Archive for February 1st, 2022

FORMER MAYOR OF PORTLAND, OR. IS DEAD

Bud Clark - Wikipedia

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Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark dead at 90 | KCBY
John Elwood "Bud" Clark, Jr.
(December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022)

PORTLAND, Ore. — Former Portland Mayor Bud Clark
died Tuesday. His daughter said the
cause of death
was congestive heart failure.
 Clark served as mayor
from 1985 to 1992. He was 90.

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DECTIONARY DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1884

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February 1, 1884: The first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, was published. Today, the OED
is the definitive authority on the meaning, pronunciation and history
of over half a million English words, past and present.

J. A. H. Murray in his scriptorium.
James Murray, first editor of the OED.

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FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR TO BE ON A STAMP

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February 1, 1978: Antislavery crusader and Civil War veteran
Harriet Tubman become the first African American woman to
appear on a U.S. postage stamp, the first in the Post Office’s
Black Heritage Series. Tubman’s appearance on stamps was
emblematic both of the progress made in recognizing African
Americans’ contributions to American history and of the
ongoing effort to put abolitionists on equal footing with
slaveowners in the nation’s historical canon.

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Harriet Tubman
(born Araminta Ross, c.
(March 1822 – March 10, 1913)

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