Every Year
1780s
1790s
1810s
1830s
1870s
1900s
- 1900: THEODORE ROOSEVELT LAID THE CORNER STONE FOR A NEW COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN MINEOLA, NEW YORK, AND SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR HONESTY IN GOVERNMENT. WHILE HE WAS TALKING, ONE MAN HAD HIS POCKETS PICKED OF $140 AND ANOTHER MAN LOST $103
- 1908: WOMEN COMPETED IN MODERN OLYMPICS FOR THE FIRST TIME
- 1909: GOLD DISCOVERED NEAR COCHRANE, ONTARIO
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
- 1953: STRATFORD FESTIVAL’S FIRST PRODUCTION, ONTARIO
- BORN 1957: CAMERON CROWE (FILM DIRECTOR & WRITER)
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2002: YOUSUF KARSH (PHOTOGRAPHER)
- 2004: KEN JENNINGS, A SOFTWARE ENGINEER FROM SALT LAKE CITY, WON HIS 30TH STRAIGHT GAME ON JEOPARDY! WHICH BROUGHT HIS EARNINGS TO $1,004,960. HE WAS THE FIRST CONTESTANT TO PASS THE $1 MILLION MARK.
- DIED 2006: RED BUTTONS (ACTOR)
- 2006: A MAINE FISHERMAN CAUGHT A HALF-BROWN, HALF-ORANGE LOBSTER. THE ODDS OF CATCHING THIS KIND OF LOBSTER ARE 1 IN 50 MILLION
2010s
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