1420s

• BORN 1422: WILLIAM CAXTON (PRINTER)

1530s

• 1535: “CANADA” FIRST USED TO INDICATE REGION

1810s

• BORN 1818: LUCY STONE (WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST)

1820s

• BORN 1823: GOLDWIN SMITH (HISTORIAN & JOURNALIST)

1840s

• 1844: OREGON INSTITUTE (LATER NAMED WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY) OPENED IN SALEM, OREGON

1860s

• BORN 1860: ANNIE OAKLEY (SHARPSHOOTER)
• DIED 1863: EUGENE DELACROIX (PAINTER)

1870s

• 1878: ANDREW CAMPBELL DISCOVERED THE LURAY CAVERNS IN VIRGINIA, WHEN COLD AIR FROM A SINKHOLE ON A LARGE HILL EXTINGUISHED HIS CANDLE

1880s

• 1886: LAST SPIKE DRIVEN FOR FIRST STAGE OF ESQUIMALT-NANAIMO RAILWAY IN CLIFFSIDE, B.C.
• 1889: SAMUEL LEEDS ALLEN GRANTED PATENT FOR FLEXIBLE FLYER SLED

1890s

• BORN 1899: ALFRED HITCHCOCK (FILMMAKER)

1900s

• BORN 1907: SIR BASIL SPENCE (ARCHITECT)

1910s

• DIED 1910: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (PIONEER OF MODERN NURSING)

1920s

• BORN 1926: FIDEL CASTRO (POLITICIAN)

1930s

• BORN 1930: DON HO (MUSICIAN)
• 1934: L’IL ABNER COMIC STRIP DEBUTED

1940s

• 1942: THE WALT DISNEY CLASSIC, BAMBI, OPENED THIS DAY AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK CITY
• DIED 1946: HERBERT GEORGE [“H. G.”] WELLS (ENGLISH WRITER)

1950s

• 1955: CANSO CAUSEWAY, LINKING NOVA SCOTIA AND CAPE BRETON ISLAND, OPENED
• 1956: A PLANE FLEW INTO A HURRICANE FOR THE FIRST SERIES OF BUMPY FLIGHTS FOR THE NATIONAL HURRICANE RESEARCH PROJECT, THEN PART OF THE U.S. WEATHER BUREAU

1960s

• 1961: THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT CLOSED THE BORDER BETWEEN EAST AND WEST SECTORS OF BERLIN WITH BARBED WIRE FENCING TO DISCOURAGE FURTHER POPULATION MOVEMENT TO THE WEST. LATER IN THE WEEK A CONCRETE WALL WAS ERECTED TO STRENGTHEN THE BARRIER BETWEEN OFFICIAL CROSSING POINTS

1980s

• 1985: 3-YEAR-OLD JAMIE GAVIN BECAME THE YOUNGEST HEART/LUNG TRANSPLANT PATIENT

1990s

• DIED 1995: MICKEY MANTLE (BASEBALL PLAYER)

2000s

• DIED 2004: JULIA CHILD (CHEF AND AUTHOR)
• 2008: AMERICAN SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS WON HIS 10TH AND 11TH OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS MAKING HIM THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN IN HISTORY
• DIED 2008: SANDY ALLEN (WORLD’S TALLEST WOMAN, 7′ 7″ TALL)
• DIED 2009: LES PAUL (GUITAR PIONEER)

2010s

• DIED 2012: JOHNNY PESKY (BASEBALL PLAYER)

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