1560s
1820s
1860s
- 1865: PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS SHOT BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH AT FORD’S THEATER, WASHINGTON, D.C.
- BORN 1866: ANNE SULLIVAN (TEACHER AND MENTOR TO HELEN KELLER)
1890s
- 1891: NEW JERSEY PASSED THE FIRST LAW PROVIDING STATE AID FOR PUBLIC ROADS
- 1896: JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG PATENTED PROCESS TO MAKE CORNFLAKES
1900s
1910s
- 1910: PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT THREW A PITCH TO OPEN THE BASEBALL SEASON
- 1912: THE WORLD’S LARGEST PASSENGER SHIP, THE RMS TITANIC, STRUCK AN ICEBERG IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE
1920s
1930s
1940s
1960s
- BORN 1960: BRAD GARRETT (ACTOR)
- 1969: FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME IN CANADA, EXPOS VS. CARDINALS
- 1969: KATHARINE HEPBURN BECAME THE FIRST TO WIN THREE BEST ACTRESS OSCARS
1970s
1990s
- 1993: DON CALHOUN WON $1 MILLION BY MAKING A 79-FOOT SHOT IN A BASKETBALL CONTEST
- DIED 1995: BURL IVES (ACTOR & SINGER)
- BORN 1996: ABIGAIL BRESLIN (ACTRESS)
2000s
- DIED 2002: BUCK BAKER (RACE CAR DRIVER)
- DIED 2007: DON HO (ENTERTAINER)
- 2008: 51-POUND 4-OUNCE MONKFISH CAUGHT IN STELLWAGEN BANK, MASSACHUSETTS
- 2009: BEATLE GEORGE HARRISON RECEIVED A STAR ON HOLLYWOOD’S WALK OF FAME
2010s
- 2010: A MASSIVE FIREBALL SHOT ACROSS THE EVENING SKY, VISIBLE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN THE MIDWEST. A SONIC BOOM AND LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED.
- 2010: A 7.1-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED CHINA’S YUSHU COUNTY IN THE QINGHAI PROVINCE
- DIED 2011: TREVOR BANNISTER (ACTOR)
- DIED 2011: WALTER BREUNING (RETIRED RAILROAD WORKER FROM MONTANA WHO WAS, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, THE WORLD’S OLDEST MAN AT 114 YEARS OLD.)
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