Every Year

• DISCOVERY DAY (PUERTO RICO)

1490s

• 1493: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FIRST SIGHTED WHAT IS NOW PUERTO RICO

1750s

• BORN 1752: GEORGE ROGERS CLARK (MILITARY LEADER)

1790s

• 1794: JAY’S TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GREAT BRITAIN SIGNED

1820s

• DIED 1828: FRANZ SCHUBERT (COMPOSER)

1830s

• BORN 1831: JAMES GARFIELD (20TH U.S. PRESIDENT)

1860s

• 1863: PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN DELIVERED THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
• 1869: HUDSON BAY CO. CEDED TERRITORY TO CANADA

1870s

• 1873: “BOSS” TWEED SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON, NEW YORK CITY

1880s

• DIED 1887: EMMA LAZARUS (POET)

1890s

• 1895: FREDERICK BLAISDELL WAS GRANTED A PATENT FOR A PAPER-WRAPPED PENCIL

1900s

• BORN 1905: TOMMY DORSEY (MUSICIAN)

1920s

• BORN 1921: ROY CAMPANELLA (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• 1928: FIVE-YEAR OLD TIME MAGAZINE PRESENTED A COVER PORTRAIT FOR THE FIRST TIME

1930s

• BORN 1933: LARRY KING (RADIO & TELEVISION PERSONALITY)
• BORN 1936: DICK CAVETT (TALK SHOW HOST)
• BORN 1938: TED TURNER (BUSINESSMAN)

1940s

• BORN 1942: CALVIN KLEIN (FASHION DESIGNER)

1950s

• BORN 1956: EILEEN COLLINS (ASTRONAUT)
• 1957: LEONARD BERNSTEIN APPOINTED MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
• 1959: FORD MOTOR CO. DISCONTINUED THE EDSEL

1960s

• BORN 1961: MEG RYAN (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1962: JODIE FOSTER (ACTRESS)
• 1969: PELE, BRAZILIAN SOCCER STAR, SCORES HIS 1000TH GOAL, AT MARACANA STADIUM, RIO DE JANIERO.

1970s

• DIED 1976: SIR BASIL SPENCE (ARCHITECT)

1990s

• 1999: JOHN CARPENTER BECAME THE FIRST CONTESTANT TO WIN $1,000,000 ON THE GAME SHOW WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE

2000s

• 2002: DAVID L. PICKENS GRANTED PATENT FOR “REGISTERED PEDIGREE STUFFED ANIMALS”

2010s

• DIED 2014: MIKE NICHOLS (DIRECTOR)
• DIED 2015: RON HYNES (CANADIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER)
• DIED 2017: DELLA REESE (SINGER AND ACTRESS)
• DIED 2019: LARRY KORN (AGRICULTURAL EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR)

2020s

• 2021: PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.

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