1640s

• 1642: MONTREAL, QUEBEC, FOUNDED

1870s

• BORN 1872: BERTRAND RUSSELL (PHILOSOPHER & MATHEMATICIAN)

1890s

• BORN 1897: FRANK CAPRA (DIRECTOR)

1910s

• 1910: MASSES FEARED THE END OF THE WORLD DURING PASSAGE OF HALLEY’S COMET
• BORN 1912: PERRY COMO (SINGER)
• 1917: U.S. SELECTIVE DRAFT ACT PASSED

1920s

• BORN 1920: POPE JOHN PAUL II

1930s

• 1933: TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CREATED
• 1934: TWA WAS FIRST AIRLINE TO FLY THE DOUGLAS DC-2 AIRCRAFT
• BORN 1937: BROOKS ROBINSON (BASEBALL PLAYER)

1940s

• BORN 1946: REGGIE JACKSON (BASEBALL PLAYER)

1950s

• BORN 1952: GEORGE STRAIT (COUNTRY SINGER)
• 1953: AVIATOR JACKIE COCHRAN BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO EXCEED MACH 1

1960s

• 1969: APOLLO 10 SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED FROM CAPE KENNEDY

1970s

• BORN 1970: TINA FEY (WRITER & ACTRESS)
• 1974: INDIA BECAME WORLD’S SIXTH NUCLEAR POWER
• BORN 1975: JACK JOHNSON (MUSICIAN)

1980s

• 1980: A MAGNITUDE 5.1 EARTHQUAKE CAUSES THE CATACLYSMIC ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS, KILLING 57 PEOPLE.

1990s

• DIED 1995: ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY (ACTRESS)

2000s

• 2000: LAW PASSED TO REMOVE CONFEDERATE FLAG FROM SOUTH CAROLINA STATEHOUSE
• 2004: RANDY JOHNSON MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE OLDEST MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER (AT AGE 40) TO THROW A PERFECT GAME. CY YOUNG WAS PREVIOUSLY THE OLDEST TO PITCH PERFECTION AT 37
• DIED 2004: ELVIN RAY JONES (RENOWNED JAZZ DRUMMER AND MEMBER OF JOHN COLTRANE’S QUARTET WHO ALSO PLAYED ALONGSIDE DUKE ELLINGTON, CHARLIE PARKER, AND MILES DAVIS)
• DIED 2009: WAYNE ALLWINE (VOICE OF MICKEY MOUSE FOR OVER 30 YEARS)

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