1770s

• BORN 1775: ANNA TUTHILL SYMMES HARRISON (U.S. FIRST LADY)

1830s

• DIED 1834: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (POET)

1840s

• BORN 1844: THOMAS EAKINS (ARTIST)

1850s

• 1854: WALTER HUNT WAS GRANTED A PATENT FOR A PAPER SHIRT COLLAR

1860s

• 1866: ULYSSES S. GRANT RECEIVED THE RANK OF GENERAL OF THE ARMY, THE FIRST AMERICAN OFFICER TO BE SO DESIGNATED

1870s

• 1871: SETH WHEELER’S “IMPROVEMENT IN WRAPPING PAPERS” WAS PATENTED ON THIS DAY, WHICH LED TO PERFORATED TOILET PAPER.150 Years Ago

1890s

• BORN 1894: WALTER BRENNAN (ACTOR)

1900s

• BORN 1902: ERIC HOFFER (PHILOSOPHER)

1910s

• 1917: CANADIAN INCOME TAX INTRODUCED

1920s

• BORN 1924: ESTELLE GETTY (ACTRESS)

1950s

• 1956: THE ITALIAN OCEAN LINER SS ANDREA DORIA COLLIDED WITH THE SS STOCKHOLM IN HEAVY FOG
• DIED 1958: HARRY WARNER (ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF WARNER BROS.)

1960s

• BORN 1967: MATT LEBLANC (ACTOR)

1970s

• DIED 1973: LOUIS STEPHEN SAINT LAURENT (12TH PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA)
• 1978: THE FIRST DOCUMENTED TEST TUBE BABY, LOUISE BROWN, WAS BORN IN ENGLAND
• BORN 1978: GERARD WARREN (FOOTBALL PLAYER)

1980s

• 1984: SOVIET COSMONAUT, SVETLANA SAVITSKAYA, BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO WALK IN SPACE

2000s

• 2003: GERMANY’S KUNO THE KILLER CATFISH’S CARCASS WASHED UP ON SHORE. THE 5-FOOT-LONG, 77 POUND CATFISH SPRANG FROM THE WATERS OF VOLKSGARDEN PARK LAKE IN 2001 TO SWALLOW A DACHSHUND PUPPY WHOLE
• DIED 2003: THOMAS SAVAGE (NOVELIST)
• 2005: A MAGNITUDE-5.6 EARTHQUAKE STRUCK SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA
• DIED 2007: JAKE (DOG THAT SEARCHED FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH AND HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS)

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