Oak Grove This Day in History By thisdayinhistory Sep 28, 1066 William the Conqueror Invaded England Feb 19, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus Dec 14, 1503 Astrologer Nostradamus's Birthday Feb 14, 1600 Valentines day Sep 2, 1666 The Great Fire of London Jan 17, 1706 Inventor Benjamin Franklin's Birthday Feb 18, 1732 presidents day Mar 17, 1737 St.Patricks day Oct 13, 1773 Discovery of Whirlpool Galaxy Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Mar 13, 1781 Planet Uranus discovered Jan 7, 1784 First US Presidential Election Jan 14, 1784 Treaty of Paris Ratified Feb 24, 1786 Author Wilhelm Carl Grimm's Birthday Sep 17, 1787 US Constitution Signed Jan 7, 1789 First Presidential Election Dec 15, 1791 Bill of Rights Added to the Constitution Sep 23, 1806 Lewis and Clark Returned from Pacific Northwest Sep 16, 1810 Mexican Independance Day Sep 15, 1821 Central America Declared Independance from Spain Dec 27, 1822 Scientist Louis Pasteur's Birthday Feb 25, 1841 Artist Pierre Auguste Renoir's birthday Jan 8, 1851 Earth's Rotation Proved Mar 8, 1857 international womens day Dec 30, 1865 Writer Rudyard Kipling's Birthday Oct 18, 1867 United States takes Possesion of Alaska Nov 7, 1867 Scientist Marie Curie's Birthday Mar 26, 1874 Robert Frost's birthday Dec 29, 1876 Musician Pablo Casals's Birthday Oct 25, 1881 Pablo Picasso's Birthday Jan 18, 1882 Winnie The Pooh creator A.A. Milnie's B-day Feb 21, 1885 Washington monument dedicated Oct 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty Unveiled Dec 9, 1886 Clarence Birdseye's Birthday ~ Inventor Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island opened Jan 3, 1892 Lord Of The Rings Author JRR Tolkien's Bday Feb 3, 1895 Groundhog day Feb 6, 1895 Babe Ruth's birthday 1895 Sep 29, 1901 Enrico Fermi's Birthday Dec 12, 1901 Marconi's Radio Signal Crossed Atlantic Feb 1, 1902 writer langston hughes birthday Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers Made First Airplane Flight Mar 2, 1904 Dr. seauss birthday Oct 27, 1904 New York City"s first modern Subway opened Jan 13, 1910 first radio broadcast Jan 28, 1912 Jackson Pollock’s Birthday Mar 27, 1912 girl scout founder Jan 5, 1919 National Bird Day Jan 31, 1919 Jackie Robinson's Birthday Feb 26, 1919 Grand Canyon National Park Establised Nov 4, 1922 Entrance to King Tut's Tomb Discovered Nov 28, 1922 First Sky Writing Display Feb 16, 1923 King Tut's tomb opened Jan 25, 1924 First Winter Olymics Dec 13, 1928 Clip On Tie Invented Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Sep 24, 1936 Jim Henson's Birthday Sep 1, 1939 World War II Began Oct 22, 1939 First Telivised NFL Game Feb 28, 1940 Basketball Televised for the First Time Oct 23, 1940 Pele's Birthday Dec 20, 1946 It's a Wonderful LIfe Released Jan 30, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi Oct 1, 1958 NASA Created Jan 2, 1959 First spacecraft to reach the moon was launched Jan 21, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. Mar 5, 1965 World Literacy Day Sep 8, 1965 International Literacy Day Dec 3, 1967 First Successful Heart Transplant Nov 10, 1969 Sesame Street First Aired Nov 10, 1969 sesame street first aired Nov 26, 1970 Guadeloupe Rainfall Mar 29, 1973 U.S Troops left Vietnam Sep 9, 1978 Grandparents Day Feb 7, 1984 First untethered spacewalk Oct 7, 1986 Rose Became U.S. National Flower Mar 1, 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Oct 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earhquake Occurred in San Francisco Bay. Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Fell Mar 22, 1993 World Water Day Dec 22, 1993 Nelson Mandeld and F.W. De Klark awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 Dec 22, 1993 Nelson Mandeld and F.W. De Klerk got the noble peace prize in 1993 Oct 5, 1994 World Teachers Day Sep 19, 1995 International Talk Like a Pirate Day Oct 16, 1995 World Food Day Sep 27, 1998 Google's Birthday Sep 11, 2001 Attacks of 9/11 Sep 21, 2002 International Peace Day Mar 14, 2003 Pi Day Oct 20, 2010 Spirit Day Mar 11, 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami Sep 21, 2012 First Day of Autumn Oct 3, 2012 German Unity Day Oct 8, 2012 Columbus Day Observed Oct 24, 2012 United Nations Day Oct 31, 2012 Halloween Nov 6, 2012 Election Day Dec 1, 2012 World AIDS Day Dec 8, 2012 Hanukkah Begins Dec 10, 2012 Human Rights Day Dec 21, 2012 First Day of Winter Dec 25, 2012 Christmas Day Dec 26, 2012 Boxing Day Dec 27, 2012 Dia de los Santos Inocenes Dec 31, 2012 New Year's Eve Jan 23, 2013 National Handwriting Day Jan 24, 2013 James Marshall discovered gold in california 1848 Jan 25, 2013 President Sworn In Jan 29, 2013 national puzzle day Feb 3, 2013 Super Bowl 47 Feb 5, 2013 Safer Internet Day Feb 13, 2013 Mardi Gras Feb 22, 2013 World Thinking Day Mar 10, 2013 First sucsessful phone call. Mar 15, 2013 The Ides of March Mar 20, 2013 first day of spring Mar 20, 2013 first day of spring Mar 31, 2013 Easter