Every Year

• HAWAII: REGATTA DAY

1640s

• DIED 1649: JOHN WINTHROP (FOUNDER OF MASS. BAY COLONY)

1800s

• 1804: CONGRESS CREATED THE TERRITORY OF ORLEANS

1820s

• 1821: NORTH WEST COMPANY MERGED WITH HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY200 Years Ago
• DIED 1827: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (COMPOSER)

1870s

• 1872: AN ESTIMATED 7.4-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED IN OWENS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
• BORN 1874: ROBERT FROST (WRITER)

1890s

• DIED 1892: WALT WHITMAN (POET)

1910s

• BORN 1911: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (PLAYWRIGHT)
• BORN 1914: GEN. WILLIAM WESTMORELAND (MILITARY COMMANDER)

1920s

• DIED 1923: SARAH BERNHARDT (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1923: BOB ELLIOT (COMEDIAN)

1930s

• BORN 1930: SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR (FIRST FEMALE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE)
• BORN 1931: LEONARD NIMOY (ACTOR)
• BORN 1934: ALAN ARKIN (ACTOR)
• 1937: POPEYE STATUE UNVEILED DURING SPINACH FESTIVAL, CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS
• BORN 1939: JAMES CAAN (ACTOR)

1940s

• 1942: DEADLY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN QUARRY, SANDTS EDDY, PENNSYLVANIA
• BORN 1943: BOB WOODWARD (JOURNALIST)
• BORN 1944: DIANA ROSS (SINGER)
• 1946: THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK
• BORN 1948: STEVEN TYLER (MUSICIAN; LEAD SINGER OF AEROSMITH)
• BORN 1949: VICKI LAWRENCE (ACTRESS)

1950s

• BORN 1950: MARTIN SHORT (ACTOR)
• 1953: DR. JONAS SALK ANNOUNCED DEVELOPMENT OF POLIO VACCINE
• BORN 1954: CURTIS SLIWA (FOUNDER OF THE GUARDIAN ANGELS)

1960s

• 1964: PERPETRATORS OF THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY WERE CONVICTED IN LONDON
• BORN 1968: KENNY CHESNEY (COUNTRY SINGER)

1970s

• 1975: NORTH VIETNAMESE TOOK HUE (VIETNAM WAR)

1980s

• 1982: GROUNDBREAKING TOOK PLACE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR A MEMORIAL TO HONOR AMERICAN ARMED FORCES MEMBERS KILLED IN VIETNAM
• BORN 1985: KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (ACTRESS)
• 1987: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SOLD ITS 85% OWNERSHIP OF CONRAIL, ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST RAIL SYSTEMS, AND EARNED $1.6 BILLION IN ONE OF THE LARGEST STOCK OFFERINGS IN HISTORY
• 1989: THE POST-PERESTROIKA SOVIET UNION HELD ITS FIRST NATIONWIDE MULTIPARTY, MULTICANDIDATE ELECTIONS

1990s

• 1991: A 2-POUND 5-OUNCE YELLOW HYBRID BASS WAS CAUGHT IN THE KIAMICHI RIVER OF OKLAHOMA
• DIED 1994: MARGARET MILLAR (CANADIAN AUTHOR)
• 1999: “MELISSA” MACRO COMPUTER VIRUS RELEASED, DISRUPTING SYSTEMS WORLDWIDE

2000s

• DIED 2004: JAN STERLING (STAR OF HOLLYWOOD’S FILM NOIR MOVIES IN THE 1940S AND 1950S)
• DIED 2005: PAUL HESTER (DRUMMER)
• DIED 2005: A BLACK SPIDER MONKEY BELIEVED TO BE THE WORLD’S OLDEST MONKEY OTHER THAN APES DIED AT AGE 53
• DIED 2006: PAUL DANA (RACE CAR DRIVER)

2010s

• DIED 2011: HARRY WESLEY COOVER JR. (INVENTOR OF SUPER GLUE)
• DIED 2011: GERALDINE FERRARO (IN 1984 BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON A MAJOR U.S. PARTY TICKET)

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