Every Year

• NATIONAL ROSE MONTH BEGINS
• BORN : OSCAR THE GROUCH (CHARACTER ON SESAME STREET)

1630s

• 1638: EARTHQUAKE SHOOK PLYMOUTH, MA

1790s

• 1792: KENTUCKY ADMITTED INTO THE UNION AS THE 15TH STATE
• 1796: TENNESSEE ADMITTED INTO THE UNION AS THE 16TH STATE225 Years Ago

1810s

• 1813: CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE ORDERED CREW, “DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP!”

1840s

• BORN 1849: FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY (AMERICAN INVENTOR)
• BORN 1849: FREELAN OSCAR STANLEY (AMERICAN INVENTOR)

1860s

• DIED 1868: JAMES BUCHANAN (15TH U.S. PRESIDENT)

1890s

• 1891: A LAKE APPEARED THIS MONTH IN SALTON SINK, COLORADO DESERT, CALIFORNIA

1920s

• BORN 1926: MARILYN MONROE (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1926: ANDY GRIFFITH (ACTOR)

1930s

• BORN 1934: PAT BOONE (SINGER)
• BORN 1937: MORGAN FREEMAN (ACTOR)

1940s

• DIED 1943: LESLIE HOWARD (ACTOR)
• 1947: CORNING GLASS WORKS IN N.Y. ANNOUNCED THE INVENTION OF PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS

1960s

• DIED 1968: HELEN KELLER (BLIND, DEAF, AND MUTE AUTHOR)
• BORN 1969: TERI POLO (ACTRESS)

1970s

• BORN 1973: HEIDI KLUM (MODEL)
• BORN 1974: ALANIS MORISSETTE (SINGER & SONGWRITER)

1980s

• 1980: THE CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) MADE ITS DEBUT

2000s

• 2006: THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD KATHARINE CLOSE SPELLED “URSPRACHE” CORRECTLY TO WIN THE 79TH ANNUAL SCRIPPS HOWARD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. SHE WAS THE FIRST CHAMPION EVER FROM NEW JERSEY
• DIED 2008: YVES SAINT LAURENT (FASHION DESIGNER)

2010s

• 2011: PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
• DIED 2011: JULIAN AND ADRIAN RIESTER (92-YEAR-OLD IDENTICAL TWIN FRIARS DIED HOURS APART, EACH FROM HEART FAILURE)
• DIED 2014: ANN B. DAVIS (ACTRESS)

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