1820s
1840s
1860s
1890s
1900s
- BORN 1908: MEL BLANC (VOICE OF BUGS BUNNY AND OTHER CHARACTERS)
- BORN 1909: BENNY GOODMAN (MUSICIAN & BANDLEADER)
1910s
- 1911: FIRST 500 MILE AUTOMOBILE RACE AT INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY WAS HELD
- DIED 1912: WILBUR WRIGHT (AVIATOR)
1920s
1960s
1970s
- 1971: FROM CAPE KENNEDY, FLORIDA, THE U.S. LAUNCHED MARINER 9, FIRST SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT ANOTHER PLANET50 Years Ago
- DIED 1971: MARCEL DUPRÉ (COMPOSER)
- BORN 1972: MANNY RAMIREZ (BASEBALL PLAYER)
1980s
2000s
2010s
- 2013: THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD ARVIND MAHANKALI, OF BAYSIDE HILLS, NEW YORK, CORRECTLY SPELLED “KNAIDEL” TO BECOME THE CHAMPION OF THE 2013 SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, IN OXON HILL, MARYLAND
- 2013: BOSTON RED SOX OUTFIELDER JACOBY ELLSBURY STOLE FIVE BASES DURING HIS TEAM’S 9-2 WIN AGAINST THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. IT WAS A CLUB RECORD.
- 2019: MAY 30-31: 8 CO-CHAMPIONS WERE DECLARED FOR THE SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE
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