1810s

• 1812: THE UNITED STATES DECLARED WAR ON GREAT BRITAIN
• 1815: NAPOLEON’S TROOPS WERE DEFEATED AT WATERLOO (PRESENT-DAY BELGIUM)

1850s

• BORN 1854: E.W. SCRIPPS (NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER)

1860s

• 1861: FIRST FLY-CASTING TOURNAMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, UTICA, NEW YORK

1870s

• BORN 1877: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (ILLUSTRATOR OF UNCLE SAM “I WANT YOU FOR THE U.S. ARMY” POSTER)

1910s

• BORN 1913: SYLVIA PORTER (ECONOMIST)

1920s

• 1923: CHECKER CAB PUT ITS FIRST TAXI ON THE STREETS
• 1924: NATIONAL POSTAL STRIKE IN CANADA

1940s

• BORN 1942: ROGER EBERT (FILM CRITIC)
• BORN 1942: PAUL MCCARTNEY (MUSICIAN)

1950s

• BORN 1952: CAROL KANE (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1952: ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1959: ETHEL BARRYMORE (ACTRESS)

1960s

• BORN 1966: KURT BROWNING (FIGURE SKATER)

1980s

• DIED 1982: JOHN CHEEVER (AUTHOR)
• 1983: SALLY RIDE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE
• 1988: A 9-LB. 6-OZ. KOKANEE SALMON CAUGHT IN OKANAGAN LAKE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
• DIED 1989: I.F. STONE (JOURNALIST)

1990s

• BORN 1991: WILLA HOLLAND (ACTRESS)

2000s

• DIED 2002: JACK BUCK (BROADCASTER)
• 2004: EDWARD FINCKE FIRST U.S. ASTRONAUT IN SPACE DURING BIRTH OF HIS CHILD
• DIED 2004: DORIS DOWLING (ACTRESS)
• DIED 2006: VINCENT SHERMAN (DIRECTOR)
• 2006: 63-LB. 8-OZ. FLATHEAD CATFISH CAUGHT, JAMES RIVER, SOUTH DAKOTA
• DIED 2008: TASHA TUDOR (CHILDREN’S AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR)

2010s

• DIED 2011: CLARENCE CLEMONS (MUSICIAN)
• 2019: 103-YEAR-OLD JULIA HAWKINS WON THE 100-METER DASH AT THE NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES

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