The following is excerpted from the Parabola Calendar Project.
Sunday 21
- 1907 – Birth of poet W. H. Auden.
-1958 – The Peace symbol is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
Monday 22
1040 – Jewish rabbi and scholar Rashi is born.
2006 – Al Askari Mosque/Shrine, one of the holiest Shi’ite Muslim sites, is bombed. (Pictured left.)
Tuesday 23
1455 -The first print run of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed from movable type, begins.
Wednesday 24
303 – The Roman Emperor Galerius publishes an edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of Rome.
1786 – Birth of German folklorist Wilhelm Grimm.
1836 – American artist Winslow Homer is born.
Thursday 25
Fast of Esther. Jewish – Fast commemorating the three-day fast of Jewish people in the story of Purim.
1841 – French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir is born.
1925 – American author and artist Edward Gorey is born.
Friday 26
Milad un Nabi. Muslim – Holiday to celebrate the birthday of Muhammad. Shia Muslims celebrate this 5 days later.
1802 – Birth of French writer Victor Hugo.
1891 – Birth of Wallace Fard Muhammad. Muhammad was a preacher and the founder of the American Black-Nationalist movement, the Nation of Islam. He was believed by followers to be Allah in human form.
Saturday 27
1807 – American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is born.
1861 – Birth of Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and founder of Anthroposophy, Waldorf education, and biodynamic agriculture. (Pictured left.)