1670s

• 1679: LA SALLE’S LE GRIFFON, FIRST SHIP TO SAIL UPPER GREAT LAKES, ENTERED LAKE ERIE

1770s

• BORN 1779: CARL RITTER (GEOGRAPHER)

1780s

• 1782: GEORGE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHED THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT FOR U.S. SOLDIERS INJURED IN ACTION. IT LATER BECAME KNOWN AS THE PURPLE HEART
• 1789: THE UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED

1850s

• 1859: SERVICE BEGAN AT FIRST DEAF CHURCH IN U.S., ST. ANN’S CHURCH FOR DEAF MUTES, N.Y.C.

1900s

• 1903: SILVER DISCOVERED IN NORTHERN ONTARIO
• BORN 1903: RUDOLF C. ISING (CO-CREATOR OF “LOONEY TUNES”)

1920s

• 1927: PEACE BRIDGE OPENED

1940s

• BORN 1942: GARRISON KEILLOR (RADIO HOST)
• BORN 1942: B. J. THOMAS (SINGER)

1950s

• BORN 1955: WAYNE KNIGHT (ACTOR)
• DIED 1957: OLIVER HARDY (COMEDIAN & ACTOR)
• 1959: U.S. SATELLITE EXPLORER VI LAUNCHED
• 1959: THE DON MESSER SHOW PREMIERED ON CBC TELEVISION

1960s

• BORN 1960: DAVID DUCHOVNY (ACTOR)

1970s

• BORN 1975: CHARLIZE THERON (ACTRESS)
• 1978: LOVE CANAL, N.Y., WAS DECLARED A DISASTER AREA

1980s

• 1982: RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT AROUND WORLD BY SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE COMPLETED (6 DAYS, 7 HOURS, 25 MINUTES, 47 SECONDS)
• DIED 1989: MICKEY LELAND (U.S. CONGRESSMAN)

1990s

• 1990: PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH ORDERED THE MILITARY BUILDUP KNOWN AS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD IN RESPONSE TO IRAQ’S INVASION OF KUWAIT EARLIER IN THE MONTH

2000s

• DIED 2005: PETER JENNINGS (JOURNALIST)

2010s

• 2016: AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS, KATIE LEDECKY SWAM THE 400M FREESTYLE IN 3:56.46, SETTING A WORLD RECORD
• 2017: PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.

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