1790s
1870s
1890s
1900s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
- 1962: ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH. HE MADE 3 TRIPS AROUND THE EARTH IN HIS MERCURY-ATLAS SPACECRAFT, FRIENDSHIP 7, IN JUST UNDER 5 HOURS
- BORN 1963: CHARLES BARKLEY (BASKETBALL PLAYER)
- BORN 1966: CINDY CRAWFORD (MODEL)
- BORN 1967: LILI TAYLOR (ACTRESS)
1970s
1980s
- DIED 1980: ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH (LAST SURVIVING CHILD OF TEDDY ROOSEVELT)
- DIED 1982: RENE DUBOS (ENVIRONMENTALIST, MICROBIOLOGIST)
- 1986: U.S.S.R.’S MIR SPACE STATION LAUNCHED
- BORN 1988: RIHANNA (SINGER)
1990s
2000s
- 2003: THE STATION NIGHTCLUB EXPERIENCED THE FOURTH DEADLIEST NIGHTCLUB FIRE IN U.S. HISTORY, KILLING 100 PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE THAN 200. THE FIRE STARTED WHEN PYROTECHNICS SET OFF BY GREAT WHITE, THE ROCK BAND PLAYING THAT NIGHT, LIT FLAMMABLE SOUNDPROOFING FOAM BEHIND THE STAGE
- DIED 2005: SANDRA DEE (ACTRESS)
- DIED 2005: JOHN RAITT (ACTOR)
- DIED 2005: HUNTER S. THOMPSON (JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR WHO UNLEASHED THE CONCEPT OF “GONZO JOURNALISM” IN BOOKS LIKE FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS)
2010s
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