Library for Deaf Action's Deaf Culture Calendar

February 16, 1857 -- Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, known as Kendall School, opens. Founded by Amos Kendall Now a part of […]

Thomas Brown - Born February 25, 1804, in Henniker, NH; also his last home address site. Died March 23, 1886. First deaf American grassroots leader and a NAD seed planter […]

Edwin Allan Hodgson - Born February 28, 1854, in Manchester, England. Died August 13, 1933; last home address site: New York City.Second president and one of the three co-founders of […]

Deaf History MonthMarch 13-April 15, since 1997 To commemorate the three most important deaf cultural dates in American historyMarch 13, 1988: The victory of the Deaf President Now movement at […]

Sophia Fowler Gallaudet - Born March 20, 1798, in Guilford, CT. Died May 13, 1877; her last home address site: Hartford, CT.Influential advocate to the US Congress on behalf of […]

David Peikoff - Born March 21, 1900, in Yanoschina, Polava Province, Russia. Died January 28, 1995; last home address site: Greenbelt, MD.Dynamic leader who was known to hold the office […]

April 8, 1864 -- Charter signed by United States President Abraham Lincoln authorizing the Board of Directors of Gallaudet University to grant college degrees to deaf students. Dr. Edward Miner […]

Byron Benton Burnes - Born April 13, 1904, in Batavia, IA. Died August 25, 1999; his last home address site: Martinez, CA.Taught many years at California School for the Deaf. […]

April 15, 1817 -- Establishment of the first permanent public school in the Western Hemisphere for deaf students, now known as American School for the Deaf, located in Hartford, Connecticut. […]

Erastus “Deaf” Smith - Born April 19, 1787, near Poughkeepsie, NY. Died November 30, 1837; last home address site: Richmond, TX.Chief scout and spy for a Texas army; Texas’s folk […]

Robert P. McGregor - Born April 26, 1849, in Lockland, OH. Died December 21, 1926; Last home address site: Columbus, OH.First president and one of the three co-founders of NAD. […]

Better Hearing and Speech MonthMay, since 1927To raise public understanding about hearing, voice, speech, and language disorders, and recognize speech and hearing professionals for the important work they do. American […]