The United Nations General Assembly recommended in 1954 that all countries institute a Universal Children’s Day, to be observed as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between children and of activity promoting the welfare of the world’s children.
Every Year
1720s
1860s
- 1861: THE FINAL RIDE OF THE PONY EXPRESS COMPLETED
- 1866: J. HAVEN & C. HETTRICH PATENTED A WHIRLIGIG (YO-YO)
1880s
- BORN 1884: NORMAN THOMAS (SOCIAL REFORMER)
- 1888: WILLIAM BUNDY RECEIVED PATENT FOR EMPLOYEES’ TIME RECORDER
- BORN 1889: EDWIN POWELL HUBBLE (ASTRONOMER)
1900s
- 1903: MOOSE JAW, SASKATCHEWAN, INCORPORATED AS A CITY
- 1907: FIRE WIPED OUT MOST OF BUSINESS DISTRICT IN OCEANA, WEST VIRGINIA
- BORN 1908: ALISTAIR COOKE (JOURNALIST)
1910s
- 1914: PHOTOS REQUIRED FOR U.S. PASSPORTS
- 1919: TUCSON MUNICIPAL FLYING FIELD IN ARIZONA BECAME THE FIRST MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN THE UNITED STATES
1920s
- BORN 1920: GENE TIERNEY (ACTRESS)
- 1925: FIRST NIGHTTIME PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM AN AIRPLANE OCCURRED OVER ROCHESTER, NY
- BORN 1925: ROBERT F. KENNEDY (POLITICIAN)
1930s
1940s
- DIED 1940: HARRIOT STANTON BLATCH (U.S. SUFFRAGETTE)
- 1942: THE ALCAN HIGHWAY WAS DEDICATED AT SOLDIER’S SUMMIT IN THE YUKON TERRITORY
- BORN 1943: VERONICA HAMEL (ACTRESS)
- 1945: NUREMBERG TRIALS BEGIN IN GERMANY, AN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL, TRYING NAZI OFFENDERS FOR CRIMES AGAINST PEACE, HUMANITY AND THE LAWS OF WAR.
- BORN 1947: JOE WALSH (MUSICIAN)
- 1947: PRINCESS ELIZABETH (LATER TO BE KNOWN AS HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II) MARRIED LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN
1950s
1960s
- BORN 1963: MING-NA (ACTRESS)
- 1966: THE MUSICAL, CABARET, PREMIERED AT THE BROADHURST THEATRE IN NEW YORK
1970s
- BORN 1971: JOEL MCHALE (ACTOR)
- BORN 1975: J. D. DREW (BASEBALL PLAYER)
- BORN 1976: DOMINIQUE DAWES (GYMNAST)
1980s
2000s
- 2001: THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING DEDICATED AS THE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUSTICE BUILDING
- DIED 2006: ROBERT ALTMAN (DIRECTOR)
- 2007: A 2.4-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
- 2007: THE WIZARD OF OZ MUNCHKINS RECEIVED A STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK OF FAME
2010s
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