1620s

• DIED 1623: ANNE HATHAWAY (SHAKESPEARE’S WIFE)

1800s

• BORN 1809: ALFRED LORD TENNYSON (POET)

1840s

• BORN 1845: THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, MARQUESS OF LORNE(CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL 1878 – 1883)

1860s

• BORN 1861: EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT (U.S. FIRST LADY)

1880s

• BORN 1881: ALEXANDER FLEMING (SCOTTISH BACTERIOLOGIST)
• BORN 1883: SCOTT NEARING (SOCIOLOGIST)

1890s

• 1890: AT AUBURN PRISON, AUBURN, NY, WILLIAM KEMMLER BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO BE EXECUTED BY ELECTROCUTION
• 1890: BASEBALL PITCHER CY YOUNG MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT

1910s

• BORN 1911: LUCILLE BALL (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1917: ROBERT MITCHUM (ACTOR)

1920s

• 1926: GERTRUDE EDERLE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. SHE DID IT IN RECORD TIME, 14 HOURS AND 31 MINUTES
• BORN 1928: ANDY WARHOL (ARTIST)

1930s

• DIED 1931: BIX BEIDERBECKE (JAZZ MUSICIAN)

1940s

• 1945: THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB, NAMED “LITTLE BOY,” WAS DROPPED OUT OF AN AMERICAN B-29 BOMBER OVER THE CENTER OF THE CITY HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, DURING WORLD WAR II.

1960s

• 1962: JAMAICA BECAME INDEPENDENT
• DIED 1964: SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE (ACTOR)
• 1969: A MISCALCULATION IN A PRACTICE FLIGHT FOR AN AIR SHOW THE FOLLOWING DAY CAUSED A U.S. BLUE ANGEL PILOT TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER. THIS, IN TURN, BROKE MANY WINDOWS IN DOWNTOWN KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND CAUSED SOME INJURIES.

1970s

• BORN 1970: M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN (FILM DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER)

1990s

• 1997: MICROSOFT AND APPLE AGREED TO SHARE TECHNOLOGY

2000s

• 2003: ASTEROIDS RENAMED TO HONOR FINAL SHUTTLE COLUMBIA CREW
• DIED 2004: RICK JAMES (SINGER)
• DIED 2009: JOHN HUGHES (WRITER & DIRECTOR)

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