A bit of February 19th history…
356 - Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
1906 - Will Kellogg and Charles Bolin found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, now Kellogg’s
1910 - Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon)is freed from her 1st period of forced isolation and goes on to cause several further outbreaks of typhoid in the NY area (pictured)
1914 - 4 yr old Charlotte Pierstorff mailed by train from Idaho to her grandparents’ house 73 miles away in most famous “child in the post” instance
1942 - FDR orders detention and internment of all west coast Japanese-Americans
1968 - “Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood” debuts
A bit of February 19th history… 356 - Emperor Constantius II...