1690s

• 1692: BRIDGET BISHOP WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE HANGED AT THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS

1750s

• 1752: BEN FRANKLIN’S KITE AND KEY EXPERIMENT PROVED LIGHTNING IS ELECTRICITY

1790s

• 1791: CANADA CONSTITUTION ACT IS PASSED BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT, CREATING UPPER AND LOWER CANADA

1800s

• 1809: PHOENIX STEAMBOAT FIRST IN U.S. TO SAIL ON OPEN SEA

1810s

• BORN 1819: GUSTAVE COURBET (PAINTER)

1820s

• 1829: FIRST BOAT RACE BETWEEN OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE

1850s

• 1854: THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATED ITS FIRST STUDENTS

1890s

• BORN 1895: HATTIE MCDANIEL (ACTRESS; THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD)
• 1898: U.S. MARINES LANDED AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA

1920s

• BORN 1922: JUDY GARLAND (ACTRESS & SINGER)

1930s

• BORN 1933: F. LEE BAILEY (ATTORNEY)
• DIED 1937: SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN (CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER)

1960s

• DIED 1967: SPENCER TRACY (ACTOR)
• BORN 1968: JIM SHEA (OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, MEN’S SKELETON)

1970s

• BORN 1973: POKEY REESE (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• 1977: “THE DEEP” PREMIERED

1980s

• BORN 1982: PRINCESS MADELEINE OF SWEDEN
• BORN 1982: TARA LIPINSKI (FIGURE SKATER)
• BORN 1982: LEELEE SOBIESKI (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1988: LOUIS L’AMOUR (AUTHOR)

2000s

• DIED 2002: JOHN GOTTI (GANGSTER)
• DIED 2004: RAY CHARLES (SINGER)
• 2006: UNITED STATES WAR DOGS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED, HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY
• DIED 2009: JOHN A. EDDY (SOLAR ASTRONOMER, COINED THE TERM “MAUNDER MINIMUM”)

2010s

• DIED 2016: GORDIE HOWE (HOCKEY PLAYER)

2020s

• 2021: ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

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