Every Year
1550s
1710s
1730s
1790s
1830s
1850s
1860s
- BORN 1866: JAMES J. CORBETT (BOXER)
- 1869: AT A CONVENTION OF NONDRINKERS IN CHICAGO THE PROHIBITION PARTY IS BORN
1870s
- BORN 1875: EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (WRITER; TARZAN AUTHOR)
- BORN 1877: FRANCIS WILLIAM ASTON (CHEMIST, DISCOVERED ISOTOPES)
- 1878: THE FIRST WOMAN, MISS EMMA NUTT, WAS HIRED BY THE TELEPHONE DISPATCH COMPANY IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. BEFORE MISS NUTT’S EMPLOYMENT, YOUNG MEN SERVED AS OPERATORS, BUT THEIR RUDENESS TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS CAUSED THE COMPANY OWNERS TO REPLACE THEM WITH WOMEN
1900s
- BORN 1900: DON WILSON (ENTERTAINER)
- 1905: SASKATCHEWAN BECAME A PROVINCE OF CANADA
- 1905: ALBERTA BECAME A PROVINCE OF CANADA
1910s
1920s
1930s
- BORN 1933: CONWAY TWITTY (COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER)
- BORN 1935: SEIJI OZAWA (ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR)
- BORN 1936: LILY TOMLIN (ACTRESS)
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
- 1972: BOBBY FISCHER BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN TO HOLD THE WORLD CHESS TITLE BY DEFEATING SOVIET PLAYER, BORIS SPASSKY
- BORN 1973: J. D. FORTUNE (SINGER)
- BORN 1975: SCOTT SPEEDMAN (ACTOR)
- DIED 1977: ETHEL WATERS (SINGER)
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2010s
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