Every Year

• INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
• BELIZE: INDEPENDENCE DAY

1640s

• BORN 1645: LOUIS JOLIET (EXPLORER)

1730s

• BORN 1737: FRANCIS HOPKINSON (JUDGE)

1780s

• BORN 1788: MARGARET TAYLOR (U.S. FIRST LADY)

1830s

• DIED 1832: SIR WALTER SCOTT (POET)

1840s

• BORN 1849: SIR EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE (POET)

1860s

• BORN 1866: H.G. WELLS (WRITER)
• BORN 1867: HENRY LEWIS STIMSON (POLITICIAN)

1890s

• 1897: THE NEW YORK SUN’S FRANK CHURCH REPLIED, “YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS.”

1910s

• BORN 1912: CHUCK JONES (BUGS BUNNY ANIMATOR)
• 1915: STONEHENGE WAS SOLD TO A LOCAL LANDOWNER FOR 6,600 POUNDS

1930s

• BORN 1931: LARRY HAGMAN (ACTOR)
• 1937: J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S THE HOBBIT PUBLISHED

1940s

• BORN 1947: DON FELDER (MUSICIAN)
• BORN 1947: STEPHEN KING (AUTHOR)

1950s

• BORN 1950: BILL MURRAY (ACTOR)
• BORN 1959: DAVE COULIER (ACTOR)

1960s

• BORN 1960: DAVID JAMES ELLIOT (ACTOR)
• BORN 1965: CHERYL HINES (ACTRESS)
• 1969: THE NFL’S LONGEST PUNT, 98 YARDS, CAME OFF THE FOOT OF STEVE O’NEAL OF THE NY JETS

1970s

• 1970: THE NY JETS COMPETED AGAINST THE CLEVELAND BROWNS IN THE FIRST TELEVISED NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME
• BORN 1971: LUKE WILSON (ACTOR)
• BORN 1972: JOHN KITNA (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1973: VIRGINIA RUANO PASCUAL (TENNIS PLAYER)
• BORN 1976: JANA KANDARR (TENNIS PLAYER)

1980s

• 1981: BELIZE BECOMES FULLY INDEPENDENT FROM GREAT BRITAIN
• BORN 1983: MAGGIE GRACE (ACTRESS)

1990s

• 1995: CANADA’S “TOONIE” COIN UNVEILED
• 1996: JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR. MARRIED CAROLYN BESSETTE25 Years Ago
• DIED 1998: FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER (OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST)

2000s

• 2004: SINGER BILLY JOEL WAS HONORED WITH A STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK OF FAME
• DIED 2007: ALICE GHOSTLEY (ACTRESS)

2010s

• DIED 2016: RICHARD D. TRENTLAGE (AMERICAN JINGLE WRITER)

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