Every Year
1590s
1620s
1730s
1770s
1810s
1830s
1840s
1850s
1870s
1880s
- 1880: WABASH, INDIANA, BECAME FIRST INCORPORATED COMMUNITY TO BE COMPLETELY ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY
- 1889: THE EIFFEL TOWER WAS DEDICATED IN PARIS, FRANCE
1900s
1910s
- BORN 1914: OCTAVIO PAZ (POET)
- 1917: UNITED STATES TOOK FORMAL POSSESSION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS FROM DENMARK
- 1918: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, GREETED BY OPPOSITION FROM FARMERS, WENT INTO EFFECT FOR FIRST TIME
1920s
- 1923: FIRST DANCE MARATHON HELD IN U.S.
- BORN 1927: CESAR CHAVEZ (FOUNDER OF UNITED FARM WORKERS)
- BORN 1927: WILLIAM DANIELS (ACTOR)
- BORN 1929: LIZ CLAIBORNE (FASHION DESIGNER)
1930s
- 1930: LONGVIEW BRIDGE (LEWIS AND CLARK BRIDGE) OPENED IN WASHINGTON/OREGON
- DIED 1931: KNUTE ROCKNE (FOOTBALL COACH)
- 1933: ACT CREATING CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUNG MEN SIGNED BY PRESIDENT FDR
- BORN 1934: SHIRLEY JONES (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1934: RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN (ACTOR)
1940s
- 1943: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA OPENED ON BROADWAY
- BORN 1943: CHRISTOPHER WALKEN (ACTOR)
- BORN 1948: AL GORE (45TH U.S. VICE PRESIDENT)
- BORN 1948: RHEA PERLMAN (ACTRESS)
- 1949: NEWFOUNDLAND JOINED CANADIAN FEDERATION AS THE TENTH PROVINCE
1950s
1960s
- 1967: NATO SUPREME MILITARY HEADQUARTERS FORMALLY OPENED IN CASTEAU, BELGIUM
- 1968: IN A TELEVISION SPEECH, PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON ANNOUNCED HE WOULD NEITHER SEEK NOR ACCEPT NOMINATION FOR ANOTHER TERM
- 1969: KURT VONNEGUT’S NOVEL, SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, PUBLISHED
1970s
- 1970: THE FIRST U.S. SATELLITE, EXPLORER I, RETURNED TO THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE MORE THAN 12 YEARS AFTER ITS LAUNCH
- BORN 1971: EWAN MCGREGOR (ACTOR)
- BORN 1971: PAVEL BURE (HOCKEY PLAYER)
- 1971: U.S. ARMY JURY SENTENCED LT. WILLIAM CALLEY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR MURDER OF S. VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS AT MY LAI IN 196850 Years Ago
- 1976: THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE MECHANICAL LIFE SUSTAINING SYSTEM COULD BE REMOVED FROM KAREN ANN QUINLAN
- BORN 1976: JOSH SAVIANO (ACTOR)
1980s
- 1982: TEAM OWNERS AND THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AGREED ON A FOUR-YEAR LABOR CONTRACT WHICH INTRODUCED REVENUE SHARING FOR PLAYERS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
- 1987: NEW JERSEY JUDGE HARVEY R. SORKOW AWARDED CUSTODY OF “BABY M” TO WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH STERN AND RULED THAT THE SURROGATE PARENTS’ CONTRACTS WERE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2005: FRANK PERDUE (TRANSFORMED A BACKYARD EGG BUSINESS INTO ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST POULTRY PROCESSORS, PERDUE FARMS)
- DIED 2005: TERRI SCHIAVO DIED AFTER A NATIONAL CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF TERMINATING HER MEDICAL LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM
2010s
- DIED 2013: BOB CLARKE (ILLUSTRATOR)
- 2017: CRAYOLA ANNOUNCED THAT THE COLOR DANDELION WOULD BE RETIRED FROM ITS 24-CRAYON PACK TO BE REPLACED BY A COLOR IN THE BLUE FAMILY
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