1730s
1740s
1780s
1790s
1820s
1890s
1900s
- BORN 1905: CHRISTIAN DIOR (FASHION DESIGNER)
- 1908: NEW YORK CITY’S SULLIVAN ORDINANCE MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES
1910s
1930s
1940s
- BORN 1940: JACK NICKLAUS (GOLFER)
- BORN 1941: PLÁCIDO DOMINGO (TENOR)
- 1941: FIRST COMMERCIAL EXTRACTION OF MAGNESIUM FROM SEAWATER BEGAN, IN FREEPORT, TEXAS
1950s
- DIED 1950: GEORGE ORWELL (AUTHOR)
- BORN 1950: BILLY OCEAN (SINGER)
- 1954: U.S.S. NAUTILUS, WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE, WAS LAUNCHED
- BORN 1956: GEENA DAVIS (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1956: ROBBY BENSON (ACTOR)
- DIED 1959: CECIL B. DEMILLE (DIRECTOR)
1960s
1970s
- 1977: PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ISSUED A PARDON FOR VIETNAM WAR DRAFT EVADERS
- 1979: PITTSBURGH STEELERS WON THEIR THIRD SUPER BOWL
1980s
- DIED 1985: JAMES BEARD (CHEF & FOOD WRITER)
- 1987: ARETHA FRANKLIN BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
1990s
2000s
2020s
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