Every Year

• WORLD POPULATION DAY

1270s

• BORN 1274: ROBERT THE BRUCE, KING OF SCOTLAND

1760s

• BORN 1767: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (6TH U.S. PRESIDENT)

1790s

• 1798: THE U.S. MARINE CORPS WAS REESTABLISHED
• 1798: U.S. MARINE BAND ESTABLISHED

1800s

• 1804: U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AARON BURR FATALLY SHOT ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN A DUEL

1830s

• BORN 1838: JOHN WANAMAKER (MERCHANT)

1840s

• 1848: THE WATERLOO RAILWAY STATION IN LONDON OPENED

1850s

• 1859: A TALE OF TWO CITIES BY CHARLES DICKENS WAS PUBLISHED

1860s

• BORN 1861: GEORGE WILLIAM NORRIS (POLITICIAN)
• 1864: CONFEDERATE GENERAL JUBAL EARLY’S ARMY REACHED FREDERICK, MARYLAND

1890s

• 1896: WILFRID LAURIER BECAME PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA
• BORN 1899: E.B. WHITE (AUTHOR)

1910s

• 1914: BABE RUTH MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEBUT WITH THE BOSTON RED SOX

1920s

• BORN 1924: BRETT SOMERS (COMEDIENNE & ACTRESS)

1930s

• BORN 1931: TAB HUNTER (ACTOR)
• BORN 1934: GIORGIO ARMANI (FASHION DESIGNER)
• DIED 1937: GEORGE GERSHWIN (COMPOSER)

1950s

• BORN 1953: LEON SPINKS (BOXER)
• BORN 1956: SELA WARD (ACTRESS)

1960s

• 1962: FRED BALDASARE USED SCUBA GEAR TO BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL UNDERWATER
• BORN 1963: LISA RINNA (ACTRESS)

1970s

• BORN 1972: MICHAEL ROSENBAUM (ACTOR)
• 1976: LAST SLIDE RULE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES.
• 1979: U.S. SPACE STATION SKYLAB, IN ORBIT SINCE 1973, RETURNED TO EARTH AND DISINTEGRATED OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN

1980s

• 1985: HOUSTON ASTROS PITCHER NOLAN RYAN BECAME THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER TO STRIKE OUT 4,000 BATTERS
• 1987: ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, THE WORLD POPULATION CROSSED THE 5,000,000,000 MARK
• DIED 1989: SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER (ACTOR)

1990s

• 1995: 35-POUND CHUM SALMON CAUGHT IN EDYE PASS, BRITISH COLUMBIA

2000s

• DIED 2007: LADY BIRD JOHNSON (U.S. FIRST LADY)

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