Road crew with shovels stand on foster road after clearing
snow off street during 1916 winter snowfall, Foster Road
in SE Portland, Jan. 21. 1916.
Oregon Historical Society

Snow removal at SW Tichner Dr., near Council Crest in
Portland, circa 1956.

Crew busy at snow removal on SW 12th Ave between Main
and Jefferson St., Feb. 2, 1950.
City of Portland Auditor’s Office

Snow removal on SW Broadway and Yamhill, Jan. 25, 1943.
City of Portland

Digging out a street car after a heavy snow fall, on East
Glisan near East 39th Avenue, circa 1916.
Oregon Historical Society

Feb 1., 1937 saw 12.8 inches of snow in downtown Portland.
City of Portland Auditor’s Office

Snow along Sandy Boulevard today in Northeast Portland.
KATU image

On February 13, 1923, the New York Renaissance, the first
all-Black professional basketball team, was organized.

The Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one
of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s.

Robert L. Douglas (1882 – 1979)

Nicknamed the "Father of Black
Professional Basketball", Douglas
owned and coached the Rens from
1923 to 1949, guiding them to a
2,318-381 record.

Jennings was a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He
is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement
in country music.

On February 13, 2002, Jennings died in his sleep from
complications of diabetes at his home in Chandler,
Arizona, aged 64.

Jennings worked as a performer and DJ on radio KLLL in
1958.

Waylon Jennings (left) & Buddy Holly in 1959.

1940

1965

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz 
(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)

Schulz was an cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts
which features his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown
and Snoopy.

He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists
in history.

Schulz died in his sleep of a heart attack at his home in Santa
Rosa, California, at the age of 77. He was suffering from
colorectal cancer.