Every Year
1220s
1790s
1850s
- 1853: THE FIRST WORLD’S FAIR TO BE HELD IN THE UNITED STATES OPENED IN NEW YORK CITY
- BORN 1857: FREDERICK LOUIS MAYTAG (MANUFACTURER)
1860s
- 1864: GOLD DISCOVERED IN LAST CHANCE GULCH (HELENA), MONTANA
- 1865: FIRST ASCENT OF THE MATTERHORN WAS COMPLETED BY ENGLISHMAN EDWARD WHYMPER
- 1868: ENCLOSED TAPE MEASURE THAT HOLDS ITS PLACE PATENTED
1890s
1910s
- BORN 1912: WOODY GUTHRIE (FOLK SINGER)
- BORN 1913: GERALD FORD (38TH U.S. PRESIDENT)
- BORN 1918: INGMAR BERGMAN (DIRECTOR)
1930s
- BORN 1930: POLLY BERGEN (ACTRESS)
- 1933: IN GERMANY, THE NAZI PARTY DECLARED THEMSELVES THE ONLY POLITICAL PARTY
1960s
- 1965: MARINER 4 DELIVERED CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF MARS
- DIED 1965: ADLAI E. STEVENSON JR. (POLITICIAN)
- BORN 1966: MATTHEW FOX (ACTOR)
- BORN 1967: ROBIN VENTURA (BASEBALL PLAYER)
1970s
1980s
2000s
- 2001: THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE VOTED FOR CHINA TO BE THE HOST OF THE 2008 OLYMPICS FOR THE FIRST TIME
- DIED 2002: JOAQUIN BALAGUER (LATIN AMERICAN POLITICIAN)
- 2004: KELLY AYOTTE BECAME NEW HAMPSHIRE’S FIRST FEMALE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- DIED 2009: NIN (CAT WHO SERVED AS THE MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY’S MASCOT FOR A DOZEN YEARS)
2010s
- 2015: IN THE SEAPORT DISTRICT OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A 75-FOOT PILE OF SNOW FROM THE WINTER OF 2014-2015 COMPLETELY MELTED
- 2019: A HUMAN CHAIN (A LINE OF PEOPLE HOLDING HANDS) RESCUED A SWIMMER CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA
COURTESY www.almanac.com
Lovely just what I was looking for.Thanks to the author for taking his clock time on this one.