1300s

• BORN 1304: PETRARCH (POET)
• 1304: EDWARD I OF ENGLAND TOOK THE LAST REBEL STRONGHOLD IN THE WARS OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE

1590s

• 1591: RELIGIOUS LEADER ANNE HUTCHINSON WAS BAPTIZED

1810s

• 1810: COLOMBIA DECLARED INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN

1870s

• 1871: BRITISH COLUMBIA JOINED THE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION150 Years Ago
• 1875: CONNECTICUT STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ESTABLISHED

1890s

• 1893: THE U.S.S. MACHIAS, FIRST STEEL-HULLED SHIP BUILT IN MAINE, COMMISSIONED

1900s

• 1900: ELEANOR ANNIE LAMSON WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ASTRONOMER EMPLOYED AT THE U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY

1910s

• BORN 1919: SIR EDMUND HILLARY (ONE OF THE FIRST TO SUMMIT MT. EVEREST)

1930s

• BORN 1938: NATALIE WOOD (ACTRESS)

1940s

• 1942: LEGION OF MERIT ESTABLISHED
• BORN 1947: CARLOS SANTANA (MUSICIAN)

1960s

• 1968: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OLYMPICS HELD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
• 1969: NEIL ARMSTRONG BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO STEP FOOT ON THE MOON. HE ALSO PLACED THE U.S. FLAG THERE.
• BORN 1969: JOSH HOLLOWAY (ACTOR)

1970s

• DIED 1973: BRUCE LEE (ACTOR & MARTIAL ARTIST)
• 1976: HANK AARON HIT HIS 755TH HOME RUN
• 1976: VIKING 1, U.S. ROBOT SPACECRAFT, LANDED ON MARS
• BORN 1978: ELLIOTT YAMIN (SINGER)

1980s

• BORN 1980: GISELE BUNDCHEN (MODEL)
• 1985: MEL FISHER’S CREW FOUND SUNKEN ATOCHA OFF FLORIDA COAST, LOADED WITH SILVER, GOLD, AND EMERALDS

2000s

• DIED 2005: JAMES MONTGOMERY DOOHAN (ACTOR, LINGUIST)
• DIED 2007: TAMMY FAYE MESSNER

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