Known for: Businessman; cabman; saloon operator; livery stable and stagecoach operator
Notable facts: Date of death: Feb. 1, 1873; George was born in Kingston, Ontario to enslaved parents Mink and Nancy Mink. He received government contracts to carry mail on one of his stagecoach routes as well as to transport people. George and his brother James (born c. 1792-Sept. 13, 1868) won contracts to transport prisoners between the Kingston Penitentiary and the Don Jail. Mink’s Bridge on County Road 1 east of Napanee is named for the family, who lived nearby.
Known for: Art; Black Future Month 3016: 4th Annual Afrofuturism Art Exhibition
Notable facts: Event was part of the annual Black History Month Program at OCAD University. The Black Future Month 3016 Art Exhibition was the longest consecutive annual Black art exhibit in Toronto. The overarching theme of the 4th Annual Afrofuturism Art Exhibition was exploring the infinite ways of beings in the far-off distant future as envisioned by Black people over the spectrum of a thousand years from 2016.
Notable facts: Opened business, T by Daniel tea bar on Feb. 13, 2014; served tea to Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at an undisclosed location in Ontario on Jun. 30, 2017.
Notable facts: Date of birth:Feb. 19, 1928; Date of death: Dec. 13, 1996; Canada’s Heavyweight Boxing Champion (Jun. 14, 1952 - Nov. 2, 1955); inducted into Canada’s Boxing Hall of Fame in 1978.
Notable facts: Date of death: Feb. 24, 2013; retired as a Major in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was Canada’s first Black jet fighter pilot and an A1 flying instructor. Peters was the Canadian Armed Forces’ first human rights officer and an adviser to the United Nations.
Notable facts: Date of birth: 1812; date of death: Feb. 26, 1890; escaped Kentucky with his wife Lucie Blackburn on Jul. 3, 1831; operated Toronto's first taxi company called "The City."
Notable facts: Date of birth: 1907; date of death: Feb. 28, 1989; in Sept. 1942, Parker became the first Black constable to be employed by the Windsor Police Department. In Jul. 1951, Parker became the first African Canadian to achieve the rank of detective in Canada.
