Every Year

• ST. IRENAEUS

760s

• DIED 767: POPE PAUL I

1490s

• BORN 1491: HENRY VIII ( KING OF ENGLAND)

1570s

• BORN 1577: PETER PAUL RUBENS (PAINTER)

1710s

• BORN 1712: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (PHILOSOPHER)

1770s

• 1778: MOLLY PITCHER TOOK HER MORTALLY WOUNDED HUSBAND’S PLACE AT A CANNON AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH, NJ. AS A RECOGNITION OF HER HEROISM, THE VALIANT WOMAN WAS COMMISSIONED A SERGEANT BY GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON

1830s

• 1832: CHOLERA EPIDEMIC BEGAN IN N.Y.C.
• DIED 1836: JAMES MADISON (4TH U.S. PRESIDENT)

1880s

• DIED 1889: MARIA MITCHELL (ASTRONOMER)

1890s

• 1894: LABOR DAY BECAME AN OFFICIAL U.S. HOLIDAY

1900s

• BORN 1902: RICHARD RODGERS (COMPOSER)

1910s

• 1919: THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES WAS SIGNED, ENDING WW I

1920s

• BORN 1926: MEL BROOKS (DIRECTOR & ACTOR)

1930s

• BORN 1932: PAT MORITA (ACTOR)

1940s

• BORN 1946: GILDA RADNER (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1948: KATHY BATES (ACTRESS)

1950s

• 1953: FIRST CORVETTE CAR ASSEMBLED

1960s

• BORN 1960: JOHN ELWAY (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1966: MARY STUART MASTERSON (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1966: JOHN CUSACK (ACTOR)
• 1967: ISRAEL ANNEXED EAST JERUSALEM

1970s

• DIED 1975: ROD SERLING (SCREENWRITER)
• 1978: THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, IN REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. BAKKE, BARS QUOTA SYSTEMS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BUT AFFIRMS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROGRAMS GIVING ADVANTAGE TO MINORITIES

1980s

• DIED 1981: TERRANCE STANLEY FOX (CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER, CANADIAN HERO)

1990s

• 1992: 7.3 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK LANDERS, CALIFORNIA

2000s

• DIED 2001: QUEEN MODJADJI V (THE “RAIN QUEEN” OF SOUTH AFRICA’S LOBEDU TRIBE)
• 2004: A BRIEF 4.5 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE MIDWEST RATTLING WINDOWS AND AWAKENING SLEEPING RESIDENTS FROM WISCONSIN SOUTH TO MISSOURI AND FROM INDIANA WEST TO IOWA
• 2005: POPE BENEDICT XVI WAIVED THE FIVE YEAR WAITING PERIOD FOR A CAUSE FOR BEATIFICATION TO BE OPENED AND THE OFFICIAL PROCESS FOR BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL II BEGAN IN THE DIOCESE OF ROME
• DIED 2009: BILLY MAYS (POPULAR TV PITCHMAN)

2010s

• DIED 2014: MESHACH TAYLOR (ACTOR)

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