1510s BORN 1511: GIORGIO VASARI (ARTIST) 1610s 1610: ITALIAN ASTRONOMER GALILEO GALILEI WAS FIRST TO OBSERVE WHAT WE NOW KNOW ARE SATURN’S RINGS 1619: FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA, THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES, CONVENED AT JAMESTOWN, VA 1730s 1739: CASPAR WISTAR BEGAN OPERATION OF THE […]

Every Year RAIN DAY (WAYNESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA) 1580s 1588: THE SPANISH ARMADA WAS DEFEATED BY AN ENGLISH NAVAL FORCE OFF THE COAST OF GRAVELINES, FRANCE 1780s 1786: THE PITTSBURGH GAZETTE BECAME THE FIRST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS 1820s BORN 1828: JOHN SARGENT PILLSBURY […]

1490s 1493: GREAT FIRE IN MOSCOW 1540s 1540: THOMAS CROMWELL WAS EXECUTED ON ORDER FROM KING HENRY VIII ON CHARGES OF TREASON 1540: HENRY VIII MARRIED HIS FIFTH WIFE, CATHERINE HOWARD 1750s DIED 1750: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (COMPOSER) 1790s 1794: MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE WAS GUILLOTINED, ENDING […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Though a similar character first appeared in the […]

Every Year BORN : BERT (CHARACTER ON SESAME STREET) 1770s 1775: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BECAME THE FIRST POSTMASTER GENERAL 1780s 1788: NEW YORK RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION AND BECAME THE 11TH STATE 1850s BORN 1856: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (PLAYWRIGHT) 1860s DIED 1863: SAM HOUSTON (PRESIDENT OF TEXAS, […]

1770s BORN 1775: ANNA TUTHILL SYMMES HARRISON (U.S. FIRST LADY) 1830s DIED 1834: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (POET) 1840s BORN 1844: THOMAS EAKINS (ARTIST) 1850s 1854: WALTER HUNT WAS GRANTED A PATENT FOR A PAPER SHIRT COLLAR 1860s 1866: ULYSSES S. GRANT RECEIVED THE RANK OF […]

PIONEER DAY (UTAH) Pioneer Day commemorates the day in 1847 when Brigham Young led his “pioneer band” of Mormons into the Salt Lake valley to establish a settlement–their new Zion. The Mormons had been driven from New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois and had spent […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS George Lee “Sparky” Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager. He managed the National League‘s Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. Anderson was the first manager to win the World Series in […]

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster of the Great Depression. He led a group known as the “Dillinger Gang“, which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times but escaped […]

1290s 1298: BATTLE OF FALKIRK: ENGLAND’S EDWARD LONGSHANK DEFEATED WILLIAM WALLACE’S SCOTTISH REBELS 1790s DIED 1796: ROBERT BURNS (POET) 1830s 1836: CANADA’S FIRST PUBLIC RAILWAY (CHAMPLAIN AND ST. LAWRENCE) OPENED 1860s 1861: THE FIRST MAJOR MILITARY ENGAGEMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR TOOK PLACE AT BULL […]

1300s BORN 1304: PETRARCH (POET) 1304: EDWARD I OF ENGLAND TOOK THE LAST REBEL STRONGHOLD IN THE WARS OF SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE 1590s 1591: RELIGIOUS LEADER ANNE HUTCHINSON WAS BAPTIZED 1810s 1810: COLOMBIA DECLARED INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN 1870s 1871: BRITISH COLUMBIA JOINED THE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION150 Years […]

60s 64: FIRE BEGAN NEAR CIRCUS MAXIMUS THAT DESTROYED 2/3 OF ROME, ITALY 1550s 1553: LADY JANE GREY WAS REPLACED BY MARY I OF ENGLAND AS QUEEN OF ENGLAND AFTER HAVING THE TITLE FOR ONLY NINE DAYS 1810s BORN 1814: SAMUEL COLT (INVENTOR) 1830s BORN […]

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 […]