1560s

• 1564: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE BAPTIZED

1780s

• BORN 1785: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (NATURALIST)

1800s

• 1803: METEORITES FELL ON THE TOWN OF L’AIGLE, FRANCE

1820s

• BORN 1822: FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED (LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT)

1860s

• DIED 1865: JOHN WILKES BOOTH, ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, WAS SHOT BY FEDERAL TROOPS AT A FARMHOUSE NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C.

1880s

• BORN 1886: “MA” RAINEY (BLUES SINGER)

1900s

• BORN 1900: CHARLES RICHTER (SEISMOLOGIST)

1910s

• DIED 1914: EDUARD SUESS (GEOLOGIST)

1920s

• 1921: FIRST U.S. WEATHER REPORT BROADCAST, BY WEW IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI100 Years Ago
• 1928: AMERICA’S FIRST GUIDE DOG FOR THE BLIND, A GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED BUDDY, WAS TEAMED UP WITH ITS OWNER, MORRIS S. FRANK

1930s

• BORN 1933: CAROL BURNETT (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1938: DUANE EDDY (MUSICIAN)

1960s

• 1962: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE, ARIEL 1, WAS LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL
• BORN 1965: KEVIN JAMES (ACTOR)

1970s

• BORN 1977: TOM WELLING (ACTOR)

1980s

• DIED 1984: COUNT BASIE (JAZZ ORCHESTRA LEADER)
• DIED 1989: LUCILLE BALL (ACTRESS)

2000s

• 2005: FIVE EXPLORERS REACHED THE NORTH POLE, SETTING A WORLD RECORD BY COMING IN SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER THAN A 37-DAY TREK BY AMERICAN EXPLORER ROBERT PEARY FOR THE SAME JOURNEY IN 1909
• 2005: A HERD OF BUFFALO GOT LOOSE AND WANDERED AROUND AN UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD IN MARYLAND, DISRUPTING TRAFFIC AND ALARMING HOMEOWNERS BEFORE POLICE OFFICERS MANAGED TO CORRAL THEM IN A TENNIS COURT
• DIED 2005: MASON ADAMS (ACTOR)
• 2009: BOSTON RED SOX OUTFIELDER JACOBY ELLSBURY STOLE HOME. THIS WAS THE FIRST STRAIGHT-STEAL OF HOME PLATE BY A RED SOX PLAYER SINCE BILLY HATCHER IN APRIL OF 1994.

2010s

• DIED 2013: GEORGE JONES (COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER)

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