1770s

• 1776: THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHED COMMON SENSE, A PAMPHLET CALLING FOR INDEPEDENCE FROM ENGLAND
• DIED 1778: CAROLUS LINNAEUS (BOTANIST)

1860s

• 1861: FLORIDA SECEDED FROM THE UNION (U.S. CIVIL WAR)
• 1863: THE FIRST LINE OF LONDON’S UNDERGROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OPENED

1870s

• 1870: STANDARD OIL COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED

1880s

• BORN 1882: ALEKSEI NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY (NOVELIST)
• BORN 1887: ROBINSON JEFFERS (POET)

1890s

• BORN 1892: DUMAS MALONE (AUTHOR)

1900s

• 1901: SPINDLETOP, THE FIRST GREAT TEXAS OIL STRIKE, WAS DISCOVERED
• BORN 1904: RAY BOLGER (ACTOR)

1910s

• 1911: FIRST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
• BORN 1915: DEAN DIXON (MUSICIAN)
• DIED 1917: BUFFALO BILL CODY (FRONTIERSMAN)

1920s

• 1920: LEAGUE OF NATIONS FOUNDED
• 1923: JUAN DE LA CIERVA DEMONSTRATED THE FIRST AUTOGYRO IN SPAIN
• BORN 1927: GISELE MACKENZIE (SINGER & ACTRESS)

1930s

• BORN 1935: SHERILL EUSTANCE MILNES (OPERA SINGER)
• BORN 1938: FRANK MAHOVLICH (HOCKEY PLAYER)
• BORN 1939: SAL MINEO (ACTOR)

1940s

• BORN 1942: JIM CROCE (SINGER)
• BORN 1945: ROD STEWART (SINGER)
• 1946: FIRST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MET IN LONDON
• 1946: WORLD’S FIRST COMMUNICATION THROUGH SPACE OCCURRED WHEN RADAR PULSES FROM FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY, ECHOED FROM THE MOON
• BORN 1949: GEORGE FOREMAN (BOXER)
• 1949: COLUMBIA INC. AND RADIO CORP. OF AMERICA INTRODUCED 33 1/3 RPM AND 45 RPM VINYL RECORDS

1950s

• DIED 1951: SINCLAIR LEWIS (NOVELIST)
• BORN 1952: PAT BENATAR (SINGER)
• 1956: ELVIS PRESLEY MADE HIS FIRST RECORDING IN NASHVILLE– “HEARTBREAK HOTEL” WAS THE A SIDE, “I WAS THE ONE” WAS THE B-SIDE

1960s

• DIED 1961: DASHIELL HAMMETT (AUTHOR OF DETECTIVE STORIES, INCLUDING THE MALTESE FALCON AND THE THIN MAN)
• BORN 1961: EVAN HANDLER (ACTOR)
• 1961: TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS WERE ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, MARKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARD RACIAL INTEGRATION OF THE STATE’S PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
• 1966: STATE REPRESENTATIVE JULIAN BOND WAS DENIED A SEAT IN THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE BECAUSE OF HIS OPPOSITION TO THE VIETNAM WAR

1970s

• 1971: MASTERPIECE THEATER MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT50 Years Ago

1980s

• DIED 1981: RICHARD BOONE (ACTOR)
• BORN 1982: JOSH RYAN EVANS (ACTOR)
• 1984: U.S. AND THE VATICAN REESTABLISHED FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AFTER MORE THAN 100 YEARS
• 1985: DANIEL ORTEGA INAUGURATED FOR A 6 YEAR TERM AS PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA

1990s

• 1991: JUDY SWEET BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED NCAA PRESIDENT

2010s

• DIED 2011: JOHN DYE (ACTOR)
• DIED 2016: DAVID BOWIE (MUSICIAN)

2020s

• 2020: PENUMBRAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.

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