1840s

• 1848: OREGON TERRITORY ORGANIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS

1860s

• BORN 1863: ERNEST LAWRENCE THAYER (POET)

1880s

• 1888: OLIVER B. SHALLENBERGER RECEIVED PATENT FOR AN ELECTRIC METER

1890s

• DIED 1891: SARAH CHILDRESS POLK (U.S. FIRST LADY)

1920s

• BORN 1926: ALICE GHOSTLEY (ACTRESS)

1930s

• 1935: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT SIGNED THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

1940s

• 1941: PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL SIGNED AN EIGHT POINT AGREEMENT KNOWN AS THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
• BORN 1941: DAVID CROSBY (SINGER, SONGWRITER)
• BORN 1945: STEVE MARTIN (ACTOR)
• BORN 1947: DANIELLE STEEL (AUTHOR)

1950s

• BORN 1950: GARY LARSON (CARTOONIST, CREATOR OF THE FAR SIDE)
• BORN 1959: EARVIN “MAGIC” JOHNSON (BASKETBALL PLAYER)
• 1959: U.S. SATELLITE EXPLORER VI TRANSMITTED THE FIRST PICTURE OF EARTH FROM SPACE

1960s

• BORN 1961: SUSAN OLSEN (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1966: HALLE BERRY (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1968: CATHERINE BELL (ACTRESS)

1980s

• BORN 1983: MILA KUNIS (ACTRESS)

1990s

• DIED 1994: ALICE CHILDRESS (PLAYWRIGHT)

2000s

• 2003: THE BIGGEST BLACKOUT IN U.S. HISTORY, AFFECTING SOME 50 MILLION PEOPLE, ENGULFED NEW YORK CITY, ALBANY, HARTFORD, TORONTO, OTTAWA, DETROIT, CLEVELAND AND ONTARIO
• 2004: AN ESTIMATED 65,000 FANS ATTENDED PHISH’S LAST CONCERT
• 2005: FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH ANNOUNCED THAT CRISTETA COMERFORD WAS HIRED TO BE EXECUTIVE CHEF AT THE WHITE HOUSE–THE FIRST TIME THAT A WOMAN HAS HELD THE JOB
• DIED 2006: BRUNO KIRBY (ACTOR)
• DIED 2007: PHIL RIZZUTO (BASEBALL PLAYER & ANNOUNCER)

2010s

• DIED 2012: RON PALILLO (ACTOR)
• 2012: ARETHA FRANKLIN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE GOSPEL MUSIC HALL OF FAME

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