1650s

• 1654: LOUIS XIV CROWNED KING OF FRANCE

1770s

• 1776: IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, RICHARD HENRY LEE OF VIRGINIA PROPOSED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
• BORN 1778: BEAU BRUMMEL (FASHION LEADER)

1810s

• BORN 1811: SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON (ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN GYNECOLOGY)

1860s

• 1862: WILLIAM BRUCE MUMFORD BECAME THE FIRST U.S. CITIZEN HUNG FOR TREASON

1890s

• 1896: TWO MEN LEFT NYC FOR A 55-DAY ROW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

1900s

• BORN 1909: JESSICA TANDY (ACTRESS)

1910s

• 1913: HUDSON STUCK’S EXPEDITION REACHED SUMMIT OF MT. MCKINLEY, ALASKA
• BORN 1917: GWENDOLYN BROOKS (POET AND FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO RECEIVE A PULITZER PRIZE)
• BORN 1917: DEAN MARTIN (SINGER & ACTOR)

1920s

• BORN 1922: ROCKY GRAZIANO (BOXER)

1930s

• DIED 1937: JEAN HARLOW (ACTRESS)
• 1939: KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH OF GREAT BRITAIN BECAME THE FIRST REIGNING BRITISH MONARCHS TO VISIT THE U.S.

1940s

• BORN 1940: TOM JONES (SINGER)

1950s

• BORN 1952: LIAM NEESON (ACTOR)
• 1955: THE $64,000 QUESTION MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT
• BORN 1958: PRINCE (MUSICIAN)

1960s

• DIED 1967: DOROTHY PARKER (AUTHOR)

1980s

• BORN 1981: ANNA KOURNIKOVA (TENNIS PLAYER)
• 1982: PRISCILLA PRESLEY OPENED GRACELAND TO THE PUBLIC
• 1988: PATENT FOR CHAIN SAW CLEANING BRUSH GRANTED TO AN 11-YEAR-OLD

1990s

• BORN 1993: JORDAN FRY (ACTOR)
• DIED 1994: DENNIS POTTER (WRITER)

2000s

• DIED 2009: KENNY RANKIN (SINGER & SONGWRITER)

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