1510s
1840s
1860s
- 1861: JEFFERSON DAVIS INAUGURATED AS PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT OF CONFEDERATE STATES
- 1862: FIRST SESSION OF CONFEDERATE CONGRESS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
1870s
1880s
1900s
1930s
- 1930: PLANET PLUTO DISCOVERED BY CLYDE W. TOMBAUGH AT LOWELL OBSERVATORY IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
- 1930: ELM FARM OLLIE, A GUERNSEY, BECAME THE FIRST COW TO FLY IN AN AIRPLANE. ON THE SAME TRIP SHE ALSO BECAME THE FIRST COW MILKED IN FLIGHT
- BORN 1931: TONI MORRISON (AUTHOR)
1950s
- BORN 1950: CYBILL SHEPARD (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1954: JOHN TRAVOLTA (ACTOR)
- BORN 1957: VANNA WHITE (GAME SHOW HOSTESS)
1960s
1970s
1990s
- 1995: HIROYUKI GOTO RECITED PI TO 42,195 DIGITS
- 1997: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK, A CHRISTIAN TV NETWORK, CANCELLED PAT BOONE’S WEEKLY GOSPEL MUSIC SHOW AFTER HE APPEARED IN BLACK LEATHER AND FAKE TATTOOS ON THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS SHOW
- DIED 1998: HARRY CARAY (SPORTSCASTER)
2000s
2010s
- 2010: EVAN LYSACEK WON THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN MEN’S FIGURE SKATING. HE BECAME THE FIRST U.S. MAN TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL SINCE BRIAN BOITANO IN 1988
- 2016: “FIRENADO” CAPTURED ON VIDEO, PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI
- DIED 2019: WALLACE SMITH BROECKER (AMERICAN GEOCHEMIST)
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