1510s
1610s
- 1610: ITALIAN ASTRONOMER GALILEO GALILEI WAS FIRST TO OBSERVE WHAT WE NOW KNOW ARE SATURN’S RINGS
- 1619: FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA, THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES, CONVENED AT JAMESTOWN, VA
1730s
1810s
1820s
1830s
1840s
1860s
1880s
1890s
1930s
1940s
- BORN 1941: PAUL ANKA (SINGER)
- 1945: JAPANESE WARSHIPS SANK THE USS INDIANAPOLIS, KILLING OVER 800 SEAMEN (WW II)
- BORN 1947: ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (ACTOR & POLITICIAN)
1950s
- 1954: ELVIS PRESLEY MADE HIS DEBUT PERFORMANCE AT THE OVERTON PARK SHELL IN MEMPHIS, TN
- 1955: MISTER ROBERTS PREMIERED
- BORN 1956: DELTA BURKE (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1958: KATE BUSH (SINGER)
1960s
- BORN 1961: LAURENCE FISHBURNE (ACTOR)
- BORN 1962: ALTON BROWN (TELEVISION HOST)
- BORN 1963: LISA KUDROW (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1964: VIVICA A. FOX (ACTRESS)
- 1965: PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON SIGNED LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS
1970s
- 1971: APOLLO 15 LANDED ON THE MOON50 Years Ago
- BORN 1971: TOM GREEN (ACTOR & COMEDIAN)
- BORN 1971: CHRISTINE TAYLOR (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1974: HILARY SWANK (ACTRESS)
1980s
1990s
2000s
- DIED 2003: SAM PHILLIPS (ROCK’N’ROLL PIONEER, SUN RECORDS FOUNDER, AND THE MAN WHO “DISCOVERED” ELVIS AND ALSO LAUNCHED THE CAREERS OF CARL PERKINS, JOHNNY CASH, JERRY LEE LEWIS, AND B.B. KING)
- 2005: JAKE, A 65-POUND GOLDEN RETRIEVER, WAS THE ONLY NON-HUMAN IN THE 10TH ANNUAL 1.25-MILE SWIM FROM ALCATRAZ ISLAND TO THE SAN FRANCISCO SHORE. THE 4-YEAR-OLD DOG SWAM ACROSS THE WATER IN JUST UNDER 42 MINUTES, FINISHING 72ND OUT OF THE MORE THAN 500 SWIMMERS. ORGANIZERS SAY IT WAS THE FIRST KNOWN CROSSING BY A DOG
- DIED 2007: INGMAR BERGMAN (FILMMAKER)
- DIED 2007: MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI (DIRECTOR)
- 2008: IN BETHEL, MAINE, THE LARGEST SNOWWOMAN (122 FEET, 1 INCH TALL) MELTED COMPLETELY
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I have not checked in here for some time since I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are great quality so I guess I’ll add you back to my daily bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂