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1780s
1800s
1820s
- 1821: RUSSIAN DECREE ISSUED CONCERNING NORTHWEST AMERICA200 Years Ago
- BORN 1824: ANTON BRUCKNER (COMPOSER)
1830s
1880s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1950s
- 1954: FIRST TRANSIT OF MCCLURE STRAIT (NORTHWEST PASSAGE) MADE BY THE US NAVY ICEBREAKER, BURTON ISLAND AND US COAST GUARD ICEBREAKER, NORTHWIND
- 1957: FORD MOTOR COMPANY INTRODUCED THE EDSEL
1960s
- BORN 1960: DAMON WAYANS (ACTOR)
- DIED 1965: ALBERT SCHWEITZER (PHYSICIAN)
- BORN 1968: MIKE PIAZZA (BASEBALL PLAYER)
1970s
- 1972: THIEVES STOLE $2 MILLION IN ART FROM MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
- 1972: BOB BARKER BEGAN HOSTING THE PRICE IS RIGHT
- 1972: U.S. SWIMMER, MARK SPITZ, BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN SEVEN GOLD MEDALS IN A SINGLE OLYMPICS
- BORN 1973: JASON DAVID FRANK (ACTOR)
1980s
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2006: “CROCODILE HUNTER” STEVE IRWIN DIED FROM A STINGRAY BARB WOUND TO THE CHEST WHILE FILMING A DOCUMENTARY
- 2009: A 127-POUND CABBAGE WON A PRIZE AT THE ALASKA STATE FAIR
2010s
- DIED 2014: JOAN RIVERS (COMEDIENNE)
- 2018: A 50-YEAR OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOK, THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I, WAS RETURNED TO THE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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