1220s

• DIED 1227: GENGHIS KAHN (MONGOL LEADER)

1580s

• 1587: VIRGINIA DARE, DAUGHTER OF ANANIAS AND ELEANOR DARE, WAS BORN IN ROANOKE, BECOMING THE FIRST CHILD TO BE BORN IN AMERICA OF ENGLISH PARENTS

1590s

• 1590: JOHN WHITE, THE GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY OF ROANOKE, RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO ENGLAND FOR SUPPLIES AND FOUND HIS SETTLEMENT DESERTED

1770s

• BORN 1774: MERIWETHER LEWIS (OF LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION)

1830s

• 1838: CHARLES WILKES BEGAN EXPEDITION TO SOUTH POLE

1870s

• 1873: BEGOLE, JOHNSON, AND LUCAS SUMMITED MT. WHITNEY, SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA

1880s

• 1883: SIR H. C. K. PETTY-FITZMAURICE, LORD LANSDOWNE, NAMED GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA

1920s

• 1920: THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH GUARANTEED ALL AMERICAN WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WAS RATIFIED. THE AMENDMENT IS WORDED AS: “THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON ACCOUNT OF SEX. CONGRESS SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENFORCE THIS ARTICLE BY APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION.”
• BORN 1927: ROSALYNN SMITH CARTER (U.S. FIRST LADY)

1930s

• BORN 1934: ROBERTO CLEMENTE (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1937: ROBERT REDFORD (ACTOR)

1940s

• BORN 1943: MARTIN MULL (ACTOR)
• 1949: PLANT PATENT #1 GRANTED FOR CLIMBING ROSE

1950s

• BORN 1952: PATRICK SWAYZE (ACTOR)
• BORN 1957: DENIS LEARY (ACTOR)

1960s

• 1962: RINGO STARR JOINED THE BEATLES
• 1969: WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL ENDED, BETHEL, NEW YORK
• BORN 1969: EDWARD NORTON (ACTOR)

1970s

• BORN 1970: MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER (ACTOR)

1980s

• 1983: 12-YEAR OLD SAMANTHA DRUCE SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

1990s

• 1992: BOSTON CELTICS PLAYER LARRY BIRD ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT

2000s

• DIED 2004: ELMER BERNSTEIN (COMPOSER)

2010s

• 2010: LUCY, A 4-YEAR OLD DOG FROM PETERBOROUGH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BECAME THE FIRST PARALYZED DOG TO WALK THE ENTIRE 7.6-MILE AUTO ROAD UP MOUNT WASHINGTON. (SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST HANDICAPPED CANINE TO ATTEMPT THE TREK.) IT TOOK HER SIX HOURS AND TWO MINUTES.
• 2015: LISETTE AND WALTER KIMMEL, BOTH 100, CELEBRATED THEIR 75TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
• 2019: “STARMAN” TESLA COMPLETED ITS FIRST ORBIT AROUND THE SUN

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