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1640s
1710s
1810s
1860s
1880s
- 1880: ACTRESS LILLIAN RUSSELL DEBUTED AT TONY PASTOR’S THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY
- 1886: STATUE OF LIBERTY BEGAN ROLE AS FIRST U.S. LIGHTHOUSE TO USE ELECTRICITY
1890s
- BORN 1890: CHARLES DE GAULLE (FRENCH GENERAL, WRITER, & STATESMAN)
- DIED 1896: GEORGE W. G. FERRIS JR. (INVENTOR OF THE FERRIS WHEEL)
- BORN 1898: WILEY POST (FIRST PILOT TO FLY SOLO AROUND THE WORLD)
1910s
1920s
- BORN 1921: RODNEY DANGERFIELD (COMEDIAN & ACTOR)
- BORN 1924: GERALDINE PAGE (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1925: GUNTHER SCHULLER (COMPOSER)
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
- 1963: PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND LYNDON B. JOHNSON WAS SWORN IN AS THE 36TH U.S. PRESIDENT
- DIED 1963: JOHN F. KENNEDY (35TH U.S. PRESIDENT)
- DIED 1963: C.S. LEWIS (AUTHOR)
- BORN 1967: MARK RUFFALO (ACTOR)
- BORN 1967: BORIS BECKER (TENNIS PLAYER)
1980s
1990s
- 1990: MARGARET THATCHER RESIGNED AS PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
- DIED 1998: HENRY HAMPTON (DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER)
2000s
- DIED 2001: MARY KAY ASH (ENTREPRENEUR)
- 2009: RACE CAR DRIVER JIMMIE JOHNSON SET A NASCAR RECORD BY WINNING HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP
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