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1880s
- BORN 1887: CHICO MARX (COMEDIAN)
- 1887: PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE FIRST REGULATORY AGENCY, THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISION
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
- BORN 1930: STEPHEN SONDHEIM (COMPOSER)
- BORN 1931: WILLIAM SHATNER (ACTOR)
- 1933: BEER AND WINE REVENUE ACT, SIGNED BY FDR, LEGALIZED WINE AND SO-CALLED 3.2 BEER
1940s
- 1941: GRAND COULEE DAM ON COLOMBIA RIVER BEGAN PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- BORN 1943: GEORGE BENSON (SINGER)
- 1946: FIRST U.S. ROCKET TO LEAVE THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, LAUNCHED FROM WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO, ATTAINED HEIGHT OF 50 MILES
- BORN 1948: ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (COMPOSER)
1950s
- BORN 1952: BOB COSTAS (SPORTS BROADCASTER)
- BORN 1957: STEPHANIE MILLS (SINGER)
- 1957: 7.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED IN FOX ISLANDS, ALASKA
- 1958: HANK WILLIAMS JR. MADE HIS STAGE DEBUT AT 8 YEARS OLD
1960s
- 1962: LOUIS B. LEAKEY ANNOUNCED HIS 1961 DISCOVERY OF A 14 MILLION-YEAR-OLD HOMINOID IN KENYA
- 1963: THE BEATLES’ FIRST ALBUM, PLEASE PLEASE ME, WAS RELEASED IN BRITAIN
- 1967: MUHAMMAD ALI KNOCKED OUT ZORA FOLEY IN NY. THIS WAS HIS LAST FIGHT BEFORE BEING STRIPPED OF HIS TITLE FOR AVOIDING THE MILITARY DRAFT
1970s
- 1972: PROPOSED WOMEN’S EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO STATES FOR RATIFICATION
- BORN 1976: REESE WITHERSPOON (ACTRESS)
- 1976: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JIMMY CARTER REVEALED THAT THE GRATEFUL DEAD, LED ZEPPELIN, AND BOB DYLAN INSPIRED HIM WHILE HE WORKED LATE NIGHTS AT THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S MANSION
- DIED 1978: KARL WALLENDA (CIRCUS PERFORMER)
- DIED 1979: SIR RICHARD SYKES (BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE NETHERLANDS), ASSASSINATED BY IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY
1980s
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2004: JANET AKYUZ MATTEI (ASTRONOMER)
- 2006: A COYOTE WAS CAPTURED IN CENTRAL PARK, NEW YORK CITY. NAMED HAL BY PARK WORKERS, HE WAS ABOUT A YEAR OLD AND WEIGHED 35 POUNDS. FIRST SPOTTED ON SUNDAY, MARCH 19, THE HUNT BEGAN THE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY, MARCH 21 AND ENDED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22. HE WAS TAKEN TO A WILDLIFE CENTER OUTSIDE NYC. CITY PARKS COMMISSIONER ADRIAN BENEPE SAID THE COYOTE IS BELIEVED TO BE ONLY THE SECOND COYOTE EVER SPOTTED IN CENTRAL PARK.
- DIED 2006: ALDABRA TORTOISE ADWAITYA (THOUGHT TO BE 255 YEARS OLD, IN KOLKATA, INDIA)
- DIED 2008: ISRAEL “CACHAO” LOPEZ (PIONEER OF MAMBO STYLE MUSIC)
- 2009: ALASKA’S MOUNT REDOUBT VOLCANO ERUPTED FOUR TIMES. AN ASH PLUME MORE THAN 9 MILES WAS RELEASED INTO THE AIR IN THE VOLCANO’S FIRST EMISSION IN NEARLY 20 YEARS
2010s
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