February 3
1468 Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, died.
1809 Felix Mendelssohn, German composer/pianist/teacher, was born.
1843 Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, American born Canadian railway official, was born.
1894 Norman Rockwell, American illustrator, was born.
1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, died.
1916 The Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burned down.
1959 Rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
February 4
1783 Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.
1846 The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Utah Territory.
1902 Charles A. Lindbergh, American aviator who became the first man to fly the Atlantic solo nonstop from the United States to Europe, was born.
1906 Clyde W Tombaugh, American astronomer who discovered Pluto, was born.
1987 Pianist Liberace died at age 67.
2004 Facebook was launched as a social networking Web site limited to Harvard University students.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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