1470s

• BORN 1471: ALBRECHT DURER (PAINTER)

1540s

• DIED 1542: HERNANDO DE SOTO (EXPLORER)

1680s

• BORN 1688: ALEXANDER POPE (POET)

1760s

• 1765: WINDSOR AGRICULTURAL FAIR (NORTH AMERICA’S OLDEST) FOUNDED, NOVA SCOTIA

1830s

• 1834: CYRUS MCCORMICK’S REAPER PATENTED

1840s

• BORN 1844: HENRI ROUSSEAU (PAINTER)

1880s

• 1881: AMERICAN RED CROSS FOUNDED
• BORN 1887: JAMES GLADSTONE (FIRST CANADIAN ABORIGINAL SENATOR)

1900s

• 1901: THE FIRST U.S. SPEED LIMIT LAW FOR MOTOR VEHICLES (12 MPH IN THE CITY/15 MPH IN THE COUNTRY) PASSED IN CONNECTICUT
• BORN 1904: FATS WALLER (JAZZ PIANIST)

1910s

• BORN 1917: RAYMOND BURR (ACTOR)

1930s

• 1932: AMELIA EARHART COMPLETED THE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT BY A WOMAN ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
• DIED 1935: JANE ADDAMS (SOCIAL WORKER)

1940s

• 1941: ROBIN MOOR BECAME THE FIRST U.S. MERCHANT SHIP SUNK BY A U-BOAT
• 1945: HUMPHREY BOGART AND LAUREN BACALL WERE MARRIED
• BORN 1945: RICHARD HATCH (ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER)

1950s

• BORN 1952: MR. T (ACTOR)

1960s

• 1964: WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED LIGHT-HOUSE, BALTIMORE LIGHT, WENT INTO OPERATION, CHESAPEAKE BAY

1980s

• 1985: PATTI FRUSTACI GAVE BIRTH TO THE FIRST SEPTUPLETS IN THE UNITED STATES
• BORN 1987: ASHLIE BRILLAULT (ACTRESS)

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