1470s

• BORN 1475: MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (PAINTER & SCULPTOR)

1520s

• 1521: GUAM DISCOVERED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN

1640s

• 1646: FIRST MACHINE PATENT ISSUED IN NORTH AMERICA WAS GRANTED TO JOSEPH JENCKES OF MASSACHUSETTS

1800s

• BORN 1806: ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (POET)

1810s

• 1819: U.S. SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN LANDMARK MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND DECISION

1830s

• 1834: THE CITY OF TORONTO, CANADA, INCORPORATED; WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE WAS ITS FIRST MAYOR
• 1836: AFTER A 13-DAY SIEGE, THE TEXAS FORT, THE ALAMO, WAS RECAPTURED BY MEXICAN GENERAL SANTA ANNA
• DIED 1836: DAVY CROCKETT AND JAMES BOWIE (DIED DEFENDING THE ALAMO)

1850s

• 1853: VERDI’S OPERA LA TRAVIATA PREMIERED IN VENICE, ITALY

1870s

• BORN 1870: OSCAR STRAUS (COMPOSER)

1880s

• 1886: FIRST U.S. MAGAZINE FOR NURSES PUBLISHED
• DIED 1888: LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (AUTHOR)

1890s

• 1896: CHARLES BRADY KING DROVE THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE ON THE STREETS OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN
• 1899: ASPIRIN WAS PATENTED ON BEHALF OF FRIEDRICH BAYER & CO.

1900s

• 1902: CONGRESS ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT CENSUS OFFICE (LATER, U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS)
• BORN 1906: LOU COSTELLO (COMEDIAN)
• 1906: NORA STANTON BLATCH BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS

1910s

• 1912: THE FIRST USE OF DIRIGIBLES IN WARFARE TOOK PLACE IN AN ITALIAN ACTION AGAINST THE TURKS IN TRIPOLI

1920s

• BORN 1923: ED MCMAHON (TV PERSONALITY)
• BORN 1924: SARAH CALDWELL (CONDUCTOR)
• BORN 1928: GABRIEL GARCIA-MARQUEZ (AUTHOR)

1930s

• 1930: CLARENCE BIRDSEYE’S FIRST FROZEN FOOD APPEARED IN GROCERY STORES IN SPRINGFIELD, MA
• DIED 1932: JOHN PHILIP SOUSA (BAND LEADER, CONDUCTOR, & COMPOSER)
• 1933: A NATIONWIDE BANK HOLIDAY DECLARED BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WENT INTO EFFECT TO HELP SAVE THE NATION’S FALTERING BANKING SYSTEM
• BORN 1936: MARION BARRY (POLITICIAN)
• BORN 1937: VALENTINA TERESHKOVA (COSMONAUT)

1940s

• 1944: IN AN ALLIED AIR OFFENSIVE, OVER 600 PLANES BOMBED BERLIN (WW II)
• BORN 1947: DAVID GILMOUR (MUSICIAN)
• BORN 1947: ROB REINER (ACTOR & DIRECTOR)

1950s

• 1955: COMEDIENNE PHYLLIS DILLER MADE HER DEBUT IN SAN FRANCISCO AT THE PURPLE ONION NIGHTCLUB
• 1957: GHANA DECLARED AN INDEPENDENT NATION

1960s

• BORN 1968: MOIRA KELLY (ACTRESS)

1970s

• 1970: NOTRE DAME STAR AUSTIN CARR SCORED SINGLE-GAME NCAA BASKETBALL PLAYOFF RECORD 61 POINTS AS THE IRISH BEAT OHIO UNIVERSITY 112-82 IN AN NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME
• BORN 1972: SHAQUILLE O’NEAL (BASKETBALL PLAYER)

1980s

• 1981: CBS EVENING NEWS ANCHORMAN WALTER CRONKITE RETIRED AFTER 19 YEARS. HIS FINAL WORDS: “I’LL BE AWAY ON ASSIGNMENT, AND DAN RATHER WILL BE SITTING IN HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. GOOD NIGHT!”
• 1983: THE U.S. FOOTBALL LEAGUE BEGAN ITS FIRST SEASON
• 1986: SOVIET SPACECRAFT, VEGA I, ENTERED THE ATMOSPHERE OF HALLEY’S COMET AND SENT BACK PICTURES OF THE COMET’S ICY NUCLEUS
• DIED 1986: GEORGIA O’KEEFFE (PAINTER)

2000s

• DIED 2004: FRANCES DEE (FILM STAR OF THE 1930S AND 40S)
• 2005: A 5.4 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, 250 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTREAL
• DIED 2005: HANS BETHE (NUCLEAR PHYSICIST WHOSE CALCULATIONS EXPLAINED HOW STARS SHINE AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH THE ATOMIC AND HYDROGEN BOMBS)
• DIED 2006: KIRBY PUCKETT (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• 2007: A 6.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK INDONESIA
• 2009: NASA LAUNCHED A SPACECRAFT AS PART OF THE KEPLER MISSION PROJECT IN ORDER TO FIND HABITABLE PLANETS IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

2010s

• DIED 2016: NANCY REAGAN (U.S. FIRST LADY)

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