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This Week’s Birthdays – Week of February 6

February 6, 1945 – Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician.

Bob Marley

February 7, 1867 – Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family.

Laura Ingalls Wilders birthplace

February 8, 1969 – Mary Catherine McCormack, an American actress.

Mary McCormack

February 9, 1737 – Thomas “Tom” Paine, an English author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Statue of Thomas Paine

February 10, 1901 – Stella Adler, an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Stella Adler's Hollywood star

February 11, 1847 – Thomas Alva Edison, an American inventor, scientist, and businessman.

Thomas Edison's Hollywood star

February 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln in Juárez