May 1
1672
Essayist Joseph Addison was born
in Milston, Wiltshire, England.
1884
Construction began in Chicago of the Home Insurance Company
building, the world's first skyscraper.
Home Insurance Company Building
1886
Economist Benjamin M. Anderson was born in Columbia, Missouri.
1893
The World's Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago. It featured the first Ferris wheel.
World's Columbian Exposition
1909
Singer Kate Smith was born in Greenville, Virginia.
Kate Smith
1915
African-American Archie Williams was born in Oakland, California.
In 1936 he won the gold medal in the 400-meter track race
at the Berlin Olympics, refuting Hitler's theory of the superiority
of Aryan athletes. He was a mechanical engineer and airplane
pilot. For 22 years he trained pilots at the Tuskegee Institute,
including the black air corps of WWII.
Archie Williams
1916
Actor Glenn Ford was born in
Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada.
1918
Comedian and TV personality Jack Paar was born in Canton, Ohio.
Jack Paar
1920
Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a Yankee.
It went over the roof in right field at the Polo Grounds.
Babe Ruth
1931
The Empire State Building opened as the world's tallest building.
Empire State Building
1945
Singer Rita Coolidge was born in Nashville, Tennessee.
1961
Gary Drew was born in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Gary Drew
May 2
1611
The King James Version of the Bible was published.
1859
Humorist Jerome K. Jerome was born
in Caldmore, Walsall, England.
1903
Dr. Benjamin Spock, anti-war activist and
authority on child care, was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Benjamin Spock
1907
Comedian and TV star Pinky Lee (Pincus Leff)
was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
1924
Singer and actor Theodore Bikel was born in Vienna, Austria.
1946
Singer Lesley Gore was born in Tenafly, New Jersey.
Lesley Gore
1954
Stan Musial hit five home runs in two games
for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Stan Musial
May 3
1689
Freeholders in Suffolk, New York, rebelled against the Dominion
of New York City and ousted appointed officials.
1903
Singer, composer, and actor Bing Crosby
(Harry Lillis Crosby) was born in Tacoma, Washington.
1904
NY Yankee pitcher (1930-1942, 1945-1946) Charles
Red Ruffing was born in Granville, Illinois.
1921
Champion boxer "Sugar Ray" Robinson
was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1937
Singer Frankie Valli was born in Newark, New Jersey.
1951
The NY Yankees scored 11 runs in the 9th inning.
Gil McDougald drove in 6 of them
with a triple and a grand slam home run.
Gil McDougald
1971
A massive Anti-Vietnam War demonstration, took place in Washington DC.
1983
U.S. Catholic bishops called for elimination of all nuclear weapons and a ban
on nuclear war.
May 4
1776
Rhode Island spokesmen declared independence from Great Britain.
1822
President James Monroe vetoed a bill
appropriating money to repair the Cumberland Road.
He asserted that the federal government did not have the right to operate
and hold jurisdiction over public roads or any other internal improvement.
1825
Writer T. H. Huxley was born in Ealing, England.
1826
Frederick Church, Hudson River school painter,
was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
Yosemite Valley and Niagra Falls by Frederick Church
1905
Belmont race track opened in New York.
Belmonst Racetrack
1929
Actress Audry Hepburn (Edna van Heemstra Hepburn-Rusten)
was born near Brussels, Belgium.
Audry Hepburn
1935
Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Joe DiMaggio
played his first game as a Yankee. He got 3 hits, drove in a run,
and scored 3 runs.
Joe DiMaggio
1971
A Superior Court judge ordered the release of 12,000 people arrested
by Washington DC police during a demonstration against the Vietnam war.
May 5
1862
Mexicans defeated invading French soldiers at the Battle of Puebla.
1867
Journalist Nellie Bly (nee Elizabeth Jane Cochran) was born
in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania.
She exposed the inhumane conditions that prevailed in "insane asylums"
by posing as an inmate and then documenting her experiences.
She was also an adventurer who traveled around the world in 72 days,
out-doing Jules Verne's fictional character Phineas Fogg by 8 days.
Nellie Bly
1891
Carnegie Hall opened in New York City with a performance of works by Tchaikovsky.
Carnegie Hall
1904
Cy Young pitched the first perfect game
in major-league history.
Cy Young
1913
Actor Tyrone Power was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1926
NY Yankee outfielder (1951-1956, 1960-1962) Bob Cerv
was born in Weston, Nebraska.
1943
Comedian Michael Palin was born in Sheffield, England.
Michael Palin
1945
Denmark Liberation Day. The Nazi German army left Denmark.
May 6
1776
The Virginia convention instructed their representatives to move
for independence.
1783
Negotiation for the evacuation of British troops began.
1889
The Paris Exposition, with the Eiffel Tower, opened.
1895
Movie star Rudolph Valentino
(Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina D'Antonguolla)
was born in Castellaneta, Italy.
1915
Actor and film maker Orson Wells
was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
1915
Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run
for the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees.
Babe Ruth
1931
Baseball star Willie Mays was born in Westfield, Alabama.
Willie Mays
1947
Actor George Clooney was born at Agusta, Kentucky.
1954
Roger Bannister became the first person to run a mile
in under 4 minutes.
May 7
1711
Philosopher and historian David Hume
was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1824
Beethoven's ninth symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
1833
Composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.
1840
Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was born in Vatkinsk, Russia.
Peter Tchaikovsky
1885
Western movie actor George "Gabby" Hayes was born in Stannards, New York.
Gabby Hayes
1901
Movie star Frank James (Gary) Cooper was born in Helena, Montana.
1922
Actor Darren McGavin was born in Spokane, Washington.
1931
Singer Teresa Brewer was born in Toledo, Ohio.
Teresa Brewer
1933
Football Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas was born
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Johnny Unitas
May 8
1794
Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was
born in Paris, France.
1828
Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, was born in
Geneva, Switzerland.
1869
Religious freedom was proclaimed in Spain.
1883
Philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid, Spain.
1886
Dr. John Styth perfected the syrup for Coca Cola.
1899
Economist and social philosopher Friederich von Hayek
was born in Vienna, Austria.
Friedrich von Hayek
1926
Comedian Don Rickles was born
in Queens, New York.
1940
Peter Benchley, author of Jaws, was born
in New York City.
Peter Benchley
1940
Singer Toni Tennille was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
1959
Football star Ronnie Lott was born
in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1968
Jim "Catfish" Hunter pitched a perfect game.
Catfish Hunter
May 9
1754
The first cartoon in America was published by
Benjamin Franklin.
The first political cartoon in America and its author Benjamin Franklin
1788
A motion was made in the British Parliament to abolish the slave
trade.
1860
Sir James Barrie, author of Peter Pan,
was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland.
1862
General David Hunter issued orders to free all slaves in
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
(Dictator Abraham Lincoln countermanded the orders
on May 19, 1862.)
1928
Tennis star Pancho Gonzales was born in Los Angeles,
California.
1949
Singer and songwriter Billy Joel was born
in Hicksville, New York.
Billy Joel
1960
Baseball star Tony Gwynn was born in Los Angeles, California.
Tony Gwynn
May 10
1727
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, early theorist
of marginal utility, subjective value, and free trade, was born in Paris, France.
Turgot
1775
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys
captured Fort Ticonderoga.
Ethan Allen and Fort Ticonderoga
1899
Dancer, choreographer, singer, actor, and movie star Fred Austerlitz (Fred Astaire)
was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
2001
Congress passed the largest tax cut in 20 years.
May 11
1752
The first fire insurance policy in the US was issued in Philadelphia.
1865
German chemist Friedrich Kekulé devised the benzene theory.
The new understanding of benzene, and hence of all aromatic compounds, proved to be
so important for both pure and applied chemistry that in 1890 the German Chemical Society
organized an elaborate appreciation in Kekulé's honor, celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his first benzene paper.
1888
Composer Irving Baline (Berlin)
was born in Tyumen, Siberia.
Irving Berlin
1904
Surrealist painter Salvador Dali was
born in Figueras, Spain.
Salvador Dali and two of his paintings
1911
Comedian Phil Silvers was born in Brooklyn, New York.
1927
Comedian Mort Sahl was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mort Sahl
1946
Physician Robert Jarvik, who invented the artificial heart,
was born in Midland, Michigan.
1987
The first heart and lung transplant was performed in Baltimore.
2008
Amari Halliday was born in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Amari Halliday
May 12
1774
Patriots met at Fauneil Hall and agreed to send food to Boston to
sustain the inhabitants while the port was closed.
1775
Seth Warner and the Green Mountain Boys captured Crown Point.
1820
Nurse Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy.
Florence Nightingale
1925
NY Yankee catcher (1946-1963), Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, and philosopher
Lawrence "Yogi" Berra
was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Yogi Berra
1929
Composer Burt Bacharach was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
1933
The Chicago World's fair opened.
1937
Comedian George Carlin was born in New York City.
1946
Libertarian science-fiction novelist L. Neil Smith
was born in Denver, Colorado.
L. Neil Smith
1972
The Right-Wing Individualist Tradition in America series of reprints,
edited by Murray Rothbard, was released by Arno Press.
Murray Rothbard
May 13
1774
The Boston Committee of Correspondence joined with other committees in
urging all colonists to boycott trade with England.
1842
Composer Arthur Sullivan was born in London, England.
1914
Champion boxer Joe Louis was born near Lafayette, Alabama.
1939
Actor Harvey Keitel was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Harvey Keitel
1943
Mary Wells, Motown's first singing star, was born
in Detroit, Michigan.
1950
Singer and songwriter Steveland Hardaway (Stevie Wonder)
was born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1955
Mickey Mantle
hit 3 consecutive home runs into the centerfield bleachers in Yankee
Stadium. He hit 2 left-handed and 1 right-handed. Each one traveled more than
463 feet (the distance to the centerfield wall).
1967
Mickey Mantle
hit the 500th home run of his career, a 7th-inning game-winner
against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium.
Mickey Mantle
May 14
1686
Physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit was born in Danzig, Germany.
1727
Painter Thomas Gainsborough was born in Sudbury, England.
Paintings by Thomas Gainsborough
1796
Edward Jenner invented a vaccine against smallpox .
1899
NY Yankee outfielder (1924-1935) Earle Combs
was born Pebworth, Kentucky.
1936
Singer and actor Bobby Darin was born in New York City.
Bobby Darin
1944
Movie maker George Lukas was born in Modesta, California.
1951
Ernie Kovacs hosted his first TV show.
Ernie Kovacs and some of the characters he portrayed on his TV show
1969
Actress Cate Blanchett was born in
Melbourne, Australia.
Cate Blanchett
May 15
1776
Virginia voted for independence.
1776
The Continental Congress renounced allegiance to
George III.
1856
Frank L. Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
was born in Chittenango, New York.
1859
Pierre Curie, co-discoverer of radium, was born in Paris, France.
1922
The Arbitration Society of America was formed in New York City.
1937
Singer Trini Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas.
1941
Joe DiMaggio
began his record-breaking 56-consecutive-game hitting streak.
Joe DiMaggio
1953
Baseball star George Brett
was born in Glen Dale, West Virginia.
George Brett
May 16
1804
Elizabeth Peabody, educator, author, and publisher, was
born in Billerica, Massachusetts.
1905
Actor Henry Fonda was born in Grand Island, Nebraska.
1928
Yankee infielder (1950-1953, 1955-1967)
and manager Alfred Billy Martin was born in
Berkeley, California.
1955
Olympic gold medal gymnast Olga Korbut
was born in Grondo, USSR.
1959
Sam Snead became the first golfer to break 60
in 18-hole tournament play.
Sam Snead
1966
Pop singer and exhibitionist Janet Jackson
was born in Gary, Indiana.
Janet Jackson
May 17
1749
Dr. Edward Jenner, inventor of the smallpox vaccine,
was born in Berkeley, England.
1903
James "Cool Papa" Bell, Baseball Hall of Fame
inductee who has been called the fastest man to ever play the game,
was born in Starkville, Mississippi.
"Cool Papa" Bell
1946
Libertarian science-fiction and horror novelist and physician F. Paul Wilson
was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
F. Paul Wilson
1956
Boxing champion "Sugar" Ray Leonard was born
in Wilmington, North Carolina.
1972
Soccer star Mia Hamm was born
in Selma, Alabama.
May 18
1652
A law was enacted in Rhode Island that made slavery illegal in that colony.
1692
Moral philosopher Joseph Butler was born in Wantage, Berkshire, England.
1822
Civil War photographer Mathew Brady was born
in Warren County, New York.
Mathew Brady
1872
Philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell
was born in Trelleck, Wales.
Bertrand Russell
1912
Singer Pierno (Perry) Como
was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Perry Como
1920
Anti-communist Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) was
born in Wadowice, Poland.
Pope John Paul II
1934
Actor Dwayne Hickman, who played Dobie Gillis on TV,
was born in Los Angeles, California.
Dwayne Hickman as Dobie Gillis
1937
Great third-baseman Brooks Robinson
was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Brooks Robinson
1946
Baseball slugger Reggie Jackson was born
in Wyncote, Pennsylvania.
Reggie Jackson
1970
Comedy writer and actress Elizabeth Stamatina (Tina Fey) was born
in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
Tina Fey
May 19
1795
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and abolitionist Johns Hopkins
was born in Bethesda, Maryland.
1884
Louis Pasteur perfected a method for treating rabies.
Louis Pasteur
1885
Shoes were mass produced for the first time
(by Jan Matzelinger in Lynn, Massachusetts).
1928
Yankee infielder (1951-1960)
Gil McDougald was born in San Francisco, California.
Gil McDougald
1936
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
was published.
Margaret Mitchell and her masterpiece
May 20
1657
Rhode Island became the third colony to defy the British ban
on trade with the Dutch.
1775
According to North Carolinian folklore, citizens of Mecklenburg County assembled in Charlotte
on this date, and wrote a declaration of independence from Britain, known as the
"Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence." If this legend is true, the declaration antedated the
less freedom-seeking Resolves by eleven days and the Declaration of Independence
by more than a year.
1799
Novelist Honore de Balzac was born in Tours, France.
1861
North Carolina declared its independence again by seceding from the Union
on the traditional anniversary of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence.
"The Tar Heel State, which only acted after Lincoln called for troops, became a bulwark of
the Confederate defense, providing more men and supplies to the CSA and suffering more
casualties than any other Southern state. In the end, most Tar Heels seceded in the name
of self-defense."
1895
The US Supreme Court declared the whole income tax law
unconstitutional.
1908
Actor Jimmy Stewart was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Jimmy Stewart
1916
Norman Rockwell's first cover for the
Saturday Evening Post was published.
Norman Rockwell and a cover with one of his paintings
1919
Lonesome comedian George Gobel was born in Chicago, Illinois.
George Gobel
1927
Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field,
Long Island on the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Lindbergh
1946
Yankee outfielder, infielder, and designated hitter (1965-1966, 1969-1974)
Bobby Mercer was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1946
Singer and actress Cher (Cherylynn Sarkisian)
was born in El Centro, California.
1972
The Libertarian Party of California was founded.
May 21
1471
Renaissance painter and engraver Albrecht Durer
was born in Nuremberg, Germany.
Paintings by Albrecht Durer (self-portrait on the left)
1688
Poet Alexander Pope was born in London, England.
1878
Inventor and aviator Glenn Curtiss was born
in Hammondsport, New York.
1881
Clara Barton organized the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
1927
Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after a 37-hour,
solo flight from New York.
1957
Actor Judge Reinhold was born in Wilmington, Delaware.
May 22
1570
The first atlas, with 70 maps, was published.
1813
Richard Wagner, opera composer whose music is
better than it sounds, was born in Leipzig, Germany.
1844
Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt was born in
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
Paintings by Mary Cassatt (self-portrait on the left)
1859
Arthur Connan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes stories,
was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1907
Actor, director, and theater manager Lawrence Olivier
was born in Dorking, England.
1943
Baseball pitching star Tommy John
was born in Terre Haute, Indiana.
1962
Man, Economy, and State by Murray Rothbard
was published.
Murray Rothbard
1963
Mickey Mantle
hit a home run off the facade in right field in Yankee Stadium.
The ball struck the facade less than 6 feet below the roof. Experts estimate
the ball would have traveled 734 feet if unobstructed.
Mickey said this was the hardest he ever hit a ball.
Mickey Mantle's hardest hit home run
1970
Supermodel Naomi Campbell was born in
London, England.
May 23
1707
Botanist Carl Linnaeus was born
in Almhult, Sweden.
1785
Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals. He explained his
invention on this day in a letter to George Whatley.
Benjamin Franklin
1910
Musician and bandleader Artie Shaw was born in
New York City.
1928
Singer Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky.
1954
Boxing champion Marvin Hagler was born in
Newark, New Jersey.
1961
Comedian Drew Carey was born in
Cleveland, Ohio.
1991
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld federal regulations that prohibit
federally funded family planning clinics from providing any information about
abortion.
May 24
1844
Samuel Morse telegraphed the first message
from Washington to Baltimore.
Samuel Morse
1883
The Brooklyn Bridge opened.
The Brooklyn Bridge from the east
1935
At Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Cincinnati Reds defeated the
Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in the first
night baseball game played in the major leagues.
1936
Tony Lazzeri
drove in 11 runs in one game by hitting 2 grand slam home runs,
a solo home run, and a 2-run triple, and, in the same game,
Ben Chapman set the major league
record by reaching base 7 times in 9 innings by getting 5 walks and hitting 2
doubles while the Yankees defeated the Athletics 25-2.
1941
Songwriter Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman)
was born in Duluth, Minnesota.
Bob Dylan
1995
The epic libertarian movie Braveheart premiered.
May 25
1803
Libertarian philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson
was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1878
The comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore premiered.
1878
Tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
was born in Richmond, Virginia.
1898
Heavyweight boxing champion James Joseph (Gene) Tunney was
born in New York City.
1923
Libertarian writer Karl Hess was born
in Washington D. C.
Karl Hess
1935
Jesse Owens broke five world records and tied a sixth
at a track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Jesse Owens
1969
Actress Anne Heche was born in Aurora, Ohio.
1975
Singer, songwriter, actress, and model Lauryn Hill was born
in South Orange, New Jersey.
Lauryn Hill
1977
Star Wars (the good one "New Hope") was released.
May 26
1857
Dred Scott and his family were freed from slavery.
1886
Entertainer Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson) was born
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1907
Actor Marion Morrison (John Wayne)
was born in Winterset, Iowa.
John Wayne
1920
Singer Peggy Lee (Norma Egstrom)
was born in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Peggy Lee
1923
TV star James Arness was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon
1948
Singer Stevie Nicks was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
Stevie Nicks
1949
Singer Hank Williams Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
May 27
1819
Julia Ward Howe, abolitionist, author,
philanthropist, and author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
was born in New York City.
1882
Lysander Spooner's "Letter to Thomas Bayard," was published
in Liberty magazine.
Lysander Spooner and Liberty magazine
1894
Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett
was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
1911
Actor Vincent Price was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
1912
Golfing great Sam Snead was born in Hot Springs, Virginia.
1922
Actor Christopher Lee was born in London, England.
1930
The Chrysler Building was opened to the public
in New York City.
The Chrysler Building
1935
Jazz musician Ramsey Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California.
1935
The Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery
Act unconstitutional.
1936
Actor Lou Gossett, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York.
May 28
1888
Jim Thorpe, professional football and baseball star and winner
of the 1912 Olympic Games pentathlon and decathlon competitions, was
born near Prague, Oklahoma.
Jim Thorpe
1908
Ian Flemming, author of James Bond novels,
was born in London, England.
1929
The first Technicolor movie premiered (On With the Show).
1944
Singer Gladys Knight was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
May 29
1736
Revolution leader Patrick Henry
was born in Studley, Virginia.
Patrick Henry
1776
The Committee of Mechanics in New York urged New York delegates to vote
for independence.
1865
With a few exceptions, President Andrew Johnson
granted amnesty and pardons to those who fought for independence from
the United States.
1874
Author G. K. Chesterton was born in London, England.
1903
Comedian Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope
was born in Eltham, England.
1910
Glen Curtiss made a successful cross-country flight
down the Hudson River from Albany to New York.
1939
The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge opened to traffic.
The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
1953
Tensing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
became the first to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
Tensing Norgay, Edmund Hillary, and Mount Everest
May 30
1765
Patrick Henry's resolutions asserting the right of
self-government and denouncing the Stamp Act
passed in Virginia's House of Burgesses after they listened
to Henry's "If this be treason" speech.
Patrick Henry speaking
1814
Anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin was born in Torzhok, Russia.
1886
War critic Randolph Bourne was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
1908
Mel Blanc, voice
of many cartoon characters, was born in San Francisco, California.
1909
Band leader and musician Benny Goodman
was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1939
Actor Michael J. Pollard was born in Passaic, New Jersey.
Michael J. Pollard
1943
Football Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers
was born in Wichita, Kansas.
1956
Mickey Mantle
hit a 3-run home run off the facade in right field in Yankee Stadium.
The ball struck the facade less than 18" below the roof.
May 31
1043
According to tradition, Lady Godiva
rode naked through the streets of Coventry, England, to protest taxes.
Lady Godiva protesting taxes
1775
The Mecklenburg Resolves were passed on this date in
Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
In the document the people declare that the king of England and his laws are
“null and void” in the colonies and that the only legitimate political entity in
the colonies are the “provincial” legislatures and the “Great Continental Congress.”
In the end the Mecklenburg Resolves declare that the colonies, not just Mecklenburg
itself, are sovereign entities independent of the king and Parliament.
1819
William Worrall Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic,
was born in Manchester, England.
1930
Clint Eastwood, movie actor, director, and producer,
was born in San Francisco, California.
Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates
1938
Singer and songwriter Peter Yarrow was born in New York City.
1943
Football star Joe Namath
was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
1990
Seinfeld premiered on NBC.
The stars of Seinfeld
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