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1520s

• 1520: NAVIGATOR FERDINAND MAGELLAN REACHED THE PACIFIC, EMERGING FROM WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN

1750s

• BORN 1757: WILLIAM BLAKE (POET)

1820s

• BORN 1820: FRIEDRICH ENGELS (PHILOSOPHER)

1850s

• BORN 1851: EARL GREY (CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL 1904 – 1911)
• DIED 1859: WASHINGTON IRVING (WRITER)

1860s

• BORN 1865: JAMES CONNOLLY (FIRST CHAMPION OF MODERN OLYMPICS)
• BORN 1866: HENRY BACON (ARCHITECT)

1880s

• 1885: BANFF HOT SPRINGS RESERVE (LATER RENAMED BANFF NATIONAL PARK) ESTABLISHED
• 1888: NORTH PACIFIC CANNING COMPANY FORMED, BRITISH COLUMBIA

1890s

• 1895: FIRST RECORDED AUTOMOBILE RACE IN AMERICA. SIX CARS LEFT CHICAGO’S JACKSON PARK FOR A 54 MILE RACE TO EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, AND BACK THROUGH THE SNOW

1900s

• BORN 1907: ALBERTO MORAVIA (WRITER)

1920s

• 1925: GRAND OLE OPRY MADE ITS RADIO DEBUT
• BORN 1929: BERRY GORDY, JR. (FOUNDER OF MOTOWN RECORDS)

1930s

• BORN 1936: GARY HART (POLITICIAN)
• DIED 1939: JAMES NAISMITH (INVENTED GAME OF BASKETBALL)

1940s

• BORN 1942: PAUL WARFIELD (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
• 1942: IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A FIRE IN THE COCOANUT GROVE NIGHT CLUB KILLED 492 PEOPLE
• BORN 1943: RANDY NEWMAN (SINGER & SONGWRITER)
• DIED 1945: DWIGHT DAVIS (TENNIS PLAYER)
• BORN 1949: PAUL SHAFFER (MUSICIAN & COMPOSER)
• BORN 1949: ALEXANDER GODUNOV (COMPOSER, BALLET DANCER, & ACTOR)

1950s

• BORN 1958: DAVE RIGHETTI (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1959: JUDD NELSON (ACTOR)

1960s

• BORN 1962: JON STEWART (ACTOR)

1970s

• 1974: JOHN LENNON MADE A CONCERT APPEARANCE AT NYC’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

1980s

• BORN 1984: MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1988: SCARLETT N. POMERS (ACTRESS)

1990s

• DIED 1993: GARRY MOORE (COMEDIAN)
• 1995: U.S. BILL SIGNED ALLOWING STATES TO SET THEIR OWN SPEED LIMITS25 Years Ago

2010s

• DIED 2010: LESLIE NIELSEN (ACTOR)
• 2012: PENUMBRAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
• DIED 2014: DALE ARMSTRONG (DRAG RACER)

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