Every Year
1790s
1830s
1850s
1860s
1910s
- DIED 1912: CLARA BARTON (FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS)
- BORN 1916: BEVERLY CLEARY (AUTHOR)
- 1917: WOMEN GRANTED THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN ONTARIO
1920s
1930s
- BORN 1933: MONTSERRAT CABALLE (OPERA SINGER)
- 1936: NOVA SCOTIA’S MOOSE RIVER GOLD MINE COLLAPSED, TRAPPING 3 PEOPLE
1940s
- BORN 1940: HERBIE HANCOCK (MUSICIAN)
- DIED 1945: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (32ND U.S. PRESIDENT)
- BORN 1947: TOM CLANCY (AUTHOR)
- BORN 1947: DAVID LETTERMAN (TALK SHOW HOST)
1950s
- BORN 1950: DAVID CASSIDY (SINGER AND ACTOR)
- 1954: BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS RECORDED ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
- 1955: THE POLIO VACCINE DEVELOPED BY DR. SALK WAS FOUND TO BE SUCCESSFUL AFTER SUBJECTION TO A YEAR OF CLINICAL TRIALS
- BORN 1956: ANDY GARCÍA (ACTOR)
- BORN 1957: VINCE GILL (MUSICIAN)
1960s
1970s
1980s
- 1980: TERRY FOX BEGAN HIS “MARATHON OF HOPE” ACROSS CANADA IN ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND, BY DIPPING HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
- 1981: SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA FIRST LAUNCHED
- 1983: HAROLD WASHINGTON WAS ELECTED THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR OF CHICAGO
- 1987: TEXACO INC. BECAME THE LARGEST U.S. COMPANY IN HISTORY TO FILE BANKRUPTCY AFTER IT IS ORDERED TO PAY PENNZOIL $8.53 BILLION IN DAMAGES FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES
- DIED 1989: ABBIE HOFFMAN (SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST)
- DIED 1989: SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (BOXER)
1990s
2010s
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