1610s
1760s
1850s
- BORN 1856: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (EDUCATOR & ACTIVIST)
- BORN 1858: WASHINGTON ATLEE BURPEE (BOTANIST, SEEDSMAN)
1880s
1900s
1910s
- 1915: JESS WILLARD KNOCKED OUT JACK JOHNSON TO WIN WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE
- BORN 1916: GREGORY PECK (ACTOR)
- 1917: WOMEN GRANTED THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
1930s
1950s
- BORN 1950: AGNETHA FÄLTSKOG (SINGER IN THE SWEDISH ROCK GROUP ABBA)
- BORN 1950: FRANKLIN CHANG-DIAZ (ASTRONAUT)
- 1955: RICHARD J. DALEY ELECTED TO HIS FIRST TERM AS CHICAGO’S 39TH MAYOR
1960s
- 1963: J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, US PHYSICIST, DECLARED A SECURITY RISK IN 1954, IS NAMED WINNER OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION’S ENRICO FERNI AWARD
- 1965: MY FAIR LADY WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE
1970s
- 1970: BOBBY ORR FIRST NHL DEFENSEMAN TO WIN SCORING TITLE
- BORN 1972: KRISTA ALLEN (ACTRESS)
- DIED 1976: HOWARD HUGHES (INDUSTRIALIST & PRODUCER)
1980s
1990s
- DIED 1992: SAM WALTON (BUSINESSMAN)
- DIED 1994: KURT COBAIN (MUSICIAN)
- DIED 1997: ALLEN GINSBERG (POET)
2000s
- DIED 2000: LEE PETTY (RACE CAR DRIVER)
- DIED 2005: SAUL BELLOW (AUTHOR OF HUMBOLDT’S GIFT AND OTHER NOVELS, WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE)
- 2005: A MINOR EARTHQUAKE SHOOK SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
- 2007: ELSIE MCLEAN, AT 102 YEARS OLD, BECAME THE OLDEST GOLFER TO MAKE A HOLE-IN-ONE ON A REGULATION COURSE
- DIED 2008: CHARLTON HESTON (ACTOR)
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Very interesting points you have observed, regards for putting up. “I love acting. It is so much more real than life.” by Oscar Wilde.