February 8th
This cultural teen icon and Rebel Without a Cause star was born in Marion, Indiana in 1931.
James Dean
In 1971, pitcher Leroy "_______" Paige was nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Satchel
This day in 1763 marked the signing of the Treaty of Paris and an end to the Seven Years' War, known in the U.S. as the _____ and _____ War.
French and Indian
In 1990, this leader of the movement to end South African apartheid was released from prison after 27 years.
Nelson Mandela
Happy Birthday, Mr. President! In 1809, this future honest guy was born in Kentucky - but he probably wasn't wearing his top hat quite yet.
Abraham Lincoln
1885 marks the birth of this future First Lady to Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri.
Bess Truman
This day of love actually commemorates the beheading of this saint in the year 270 A.D.
St. Valentine
A nor'easter finally subsided after several days and several feet of snow - henceforth known as the Blizzard of 19__.
'78
In 1773, this future ninth U.S. President, known for having the shortest term - 32 days - and the longest inaugural address - one hour and 45 minutes - was born in Virginia.
William Henry Harrison
In 2014, this iconic curly-haired child actress died at the age of 85.
Shirley Temple Black
In 1847, this inventor was born in Milan, Ohio - with a bright future ahead of him.
Thomas Edison
In 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of this sitting U.S. president came to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the president on both articles.
Bill Clinton
On this day in 1861, Abraham Lincoln is declared the __th president in Washington, D.C.
16
On this day in 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft took the famous "Pale Blue Dot" photo of this planet.
Earth
This day in 1587 marks the beheading of Mary, Queen of _____, after 19 years of imprisonment for her plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I.
Scots
In 1964, America met the Beatles for the first time on this television show.
The Ed Sullivan Show
In 1846, this religious group, lead by Brigham Young, began their journey to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mormons
(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
Today we celebrate the birthday of this comic book character, friends with Betty, Veronica, and Jughead.
Archie
Civil rights leaders W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and others gathered to form this new organization on this day in 1909.
1866 marked the first robbery for this famous outlaw, who stole $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri.
Jesse James
In 1886, the first trainload of this fruit, grown by farmers in Southern California, left Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad.
Oranges
This "father of science fiction" was born in 1828 in Nantes, France. (Author of Around the World in 80 Days)
Jules Verne
1942 marked the institution of this process, still in use today but originally suggested by President Roosevelt in order to conserve fuel during wartime.
Daylight Savings Time
1890 marked the birth of Russian novelist and poet Boris Pasternak, best known for Doctor _______.
Zhivago
1805 marked the birth of the first child of this Shoshone interpreter and guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Sacagawea
Also born on this day in 1809 was this English naturalist, who would go on to write On the Origin of Species.
Charles Darwin
In 1633, this Italian astronomer arrived in Rome for his trial, having professed the belief that the earth revolves around the Sun.
Galileo Galilei
Today is the birthday of this African-American abolitionist and lecturer who escaped slavery in Maryland and later published a famous autobiography.
Frederick Douglass
Dmitri Mendeleev
1944 marked the birth of Alice Walker in Putnam County, Georgia, future novelist of works including The Color _____.
Purple
American opera soprano Leontyne Price was born in 1927 in Laurel, Mississippi, well-known for her portrayal of Bess in Gershwin's ______ ___ ____.
Porgy and Bess
On this day last year, the World Health Organization officially named the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, just months after the first case was detected in _____.
Wuhan, China
Cotton Mather, an American Puritan minister during these trials, was born on this day in 1663.
The Salem Witchcraft Trials
American figure skater Dorothy _____ wins the free skate to take gold in the women's Olympic figure skating final in 1976.
Hamill
American comedian Benjamin Kubelski, better known by this stage name, celebrated his 39th birthday on this day every year.
Jack Benny