1830s

• BORN 1837: HENRY DRAPER (ASTRONOMER)

1840s

• 1842: QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY HELD ITS FIRST CLASSES, KINGSTON, ONTARIO
• BORN 1849: LUTHER BURBANK (HORTICULTURIST)

1870s

• BORN 1875: JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL (COMPOSER)
• 1876: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL RECEIVED A PATENT FOR HIS TELEPHONE
• 1878: TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE INCORPORATED

1890s

• 1897: DR. JOHN KELLOGG SERVED THE WORLD’S FIRST CORNFLAKES TO HIS PATIENTS AT THE BATTLE CREEK (MI) SANITARIUM

1900s

• BORN 1908: ANNA MAGNANI (ACTRESS)

1910s

• 1911: FIRST COIN-OPERATED LOCKER PATENTED
• 1917: THE WORLD’S FIRST JAZZ RECORDING WAS RELEASED BY THE RCA VICTOR COMPANY
• 1918: PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON AUTHORIZED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL TO BE GIVEN FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THE U.S. ARMY

1920s

• BORN 1927: JAMES BRODERICK (ACTOR)

1930s

• DIED 1934: THE EARL OF ABERDEEN (CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL 1893 – 1898)
• BORN 1934: WILLARD SCOTT (WEATHERMAN)
• BORN 1938: JANET GUTHRIE (FIRST WOMAN TO RACE IN THE INDY 500)

1940s

• BORN 1940: DANIEL J. TRAVANTI (ACTOR)
• 1945: U.S. TROOPS CAPTURED THE KEY REMAGEN BRIDGE ACROSS THE RHINE (WW II)
• BORN 1946: PETER WOLF (MUSICIAN)

1950s

• BORN 1950: FRANCO HARRIS (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1956: BRYAN CRANSTON (ACTOR)
• 1959: MELVIN C. GARLOW BECAME THE FIRST PILOT TO LOG MORE THAN ONE MILLION MILES IN JET AIRPLANES

1960s

• BORN 1960: IVAN LENDL (TENNIS PLAYER)
• BORN 1964: WANDA SYKES (COMEDIENNE & ACTRESS)
• 1969: THE WHO’S “PINBALL WIZARD” WAS RELEASED IN BRITAIN. IT WAS THE FIRST SELECTION FROM THE ROCK OPERA “TOMMY” TO BE PUBLICLY AIRED
• BORN 1969: “TINY” TYMM (21-MILLIONTH CANADIAN)

1970s

• BORN 1971: RACHEL WEISZ (ACTRESS)
• 1973: COMET KOHOUTEK WAS DISCOVERED BY CZECH ASTRONOMER LUBOS KOHOUTEK
• BORN 1974: JENNA FISCHER (ACTRESS)

1980s

• BORN 1980: LAURA PREPON (ACTRESS)
• 1983: PHIL MAHRE WON ALPINE SKIING’S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. HE WAS THE THIRD PERSON TO EVER WIN THREE CONSECUTIVE TITLES
• 1985: MAJOR U.S. RECORDING ARTISTS COMBINED THEIR TALENTS AND RELEASED WE ARE THE WORLD. PROCEEDS FROM RECORDING SALES WERE TO BE DONATED TO AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEF
• 1986: THE VIOLENT FEMMES (AN ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND) PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL

1990s

• DIED 1994: RAY ARCEL (BOXING TRAINER)
• DIED 1999: STANLEY KUBRICK (FILM DIRECTOR)

2000s

• DIED 2004: PAUL WINFIELD (ACTOR)
• DIED 2005: DEBRA HILL (PRODUCER)

2010s

• 2010: AT THE 82ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS, KATHRYN BIGELOW WON THE OSCAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR FOR HURT LOCKER. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A WOMAN WON THE AWARD.
• 2011: BAREFOOT WATER SKIER, FERNANDO REINA IGLESIAS, SET A NEW RECORD. TOWED BY A HELICOPTER OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO, HE REACHED A SPEED OF 153 MPH.

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