1730s

• BORN 1738: KING GEORGE III (BRITISH MONARCH)

1790s

• DIED 1798: GIACOMO CASANOVA

1880s

• BORN 1887: TOM LONGBOAT (RUNNER)

1890s

• 1892: THE SIERRA CLUB WAS ORGANIZED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
• 1896: HENRY FORD TOOK HIS CAR OUT FOR A TRIAL DRIVE AROUND THE STREETS OF DETROIT

1910s

• 1918: ERNEST POOLE FIRST TO WIN PULITZER PRIZE FOR NOVEL

1920s

• BORN 1924: DENNIS WEAVER (ACTOR)
• BORN 1928: DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER (SEX THERAPIST, AUTHOR)

1930s

• BORN 1936: BRUCE DERN (ACTOR)
• BORN 1937: ROBERT FULGHUM (AUTHOR)

1940s

• 1942: BATTLE OF MIDWAY BEGINS, LEADING TO A GREAT AMERICAN NAVAL VICTORY OVER JAPAN DURING WWII
• DIED 1942: REINHARD HEYDRICH (NAZI LEADER)
• BORN 1943: JOYCE MEYER (WRITER)
• BORN 1944: MICHELLE PHILLIPS (SINGER & ACTRESS)

1960s

• DIED 1968: DOROTHY GISH (ACTRESS)

1970s

• BORN 1971: NOAH WYLE (ACTOR)
• BORN 1975: ANGELINA JOLIE (ACTRESS)

1980s

• 1980: HOCKEY PLAYER GORDIE HOWE RETIRED AT AGE 52
• 1989: TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE

1990s

• BORN 1990: EVAN SPIEGEL (AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN)

2010s

• 2017: ERIC OZOLINS CAUGHT A 13-FOOT-LONG HAMMERHEAD SHARK, WITH A GIRTH OF 80 INCHES, OFF THE COAST OF PADRE ISLAND IN TEXAS. THE SHARK WAS THEN RELEASED.

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