1810s

• 1812: FIRST U.S. FOREIGN AID BILL AUTHORIZED $50,000 FOR RELIEF OF VICTIMS OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUELA

1820s

• 1820: MISSOURI COMPROMISE WAS PASSED BY U.S. CONGRESS, ADMITTING MAINE AS A FREE STATE AND MISSOURI AS A SLAVE STATE

1830s

• BORN 1831: GEORGE MORTIMER PULLMAN (INDUSTRIALIST; DESIGNED LUXURY RAILROAD CARS)

1840s

• 1845: FLORIDA ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE 27TH STATE
• BORN 1847: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (INVENTOR)

1860s

• 1861: SERFS WERE EMANCIPATED IN RUSSIA
• 1863: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SIGNED INTO EXISTENCE BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ISSUES

1870s

• 1875: FIRST ORGANIZED ICE HOCKEY MATCH, MONTREAL, CANADA
• 1875: CARMEN, BY GEORGES BIZET, PREMIERED IN PARIS
• 1879: BELVA ANN BENNET LOCKWOOD BECAME FIRST WOMAN TO TRY A CASE BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

1880s

• 1887: ANNE SULLIVAN BEGAN TEACHING DEAF/BLIND HELEN KELLER

1900s

• 1901: THE U.S. STEEL CORP. WAS FORMED
• 1903: SING SING PRISON IN OSSINING, NEW YORK, BEGAN TAKING PRISONERS’ FINGERPRINTS

1910s

• BORN 1911: JEAN HARLOW (ACTRESS)
• 1915: THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (NACA), THE PREDECESSOR OF NASA, WAS FOUNDED
• BORN 1918: ARNOLD NEWMAN (PHOTOGRAPHER)
• 1918: TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK SIGNED BY RUSSIA AND THE CENTRAL POWERS
• 1919: FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL DELIVERY WAS MADE FROM VANCOUVER, BC, TO SEATTLE, WA

1920s

• BORN 1920: JAMES MONTGOMERY DOOHAN (ACTOR, LINGUIST)

1930s

• 1931: THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER WAS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM
• 1937: FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF GENERAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION (LATER, NWF), 1937.

1940s

• BORN 1940: PERRY ELLIS (FASHION DESIGNER)

1950s

• 1952: PUERTO RICO BECAME A U.S. COMMONWEALTH, WITH AUTONOMY IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS
• 1953: FIRST FATAL JETLINER ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A CANADIAN PLANE CRASHED IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN
• BORN 1958: MIRANDA RICHARDSON (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1959: LOU COSTELLO (ACTOR & COMEDIAN)
• 1959: PIONEER 4, FIRST U.S. SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT SUN, LAUNCHED

1960s

• BORN 1962: JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE (HEPTATHLON ATHLETE; OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST)
• BORN 1962: HERSCHEL WALKER (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
• 1969: APOLLO 9 SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED FROM CAPE KENNEDY

1980s

• 1980: PIERRE TRUDEAU REPLACED JOE CLARK AS PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
• BORN 1982: JESSICA BIEL (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1987: DANNY KAYE (ACTOR)

1990s

• DIED 1991: ARTHUR MURRAY (DANCE TEACHER)
• DIED 1998: FRED FRIENDLY (DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER)

2000s

• DIED 2003: HANK BALLARD (SINGER AND SONGWRITER WHO WROTE AND RECORDED THE TWIST IN 1958 WHICH LATER WAS RECORDED BY CHUBBY CHECKER)
• 2005: STEVE FOSSETT BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD SOLO WITHOUT STOPPING OR REFUELING, SAFELY TOUCHING DOWN IN HIS CUSTOM-BUILT PLANE 67 HOURS AFTER TAKING OFF

2010s

• DIED 2011: JAMES LUDLOW ELLIOT (ASTRONOMER WHO DISCOVERED THE RINGS OF URANUS)
• 2012: A 50-POUND 6-OUNCE SMALLMOUTH BUFFALO FISH WAS CAUGHT IN LAKE FORK, TEXAS

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