Every Year
1770s
1890s
- BORN 1890: MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS (AMERICAN CONSERVATIONIST)
- DIED 1891: PHINEAS TAYLOR (“P. T.”) BARNUM (CIRCUS OWNER)
- BORN 1893: IRENE CASTLE (DANCER)
- BORN 1897: WALTER WINCHELL (COLUMNIST & BROADCASTER)
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
- 1940: BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BE PICTURED ON A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
- 1948: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS
- 1949: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S MUSICAL SOUTH PACIFIC OPENED ON BROADWAY, N.Y.C.
1950s
- BORN 1954: TONY DORSETT (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
- BORN 1954: JACKIE CHAN (ACTOR & STUNTMAN)
- 1959: FIRST DISTINGUISHABLE RADAR ECHO BOUNCED OFF THE SUN
1960s
1970s
- 1970: JOHN WAYNE WON A BEST ACTOR OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE IN TRUE GRIT
- BORN 1975: TIKI BARBER (FOOTBALL PLAYER)
- 1977: THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS PLAYED THEIR FIRST AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME
2000s
- 2009: A 4.9-MAGNITUDE AFTERSHOCK REGISTERED IN CENTRAL ITALY FOLLOWING THE PREVIOUS DAY’S 6.3-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE
- 2009: AFTER AN UNDEFEATED SEASON, UCONN’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
- DIED 2009: DAVE ARNESON (CO-CREATOR OF THE FANTASY GAME DUNGEONS & DRAGONS)
2010s
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