FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gerry Thomas (February 17, 1922 – July 18, 2005) was a Canadian who moved to the US to become a salesman. He is sometimes credited with inventing the TV Dinner in 1952. Thomas, who worked for the Swanson food company in America in the 1950s and went […]

1760s BORN 1763: JOHN JACOB ASTOR (BUSINESSMAN) 1820s 1821: FLORIDA FORMALLY CEDED BY SPAIN TO THE U.S.200 Years Ago 1850s 1850: FIRST PHOTO TAKEN OF STAR OTHER THAN SUN (VEGA), HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY 1860s 1862: U.S. NATIONAL CEMETERY ACT PASSED 1867: IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, THE […]

1480s BORN 1486: ANDREA DEL SARTO (PAINTER) 1550s DIED 1557: ANNE OF CLEVES (FOURTH WIFE OF KING HENRY VIII) 1660s BORN 1661: PIERRE LE MOYNE (FRENCH-CANADIAN EXPLORER) 1740s BORN 1746: GIUSEPPE PIAZZI (ITALIAN ASTRONOMER) 1790s 1790: CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ON THE POTOMAC […]

Every Year ST. SWITHIN’S DAY 1600s BORN 1606: REMBRANDT (ARTIST) 1770s BORN 1779: CLEMENT MOORE (WRITER) 1790s 1799: IN THE EGYPTIAN VILLAGE OF RASHID, FRENCH CAPTAIN PIERRE BOUCHARD FOUND THE ROSETTA STONE 1850s BORN 1850: SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (MISSIONARY) 1870s 1870: GEORGIA BECAME THE […]

Every Year BASTILLE DAY 1220s 1223: LOUIS VIII BECAME KING OF FRANCE UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER 1790s 1791: THE PRIESTLEY RIOTS TOOK PLACE IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 1850s 1853: THE FIRST WORLD’S FAIR TO BE HELD IN THE UNITED STATES OPENED IN NEW YORK […]

Every Year BORN : JULIUS CAESAR (ROMAN STATESMAN) 1780s 1787: THE AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PASSED THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE CREATION OF NEW STATES 1790s BORN 1793: JOHN CLARE (POET) 1810s BORN 1816: GUSTAV FREYTAG (NOVELIST) 1830s 1836: CURRENT U.S. PATENT NUMBERING […]

Every Year ORANGEMEN’S DAY (N.L., CAN.) 1530s DIED 1536: ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM (WRITER & PHILOSOPHER) 1730s BORN 1730: JOSIAH WEDGWOOD (POTTER) 1800s DIED 1804: ALEXANDER HAMILTON (STATESMAN AND FOUNDING FATHER) 1810s BORN 1817: HENRY DAVID THOREAU (WRITER) 1840s DIED 1849: DOLLEY MADISON (U.S. FIRST LADY) […]

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 […]