Everybody has a different way of waking up in the morning. Here's a way to start out your morning, by gathering with a like minded bunch of people to swap stories about geocaching over a cup of Joe.
It's the first Saturday of the month and it's the middle of winter. The Super Bowl is tomorrow, so what better way to break out your football jerseys, come down and enjoy some coffee and geocaching conversations, or perhaps football conversations as well.
Come on down and grab a cup of coffee and spend some time shooting the breeze with other local geocachers. You'll be able to trade travel bugs and just hang out for awhile while you recharge your batteries with your favorite type of morning beverage.
This event will be held at the Philz Coffee at 330 W. Bonita Ave., in Claremont. The event will start at 8:00 AM and end somewhere around 9:30 in the morning. There should be plenty of parking for this event and there's a nice outdoor patio if you want to bring your pooches to the event.
On this date in history:
February 7, 1812 : The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
February 7, 1900 : A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 7, 1940 : The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
February 7, 1964 : The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.
February 7, 1979 : Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
February 7, 2013 : The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
Notable birthdays on this date in history:
February 7, 1478: Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1535)
February 7, 1804: John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company (died 1886)
February 7, 1812: Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (died 1870)
February 7, 1867: Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (died 1957)
February 7, 1908: Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (died 1983)
February 7, 1932: Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist
Notable deaths on this date in history:
February 7, 1938: Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (born 1868)
February 7, 1959: Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)
February 7, 1968: Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1931)
February 7, 2001: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (born 1906)
February 7, 2015: Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931)
February 7, 2019: Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)