Every Year

• INDEPENDENCE DAY (NAMIBIA)
• INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

1610s

• DIED 1617: POCAHONTAS (AKA REBECCA ROLFE, FUNERAL OCCURRED ON THIS DATE)

1680s

• BORN 1685: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (COMPOSER; OLD STYLE DATE)

1790s

• 1790: THOMAS JEFFERSON REPORTED TO PRESIDENT WASHINGTON IN NY AS THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE

1830s

• BORN 1839: MODEST MUSSORGSKY (COMPOSER)

1860s

• 1868: JANE CROLY ORGANIZED FIRST CLUB FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN, SOROSIS, IN NEW YORK CITY
• BORN 1869: FLORENZ ZIEGFELD (THEATRICAL PRODUCER)

1870s

• 1871: JOURNALIST HENRY M. STANLEY BEGAN HIS FAMOUS EXPEDITION INTO AFRICA TO LOCATE THE MISSING SCOTTISH MISSIONARY, DAVID LIVINGSTONE150 Years Ago

1910s

• DIED 1915: FREDERICK WINSLOW TAYLOR (“FATHER OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT”)
• 1918: WORLD WAR I SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME, ONE OF THE BLOODIEST IN HISTORY, BEGAN IN FRANCE

1920s

• BORN 1929: JULES BERGMAN (NEWSMAN)
• BORN 1929: JAMES COCO (ACTOR)

1940s

• 1946: UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHED TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY, AT HUNTER COLLEGE
• BORN 1946: TIMOTHY DALTON (ACTOR)

1950s

• 1952: DJ ALAN FREED HOSTED THE FIRST ROCK-N-ROLL CONCERT, CLEVELAND, OHIO. REPORTEDLY, 25,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP, THOUGH ONLY 10,000 SEATS WERE AVAILABLE
• BORN 1958: GARY OLDMAN (ACTOR)

1960s

• 1960: SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE TOOK PLACE IN S. AFRICA WHEN BLACKS BESIEGED JOHANNESBURG POLICE STATION PROTESTING LAW REQUIRING ALL BLACKS TO CARRY PAPERS
• BORN 1960: AYRTON SENNA (RACE CAR DRIVER)
• BORN 1962: ROSIE O’DONNELL (COMEDIENNE & ACTRESS)
• BORN 1962: MATTHEW BRODERICK (ACTOR)
• 1963: THE FEDERAL PRISON ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, CLOSED AFTER 29 YEARS OF OPERATION
• 1965: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. LED THOUSANDS OF CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS ON A 50+ MILE WALK FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY, AL, DEMANDING VOTING RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
• 1967: ORDER OF CANADA, TO HONOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY AND COUNTRY, INSTITUTED
• 1968: “ROYALS” WAS THE WINNING NAME FOR THE NEW KANSAS CITY BASEBALL TEAM

1970s

• 1970: THE GUESS WHO’S “AMERICAN WOMAN” WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE

1980s

• 1984: SOVIET SUB COLLIDED WITH USS KITTY HAWK
• 1986: U.S. FIGURE SKATER DEBI THOMAS BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN THE WORLD’S CHAMPIONSHIP, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
• 1989: AFTER 33 YEARS, DICK CLARK ANNOUNCED HE WAS STEPPING DOWN AS HOST OF AMERICAN BANDSTAND

1990s

• DIED 1994: MACDONALD CAREY (ACTOR)
• 1994: FORMER NBA STAR MICHAEL JORDAN WAS DROPPED FROM THE WHITE SOX MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ROSTER AND SENT TO MINOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING CAMP

2000s

• DIED 2002: RABBI ISRAEL MILLER (LEADER OF THE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH MATERIAL CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY)
• DIED 2002: HERMAN TALMADGE (GOVERNOR & U.S. SENATOR)
• DIED 2004: LUDMILLA TCHERINA (FRENCH-ARTIST & BALLET STAR)
• DIED 2004: JOHNNY BRISTOL (PRODUCER, SONGWRITER, & SINGER)
• DIED 2005: BARNEY MARTIN (ACTOR)
• DIED 2006: BERNARD LACOSTE (HEAD OF FASHION COMPANY BEST KNOWN FOR ITS CROCODILE-CRESTED POLO SHIRTS)

2010s

• DIED 2014: JAMES REBHORN (ACTOR)
• 2015: RAJVEER MEENA RECITED 70,000 DECIMAL PLACES OF PI

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