The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Full Sturgeon Moon

Some Native American tribes knew that the sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this full Moon. Others called it the Green Corn Moon or the Grain Moon.

1670s

• 1679: La Salle's Le Griffon, first ship to sail upper Great Lakes, entered Lake Erie

1770s

• Born 1779: Carl Ritter (geographer)

1780s

• 1789: The United States War Department established

1850s

• 1859: Service began at first deaf church in U.S., St. Ann's Church for Deaf Mutes, N.Y.C.

1900s

• 1903: Silver discovered in northern Ontario

• Born 1903: Rudolf C. Ising (co-creator of "Looney Tunes")

1920s

• 1927: Peace Bridge opened

1940s

• Born 1942: Garrison Keillor (radio host)

• Born 1942: B. J. Thomas (singer)

1950s

• Born 1955: Wayne Knight (actor)

• Died 1957: Oliver Hardy (comedian & actor)

• 1959: U.S. satellite Explorer VI launched

• 1959: The Don Messer Show premiered on CBC television

1960s

• Born 1960: David Duchovny (actor)

1970s

• Born 1975: Charlize Theron (actress)

• 1978: Love Canal, N.Y., was declared a disaster area

1980s

• 1982: Record-breaking flight around world by single-engine plane completed (6 days, 7 hours, 25 minutes, 47 seconds)

• Died 1989: Mickey Leland (U.S. congressman)

1990s

• 1990: President George Bush ordered the military buildup known as Operation Desert Shield in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait earlier in the month

2000s

• Died 2005: Peter Jennings (journalist)

2010s

• 2017: Partial eclipse of the Moon.