1210s
1760s
1770s
1820s
1830s
1840s
- BORN 1843: EDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG (COMPOSER)
- 1844: CHARLES GOODYEAR RECEIVED A PATENT FOR HIS PROCESS TO STRENGTHEN RUBBER
- 1846: OREGON TREATY ESTABLISHED THE 49TH PARALLEL AS THE U.S./BRITISH BORDER
- DIED 1849: JAMES POLK (11TH U.S. PRESIDENT)
1850s
1900s
- 1904: STEAMBOAT GENERAL SLOCUM BURST INTO FLAMES ON THE EAST RIVER KILLING 1,021 PEOPLE
- 1905: PRINCESS MARGARET OF CONNAUGHT MARRIED GUSTAV, CROWN PRINCE OF SWEDEN
1910s
1930s
- BORN 1932: MARIO CUOMO (POLITICIAN)
- 1934: GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (TENNESSEE/NORTH CAROLINA) ESTABLISHED
- 1938: JOHNNY VANDER MEER OF THE CINCINNATI REDS PITCHED HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE NO-HIT, NO-RUN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME
1940s
1950s
1960s
- BORN 1963: HELEN HUNT (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1964: COURTENEY COX (ACTRESS)
- 1965: THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT WOULD PERMIT COLOR TELEVISION IN CANADA
- 1969: HEE HAW PREMIERED ON TELEVISION
1970s
1980s
1990s
- 1995: RICHARD WEBER AND MIKHAIL MALAKHOV FIRST TO WALK FROM CANADA TO NORTH POLE AND BACK UNAIDED
- DIED 1996: ELLA FITZGERALD (JAZZ SINGER)
2000s
- DIED 2003: HUME CRONYN (ACTOR)
- 2007: BOB BARKER’S FINAL THE PRICE IS RIGHT SHOW AFTER 35 YEARS AS ITS HOST
2010s
- 2011: TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
- 2011: THE BOSTON BRUINS BEAT THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS 4-0 IN GAME 7 TO WIN THE STANLEY CUP
- 2011: A 30-MINUTE POWER OUTAGE OCCURRED IN EAST MISSOULA, MONTANA, WHEN A BALD EAGLE DROPPED ITS PREY, A FAWN, ON A NEARBY POWER LINE
- 2012: AERIALIST NIK WALLENDA CROSSED NIAGARA FALLS ON A HIGH WIRE, BECOMING THE FIRST TIGHTROPE WALKER TO CROSS THE FALLS IN MORE THAN A CENTURY, AND THE FIRST TO CROSS AT THE BASE OF THE FALLS.
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