1760s

• 1766: BRITISH PARLIAMENT REPEALED THE STAMP ACT

1780s

• BORN 1782: JOHN C. CALHOUN (7TH U.S. VICE PRESIDENT)

1830s

• BORN 1837: GROVER CLEVELAND (22ND AND 24TH U.S. PRESIDENT)

1840s

• BORN 1844: NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (COMPOSER)

1850s

• BORN 1858: RUDOLF DIESEL (INVENTOR)

1860s

• 1865: CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA ADJOURNED FOR THE LAST TIME

1890s

• 1891: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHED BETWEEN LONDON AND THE CONTINENT
• BORN 1892: TRISTRAM COFFIN (WRITER)

1900s

• BORN 1905: ROBERT DONAT (ACTOR)

1910s

• BORN 1910: HERMAN TARNOWER (PHYSICIAN)

1920s

• 1922: MAHATMA GANDHI SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN JAIL AFTER HIS FIRST CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN AGAINST BRITISH RULE IN INDIA
• BORN 1926: PETER GRAVES (ACTOR)
• BORN 1927: GEORGE PLIMPTON (AUTHOR)

1930s

• 1931: FIRST ELECTRIC RAZOR MARKETED
• BORN 1932: JOHN UPDIKE (AUTHOR)
• BORN 1938: CHARLEY PRIDE (SINGER)

1940s

• BORN 1941: WILSON PICKETT (SINGER)
• BORN 1944: KEVIN DOBSON (ACTOR)

1950s

• BORN 1956: INGEMAR STENMARK (SKIER)
• DIED 1956: LOUIS BROMFIELD (AUTHOR)

1960s

• BORN 1962: MIKE ROWE (TELEVISION HOST)
• 1963: THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED THAT STATES MUST SUPPLY FREE LEGAL AID TO INDIGENT CLIENTS CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIMINAL OFFENSES
• BORN 1963: VANESSA WILLIAMS (ACTRESS)
• BORN 1964: BONNIE BLAIR (SPEEDSKATER, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST)
• 1965: RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ALEKSEI A. LEONOV BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO FLOAT FREELY IN SPACE, ON A LIFELINE ATTACHED TO SOVIET SPACECRAFT VOSKHOD
• 1966: FOURTEEN NATO MEMBERS (ALL EXCEPT FRANCE) EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY AND THE PRINCIPLE OF MILITARY INTEGRATION
• 1967: THE TANKER TORREY CANYON WAS WRECKED NEAR CORNWALL, ENGLAND, AND DISCHARGED MORE THAN 31,000,000 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL

1970s

• 1970: U.S. POSTAL WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE
• BORN 1970: QUEEN LATIFAH (SINGER & ACTRESS)
• BORN 1972: DANE COOK (COMEDIAN)
• 1974: MOST ARAB OIL COMPANIES ENDED OIL EMBARGO AGAINST U.S.
• BORN 1979: ADAM LEVINE (MUSICIAN)

1980s

• DIED 1980: ERIC FROMM (AUTHOR)
• 1985: CAPITAL CITIES COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ANNOUNCED THE PURCHASE OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES FOR $3.5 BILLION
• 1987: FLEET FINANCIAL CORP. AND NORSTAR BANCORP SWAPPED STOCK IN A $1.3 BILLION MERGER
• 1989: DAYLILIES RETURN TO EARTH ON SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY

1990s

• 1990: LARGEST ART THEFT IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME ($500 MILLION) OCCURRED IN ISABELLA STEWARD GARDNER MUSEUM IN BOSTON

2000s

• DIED 2002: ALONZO DECKER, JR. (TURNED TOOL MANUFACTURER BLACK & DECKER INTO CORPORATE GIANT)
• DIED 2002: MAUDE FARRIS-LUSE (DIED AT 115 YEARS, 56 DAYS)
• DIED 2009: NATASHA RICHARDSON (ACTRESS)

2010s

• DIED 2010: FESS PARKER (ACTOR)
• 2010: SUMATRAN TIGER BORN, SACRAMENTO ZOO, CALIFORNIA

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