In 1777 British general John Burgoyne sent 700 men to Bennington, Vermont, where 2,600 colonial troops were guarding a storehouse containing war supplies. American general John Stark met the British; killed their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum; and killed or imprisoned nearly all the British soldiers. The Bennington battle led to the British surrender at Saratoga, New York, in October.
1770s
1780s
1820s
1840s
- 1841: U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER VETOED A BILL CALLING FOR THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
- BORN 1845: GABRIEL LIPPMANN (PHYSICIST)
1850s
1860s
1890s
- 1896: GOLD IS DISCOVERED IN RABBIT CREEK IN THE YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA, STARTING THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH
- DIED 1899: ROBERT WILHELM BUNSEN (CHEMIST)
1910s
- BORN 1913: MENACHEM BEGIN (PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL)
- 1916: U.S./CANADIAN MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY SIGNED
- 1919: IN A POOL AT MANHATTAN BEACH, NEW YORK, ETHELDA BLEIBTREY SWAM AGAINST FANNY DURACK OF AUSTRALIA, WINNING THE RACE AND A PLACE ON THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TEAM FOR THE 1920 SUMMER GAMES IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM. SHE AND HER TEAMMATES WERE THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN TO SWIM IN THE OLYMPICS.
1940s
- BORN 1946: LESLEY ANN WARREN (ACTRESS)
- DIED 1948: BABE RUTH (BASEBALL PLAYER)
- DIED 1949: MARGARET MITCHELL (AUTHOR)
1950s
- 1951: FIRST DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE OPENED
- 1954: VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PUBLISHED
- BORN 1958: MADONNA (SINGER)
- BORN 1958: ANGELA BASSETT (ACTRESS)
1960s
- BORN 1960: TIMOTHY HUTTON (ACTOR)
- 1960: FROM 102,800 FEET, JOE KITTINGER FREE-FELL 4 MINUTES, 36 SECONDS OVER NEW MEXICO
- BORN 1963: STEVE CARELL (ACTOR)
- 1967: 5-POUND 15-OUNCE ARCTIC GRAYLING CAUGHT IN KATSEYEDIE RIVER, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
1970s
1980s
- BORN 1980: VANESSA CARLTON (SINGER)
- 1982: NORTHERN HOGSUCKER WEIGHED IN AT ONE POUND FIFTEEN OUNCES, MAKING MINNESOTA STATE FISHING RECORD
1990s
- BORN 1991: EVANNA LYNCH (ACTRESS; PLAYS LUNA LOVEGOOD IN HARRY POTTER FILMS)
- DIED 1998: PHIL LEEDS (ACTOR)
2000s
2010s
- DIED 2015: EMMA DIDLAKE (OLDEST KNOWN U.S. VETERAN AT THE TIME OF DEATH; SHE WAS 110)
- DIED 2018: ARETHA FRANKLIN (SINGER, KNOWN AS THE “QUEEN OF SOUL”)
- 2018: THE TEXAS RANGERS TURNED A RARE 5-4 TRIPLE PLAY AGAINST THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS, AT GLOBE LIFE PARK IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. IT WAS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S FIRST TRIPLE PLAY WITHOUT RETIRING THE BATTER SINCE JUNE 3, 1912.
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