|
|
|
1738
|
John Singleton Copley (Massachusetts-born Painter)
|
|
|
1854
|
Leoš Janácek (Czech Composer)
|
|
1878
|
George M. Cohan (Rhode Island-born Songwriter)
|
|
1901
|
Ruth Crawford Seeger (Ohio-born Composer, Folk Music Compiler)
|
|
1926
|
Meyer Kupferman (New York City-born Composer)
|
|
|
1848
|
Theodore Presser (Pennsylvania-born Music Publisher; co-Founder of the Music Teachers National Association)
|
|
|
1918
|
Ernest Vandiver, Jr. (Governor of Georgia: 1959-1963)
|
|
|
|
1863
|
Little Crow (Taoyateduta, Leader of the Dakota: Murdered)
|
|
1907
|
Pedro (Don Pedrito) Jaramillo (Mexican-American Faith Healer in Southern Texas)
|
|
1908
|
Joel Chandler Harris (Georgia-born Author of the Uncle Remus Books)
|
|
1918
|
Mohammed V (Sultan of Turkey)
|
|
1920
|
William Crawford Gorgas (Alabama-born U.S. Surgeon General: 1915-1918)
|
|
1941
|
Albert Blakeslee White (Ohio-born Governor of West Virginia: 1901 - 1905)
|
|
1971
|
Jim Morrison (Florida-born Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ("The Doors")
|
|
|
|
 |
1714
|
In England, 17-year-old James Oglethorpe, Founder of the Georgia Colony, Enters Corpus Christi College, Oxford University
|
|
1754
|
A Force of 600 French and 100 Indians Drive British Troops Commanded by George Washington From Fort Necessity
|
|
1775
|
George Washington Formally Takes Command of the Continental Army
|
|
1776
|
In Massachusetts, African Masonic Lodge No. 1 Is Formed
|
|
 |
1816
|
Construction Begins on Fort Crawford in Wisconsin
|
|
1823
|
Monroe County, Florida's 6th County, Is Created and Named for James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States
|
|
1839
|
Dakota Warriors Attack and Kill about 100 Ojibwe People in Two Minnesota Locations
|
|
1844
|
US and China Sign the Treaty of Wangxia, Providing U.S. Access to the Chinese Market and Most Favored Nation Status
|
|
1850
|
The Steamboat Columbia Makes Its First Trial Run on the River of the Same Name
|
|
1857
|
Iowa's Constitution Goes into Effect
|
|
1862
|
President Lincoln Telegraphs Appeal to Union Governors for Another 50,000 Troops
|
|
President Lincoln Telegraphs Congratulations to General McClellan on a Job Well Done
|
|
1863
|
Union Troops Repel a Massive Artillery Assault on Cemetery Ridge at Pennsylvania's Battle of Gettysburg
|
|
Boats from the U.S.S. Fort Henry Capture the Sloop Emma North of Florida's Sea Horse Key with a Cargo of Tar and Confederate Mail
|
|
Abraham Bennett Becomes Minnesota's First Railroad Fatality: When a Train Strikes His Wagon in St. Paul
|
|
1879
|
A Tornado Strikes Goodhue County, Minnesota, Killing 9 People and Injuring 30
|
|
1884
|
City-County Hospital (University Medical Center at Brackenridge) Opens in Austin, Texas
|
|
1888
|
In New York City, Construction Is Completed on the George Washington Bridge
|
|
1889
|
In Atlanta, Members of the Georgia General Assembly March from the Current Capitol at the Kimball Opera House to the State's New Capitol
|
|
1890
|
Idaho Becomes the 43rd State
|
|
1896
|
Pompano Beach, Florida Is First Settled
|
|
1898
|
The U.S. Navy Defeats a Spanish Fleet in the Harbor at Santiago, Cuba
|
|
 |
1908
|
Pompano Beach, Florida Is Incorporated
|
|
1913
|
Georgia State Senate Refuses Request of the Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association to Address the Senate
|
|
At Fairbanks, Army Captain J. V. Martin Pilots the First Airplane Flight in Alaska
|
|
1917
|
The Dandelion Is the First Ship to Pass through the Minneapolis Locks on the Mississippi River
|
|
1919
|
American Soldiers Return From Fighting the Bolsheviks on the Murmask Front in Northern Russia
|
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Opens One of the First Publicly-Owned Airports in the United States
|
|
1920
|
In Washington, Kennewick's Liberty Theatre Opens for Business
|
|
1930
|
Congress Creates the U.S. Veterans Administration
|
|
1933
|
In Dover, Delaware Governor C. Douglass Buck Lays the Cornerstone of the State's Legislative Hall
|
|
1935
|
In Washington, the Ferry Kalakala Starts Daily Service between Seattle and Bremerton
|
|
1940
|
British Naval Forces Destroy the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, to Prevent Nazis Using the Ships to Invade Britain
|
|
1947
|
In New Mexico, the Santa Fe Opera Presents Its First Performance in a New Outdoor Theater North of the City
|
|
 |
1953
|
Terms Are Accepted to Begin Peace Talks in Korea
|
|
1957
|
Nikita Khrushchev Takes Control in the Soviet Union by Ousting Opponents in Positions of Authority
|
|
1958
|
President Eisenhower Signs the Rivers and Harbors Flood Control Bill, Allocating Funds for Federal Flood Control and Water Storage
|
|
1964
|
Natural Bridge Caverns, the Largest Known Cavern in Texas, Is Opened to the Public
|
|
1966
|
London Rally Protesting the Vietnam War Turns Violent
|
|
Atlanta Braves Pitcher Tony Cloninger Hits 2 Grand Slam Homeruns and Drives in 9 Runs in a Single Game Against the Giants
|
|
1968
|
Hillsborough Community College Is Founded in Tampa, Florida
|
|
1987
|
French Court Sentences Nazi War Criminal, Klaus Barbie, to Life in Prison
|
|
1988
|
U.S. Navy Cruiser Vincennes Mistakenly Shoots Down an Iranian Passenger Jet, Killing All 290 Persons Aboard
|
|