1570s

• BORN 1571: JOHANNES KEPLER (ASTRONOMER)

1770s

• BORN 1773: “FATHER OF AVIATION” SIR GEORGE CAYLEY

1820s

• BORN 1822: LOUIS PASTEUR (CHEMIST)

1860s

• 1864: AN ILL YOUTH IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, WROTE IN HIS DIARY: “I DON’T SEE NO NEED OF BEING SICK NOW THAT SCHOOL IS OUT. DARN IT!”

1890s

• BORN 1896: LOUIS BROMFIELD (WRITER)

1900s

• 1900: PROHIBITIONIST CARRY NATION CARRIED OUT HER FIRST PUBLIC SMASHING OF A BAR AT THE CAREY HOTEL IN WICHITA, KANSAS
• 1904: J. M. BARRIE’S PLAY PETER PAN PREMIERED IN LONDON

1910s

• BORN 1910: CHARLES OLSON (POET)

1920s

• DIED 1923: GUSTAVE EIFFEL (ARCHITECT)

1930s

• 1932: RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL OPENED IN NEW YORK CITY

1940s

• 1941: RUBBER RATIONING BEGAN IN THE U.S. WITH RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON RUBBER TIRES
• BORN 1943: COKIE ROBERTS (JOURNALIST)
• 1947: THE FIRST EPISODE OF THE HOWDY DOODY SHOW AIRED

1950s

• BORN 1952: TOVAH FELDSHUH (ACTRESS)

1970s

• DIED 1972: LESTER PEARSON (CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER)
• BORN 1975: HEATHER O’ROURKE (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1979: CARSON PALMER (FOOTBALL PLAYER)

1980s

• DIED 1981: HOAGY CARMICHAEL (COMPOSER)
• BORN 1981: EMILIE DE RAVIN (ACTRESS)
• 1984: ALH 84001 MARS METEORITE FOUND IN ANTARCTICA
• 1987: STEVE LARGENT’S 752ND CAREER CATCH SET NFL RECORD

2000s

• DIED 2002: GEORGE ROY HILL (DIRECTOR)
• DIED 2003: SIR ALAN BATES (ACTOR)

2010s

• DIED 2012: NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF (ARMY GENERAL)
• DIED 2016: CARRIE FISHER (ACTRESS)

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