drew Barrymore 1975
February 23, 1956 Marilyn Monroe becomes the legal name for Norma Jeane Mortenson.
George Harrison b. February 25, 1943 d. November 29, 2001 English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter lead guitarist in The Beatles. “The “Quiet Beatle” was never really quiet— though sometimes silenced—his contributions are all crystal clear.”
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