Every Year

• CONFEDERATE HEROES DAY (TEXAS, UNITED STATES)

1730s

• BORN 1736: JAMES WATT (INVENTOR)

1800s

• BORN 1807: ROBERT E. LEE (CONFEDERATE GENERAL)
• BORN 1809: EDGAR ALLEN POE (AUTHOR)

1820s

• 1825: TIN CAN PATENTED

1830s

• BORN 1839: PAUL CÉZANNE (PAINTER)

1840s

• 1840: EXPLORER CHARLES WILKES CLAIMED DISCOVERY OF ANTARCTICA

1890s

• 1898: FIRST BROWN VS. HARVARD ICE HOCKEY GAME TOOK PLACE

1920s

• BORN 1923: JEAN STAPLETON (ACTRESS)

1930s

• BORN 1934: PATSY ROWLANDS (ACTRESS)

1940s

• BORN 1946: DOLLY PARTON (SINGER)
• BORN 1947: PAULA DEEN (CHEF)
• 1949: LAW RAISED SALARY OF U.S. PRESIDENT TO $100,000

1950s

• BORN 1953: DESI ARNAZ, JR. (ACTOR, SON OF LUCILLE BALL AND DESI ARNAZ)

1960s

• 1961: U.S. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) AUTHORIZED FIRST SPACE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS.

1970s

• BORN 1973: DREA DE MATTEO (ACTRESS)
• 1978: THE LAST OLD-STYLE, GERMAN-MADE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE LEFT THE PLANT IN EMDEN, GERMANY

1980s

• DIED 1980: WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (SUPREME COURT JUSTICE)

1990s

• 1990: ASTRONAUT ROBERTA BONDAR BECAME THE FIRST CANADIAN WOMAN TO BE SELECTED FOR A SPACE MISSION
• DIED 1997: JAMES DICKEY (WRITER)
• DIED 1998: CARL PERKINS (MUSICIAN)

2000s

• DIED 2006: WILSON PICKETT (SINGER)
• DIED 2007: DENNY DOHERTY (ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE MUSICAL GROUP THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS)
• DIED 2008: SUZANNE PLESHETTE (ACTRESS)

2010s

• DIED 2013: STAN “THE MAN” MUSIAL (BASEBALL PLAYER)

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