Every Year
1700s
1810s
- DIED 1813: TECUMSEH (NATIVE AMERICAN LEADER)
- DIED 1818: NANCY HANKS LINCOLN (MOTHER OF U.S. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN)
1820s
1860s
1880s
1900s
- BORN 1902: RAY ARTHUR KROC (AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN)
- BORN 1902: LARRY FINE (ACTOR)
- BORN 1908: JOSHUA LOGAN (PRODUCER)
1920s
- 1921: WORLD SERIES FIRST BROADCAST ON RADIO100 Years Ago
- BORN 1922: BIL KEANE (CARTOONIST, CREATED FAMILY CIRCUS)
- BORN 1923: GLYNIS JOHNS (ACTRESS)
- BORN 1929: RICHARD F. GORDON (ASTRONAUT)
1930s
- 1930: LAURA INGALLS MADE THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL AIRPLANE FLIGHT BY A WOMAN. TRAVELING FROM NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA IN 4 DAYS, SHE STOPPED 9 TIMES AND LOGGED 30 HOURS AND 27 MINUTES OF FLYING TIME
- 1931: FIRST NONSTOP TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT, FROM JAPAN TO WASHINGTON, WHICH HAD BEGUN ON OCTOBER 4, WAS COMPLETED ON THIS DAY
1940s
- BORN 1943: STEVE MILLER (MUSICIAN)
- 1947: DURING THE FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, PRESIDENT TRUMAN ASKED AMERICANS TO NOT EATING MEAT ON TUESDAYS OR POULTRY ON THURSDAYS IN ORDER TO HELP STOCKPILE GRAIN FOR STARVING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.
1950s
1960s
- 1962: THE BEATLES RELEASED THEIR HIT LOVE ME DO IN THE U.K.
- 1964: TOM GREEN’S JET CAR REACHED 413.199 MPH
- BORN 1965: MARIO LEMIEUX (HOCKEY PLAYER)
- 1969: MONTY PYTHON’S FLYING CIRCUS FIRST APPEARED ON THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION’S BBC-1
1970s
1980s
- 1982: LAURIE SKRESLET FIRST CANADIAN TO SUMMIT MT. EVEREST
- BORN 1983: NICKY HILTON (HEIRESS)
- DIED 1983: EARL TUPPER (INVENTOR OF TUPPERWARE)
- 1984: FIRST SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH WITH OCEANOGRAPHER (PAUL SCULLY-POWER ON CHALLENGER)
- 1984: MARC GARNEAU BECAME THE FIRST CANADIAN IN SPACE
- 1989: 14TH DALAI LAMA, TENZIN GYATSO, WON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
1990s
2000s
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