1630s

• 1631: RELIGIOUS LEADER ROGER WILLIAMS ARRIVED IN AMERICA (BOSTON)

1780s

• BORN 1784: NANCY HANKS LINCOLN (MOTHER OF U.S. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN)

1840s

• 1840: FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION
• 1846: THE OREGON SPECTATOR WAS THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

1900s

• 1901: EDWIN PRESCOTT WAS GRANTED A PATENT FOR A CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY (AN EARLY DESIGN OF A LOOPING ROLLER COASTER)

1910s

• BORN 1914: WILLIAM BURROUGHS (AUTHOR)
• BORN 1919: RED BUTTONS (ACTOR)

1920s

• 1921: THE YANKEES BOUGHT 10 ACRES IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK, FOR A STADIUM100 Years Ago

1930s

• BORN 1934: HANK AARON (BASEBALL PLAYER)

1940s

• BORN 1942: ROGER STAUBACH (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
• 1948: RICHARD BUTTON WON OLYMPIC GOLD FOR FIGURE SKATING
• BORN 1948: BARBARA HERSHEY (ACTRESS)

1950s

• 1952: THE FIRST “DON’T WALK” AUTOMATIC SIGNS WERE INSTALLED IN NEW YORK CITY
• 1953: WALT DISNEY’S PETER PAN PREMIERED

1960s

• BORN 1964: LAURA LINNEY (ACTRESS)

1970s

• BORN 1971: SARA EVANS (COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER)
• DIED 1972: MARIANNE MOORE (POET)

1980s

• 1980: CANADIAN INDUSTRIALIST AND WILLIAM STEPHENSON INVESTED AS COMPANION OF ORDER OF CANADA

2000s

• 2002: RHESSI (THEN CALLED HESSI) LAUNCHED TO STUDY SOLAR FLARES. (RHESSI STANDS FOR REUVEN RAMATY HIGH ENERGY SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGER.)
• DIED 2004: SAMUEL M. RUBIN, KNOWN AS “SAM THE POPCORN MAN” (THE FIRST TO POP CORN IN MACHINES ON A WIDESPREAD BASIS IN THEATERS)
• 2005: THE NATIONAL ZOO’S FIRST LITTER OF CHEETAHS IN 115 YEARS WENT ON DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC
• DIED 2006: FRANKLIN COVER (ACTOR)

2010s

• DIED 2011: BRIAN JACQUES (CHILDREN’S AUTHOR)

2020s

• DIED 2020: KIRK DOUGLAS (ACTOR)

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