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1450s
1780s
1790s
- BORN 1791: ANGEL DE SAAVEDRA (POET, DRAMATIST)
- 1797: THOMAS JEFFERSON PRESENTED A PAPER ON THE MEGALONYX (WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE AN EXTINCT GIANT GROUND SLOTH)
1860s
- BORN 1861: EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON (CANADIAN WRITER, PERFORMER)
- 1862: U.S. NATIONAL PAPER CURRENCY FIRST ISSUED
- 1863: THE FIRST ROYAL WEDDING TOOK PLACE AT WINDSOR CASTLE IN ST. GEORGE’S CHAPEL. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, MARRIED ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF DENMARK
- 1864: ULYSSES S. GRANT BECAME THE LT. GEN. OF UNION ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR
- BORN 1867: LILLIAN D. WALD (SOCIAL WORKER)
1870s
1880s
- 1880: COMMISSIONER GEORGE SCOTT RAILTON AND SEVEN WOMEN OFFICERS OFFICIALLY BEGAN THE WORK OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN THE U.S.(BATTERY PARK, N.Y.C.)
- BORN 1888: BARRY FITZGERALD (ACTOR)
1900s
1910s
- DIED 1913: HARRIET TUBMAN (AMERICAN ABOLITIONIST)
- 1913: WILLIAM KNOX BOWLED FIRST PERFECT 300 GAME IN COMPETITION
- BORN 1918: VICTOR MANUEL BLANCO (ASTRONOMER WHO HELPED BUILD THE CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY IN CHILE)
1920s
- BORN 1923: KENNETH BURNS (SINGER)
- BORN 1928: JAMES EARL RAY (CONVICTED OF ASSASSINATING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.)
1930s
1940s
- BORN 1940: CHUCK NORRIS (ACTOR)
- BORN 1940: DAVID RABE (PLAYWRIGHT)
- DIED 1948: ZELDA FITZGERALD (WIFE OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD)
- 1949: MILDRED E. GILLARS, WHO MADE WARTIME BROADCASTS FOR THE NAZIS UNDER THE NAME AXIS SALLY, WAS CONVICTED OF TREASON IN WASHINGTON– SHE SERVED 12 YEARS IN PRISON
1950s
1960s
- BORN 1960: LANCE BURTON (MAGICIAN)
- BORN 1964: PRINCE EDWARD (YOUNGEST SON OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II)
- BORN 1966: MIKE TIMLIN (BASEBALL PLAYER)
- 1969: JAMES EARL RAY PLEADED GUILTY TO THE ASSASSINATION OF THE REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., AND WAS SENTENCED TO 99 YEARS IN PRISON
1970s
- 1970: U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN ERNEST L. MEDINA WAS COURT-MARTIALED ON MURDER CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE MY LAI INCIDENT OF MARCH 1968 (VIETNAM WAR)
- BORN 1971: JON HAMM (ACTOR)
- BORN 1975: LYNE BESSETTE (PROFESSIONAL BICYCLE RACER)
- BORN 1977: SHANNON MILLER (GYMNAST; OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST)
1980s
- BORN 1983: CARRIE UNDERWOOD (SINGER)
- DIED 1985: KONSTANTIN CHERNENKO (SOVIET LEADER)
- 1987: THE VATICAN DECLARED ITS OPPOSITION TO TEST TUBE FERTILIZATION, EMBRYO TRANSFER, AND MOST OTHER FORMS OF SCIENTIFIC INTERFERENCE IN PROCREATION
1990s
2000s
- 2003: A PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY 25-YEAR OLD MAN FROM VIRGINIA BECAME THE FIRST KNOWN FATALITY IN THE U.S. LINKED TO RACCOON RABIES
- DIED 2005: DANNY JOE BROWN (MUSICIAN)
2010s
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