Every Year WORLD POPULATION DAY 1270s BORN 1274: ROBERT THE BRUCE, KING OF SCOTLAND 1760s BORN 1767: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (6TH U.S. PRESIDENT) 1790s 1798: THE U.S. MARINE CORPS WAS REESTABLISHED 1798: U.S. MARINE BAND ESTABLISHED 1800s 1804: U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AARON BURR FATALLY SHOT […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Round-the-world flight On July 14, 1938, Hughes set another record by completing a flight around the world in just 91 hours (three days, 19 hours, 17 minutes), beating the previous record set in 1933 by Wiley Post in a single-engine Lockheed Vega by almost four days. Hughes […]

NUNAVUT DAY (CANADA) Celebrated by the residents of Nunavut, Canada, on July 9 each year, Nunavut is a time to honor the efforts of those who helped to bring this territory into being. For many years, the Inuit had worked toward forming their own territory. […]

970s DIED 975: KING EDGAR OF ENGLAND 1620s BORN 1621: JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (POET) 1770s 1776: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PROCLAIMED IN PHILADELPHIA 1776: FIRST PUBLIC READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TOOK PLACE IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1777: VERMONT BECAME FIRST AMERICAN COLONY TO ABOLISH […]

1300s DIED 1307: KING EDWARD I OF ENGLAND 1780s 1789: HAMMERFEST, NORWAY (KNOWN AS NORTHERNMOST TOWN IN WORLD), GRANTED TOWN STATUS 1800s 1806: CORNERSTONE LAID FOR FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN THE UNITED STATES (BALTIMORE BASILICA), IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 1840s 1846: ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM WASHINGTON, […]

1180s DIED 1189: HENRY II OF ENGLAND 1240s DIED 1249: ALEXANDER II OF SCOTLAND 1530s DIED 1535: SIR THOMAS MORE (AUTHOR, MARTYR) 1550s DIED 1553: EDWARD VI, KING OF ENGLAND 1690s 1699: NOTORIOUS PIRATE CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD (“CAPTAIN KIDD”) SEIZED IN BOSTON 1750s BORN 1755: […]

Every Year INDEPENDENCE DAY (CAPE VERDE) INDEPENDENCE DAY (VENEZUELA) 1680s 1687: PHYSICIST ISAAC NEWTON’S PHILOSOPHIAE NATURALIS PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA WAS PUBLISHED 1750s BORN 1755: SARAH SIDDONS (ACTRESS) 1790s BORN 1794: SYLVESTER GRAHAM (INVENTOR OF THE GRAHAM CRACKER) 1810s BORN 1810: P. T. BARNUM (CIRCUS OWNER) 1860s […]

INDEPENDENCE DAY (U.S.) The Fourth of July commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by delegates from the 13 colonies in 1776. The Declaration of Independence is America’s revolutionary Charter of Freedom and the document upon which the nation’s founding principles were established. The […]

DOG DAYS BEGIN The phrase “Dog Days” conjures up the hottest, most sultry days of summer. The Old Farmer’s Almanac lists the traditional timing of the Dog Days: the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11, coinciding with the heliacal (at sunrise) rising […]

1560s DIED 1566: NOSTRADAMUS (PHYSICIAN, ASTROLOGER) 1820s BORN 1821: SIR CHARLES TUPPER (6TH PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA) 1860s 1862: MORRILL ACT PASSED 1870s BORN 1877: HERMANN HESSE (AUTHOR) 1880s 1881: CHARLES GUITEAU SHOT AND FATALLY WOUNDED U.S. PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD 1890s 1890: THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST […]

CANADA DAY Canada Day commemorates the creation of the Dominion of Canada. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act established “one Dominion under the name of Canada” out of the colonies of Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, dividing it […]

1470s BORN 1470: CHARLES VIII OF FRANCE (KING OF FRANCE) 1760s BORN 1768: ELIZABETH KORTRIGHT MONROE (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1800s 1805: MICHIGAN TERRITORY WAS ESTABLISHED 1850s 1854: THE GADSDEN PURCHASE TREATY, SIGNED ON THIS DAY, TRANSFERRED TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES MAKING SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND […]

The Ohio Department of Agriculture released the official dates for the 2021 fair season. The Paulding County Fair will kick off the 2021 fair season on June 12, and the season will wrap up on Oct. 16 with the Fairfield County Fair. For a complete […]

Every Year STS. PETER & PAUL 1760s 1767: TOWNSHEND REVENUE ACTS PASSED BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT, ESTABLISHING DUTIES ON TEA, GLASS, PAINT, OIL, LEAD, AND PAPER IMPORTED INTO AMERICAN COLONIES 1770s 1776: SAN FRANCISCO WAS FOUNDED 1850s DIED 1852: HENRY CLAY (POLITICIAN) DIED 1856: PETER JONES […]

Every Year ST. IRENAEUS 760s DIED 767: POPE PAUL I 1490s BORN 1491: HENRY VIII ( KING OF ENGLAND) 1570s BORN 1577: PETER PAUL RUBENS (PAINTER) 1710s BORN 1712: JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (PHILOSOPHER) 1770s 1778: MOLLY PITCHER TOOK HER MORTALLY WOUNDED HUSBAND’S PLACE AT A CANNON […]

1650s 1652: FIRST TRAFFIC LAW IN “U.S.” PASSED, NEW AMSTERDAM (N.Y.C.) 1770s 1778: LIBERTY BELL RETURNED FROM ALLENTOWN TO PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 1820s DIED 1829: ENGLISH CHEMIST JAMES SMITHSON DIED WILLING $550,000 TO THE US FOR “THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN.” HIS BEQUEST […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS The St. Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Another World (often shortened to AW) is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from May 4, 1964, to June 25, 1999.[1][2] It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J. Bell, and was produced by Procter & Gamble Productions at NBC Studios, 1268 JC Studios in Brooklyn. Set in the fictional town of Bay […]

ON THIS DATE IN 1880, CANADA’S NATIONAL ANTHEM, “O CANADA,” WAS FIRST PERFORMED IN QUEBEC CITY, CANADA. FULL STRAWBERRY MOON In 2020, the Full Moon for June rises on June 5 at 3:12 PM EDT. For some Native Americans, this month’s Moon was called the […]

1680s 1683: WILLIAM PENN SIGNED A TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH THE LENNI LENAPE NATIVE AMERICANS IN WHAT IS NOW PENNSYLVANIA 1760s BORN 1763: JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS (EMPRESS OF FRANCE) 1840s 1845: TEXAS VOTED FOR ANNEXATION BY THE UNITED STATES AFTER NEARLY TEN YEARS […]