Every Year

• EMANCIPATION DAY (TEX.)

1620s

• BORN 1623: BLAISE PASCAL (MATHEMATICIAN AND PHYSICIST)

1840s

• 1846: FIRST REAL BASEBALL GAME WITH SET RULES WAS PLAYED IN HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY

1860s

• 1862: SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN U.S. TERRITORIES

1900s

• BORN 1902: GUY LOMBARDO (BAND LEADER)
• BORN 1903: LOU GEHRIG (BASEBALL PLAYER)

1910s

• 1910: THE FIRST FATHER’S DAY WAS OBSERVED IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
• 1912: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ADOPTED AN 8-HOUR DAY FOR ALL ITS EMPLOYEES
• 1914: MINE DISASTER OCCURRED IN HILLCREST, ALBERTA

1930s

• 1934: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) IN THE UNITED STATES, REGULATING INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMUNICATIONS BY RADIO, TELEGRAPH AND CABLE
• DIED 1937: J. M. BARRIE (AUTHOR)

1940s

• BORN 1947: SALMAN RUSHDIE (AUTHOR)
• BORN 1948: PHYLICIA RASHAD (ACTRESS)

1950s

• DIED 1953: ETHEL AND JULIUS ROSENBERG (CONVICTED SPIES)
• BORN 1954: KATHLEEN TURNER (ACTRESS)
• 1958: WHAM-O FILED TO REGISTER HULA HOOP TRADEMARK

1960s

• BORN 1962: PAULA ABDUL (SINGER & TELEVISION PERSONALITY)
• DIED 1966: ED WYNN (ACTOR)

1970s

• 1978: GARFIELD THE CAT MADE HIS COMIC STRIP DEBUT

1990s

• BORN 1995: BLAKE WOODRUFF (ACTOR)

2000s

• 2005: A 5.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST

2010s

• DIED 2013: JAMES GANDOLFINI (ACTOR)

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