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

Every Year

• International Day of Peace

• Belize: Independence Day

1640s

• Born 1645: Louis Joliet (explorer)

1730s

• Born 1737: Francis Hopkinson (judge)

1780s

• Born 1788: Margaret Taylor (U.S. First Lady)

1830s

• Died 1832: Sir Walter Scott (poet)

1840s

• Born 1849: Sir Edmund William Gosse (poet)

1860s

• Born 1866: H.G. Wells (writer)

• Born 1867: Henry Lewis Stimson (politician)

1890s

• 1897: The New York Sun's Frank Church replied, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."

1910s

• Born 1912: Chuck Jones (Bugs Bunny animator)

• 1915: Stonehenge was sold to a local landowner for 6,600 pounds

1930s

• Born 1931: Larry Hagman (actor)

• 1937: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit published

1940s

• Born 1947: Don Felder (musician)

• Born 1947: Stephen King (author)

1950s

• Born 1950: Bill Murray (actor)

• Born 1959: Dave Coulier (actor)

1960s

• Born 1960: David James Elliot (actor)

• Born 1965: Cheryl Hines (actress)

• 1969: The NFL's longest punt, 98 yards, came off the foot of Steve O'Neal of the NY Jets

1970s

• 1970: The NY Jets competed against the Cleveland Browns in the first televised NFL Monday Night Football game

• Born 1971: Luke Wilson (actor)

• Born 1972: John Kitna (football player)

• Born 1973: Virginia Ruano Pascual (tennis player)

• Born 1976: Jana Kandarr (tennis player)

1980s

• 1981: Belize becomes fully independent from Great Britain

• Born 1983: Maggie Grace (actress)

1990s

• 1995: Canada's "toonie" coin unveiled

• 1996: John F. Kennedy, Jr. married Carolyn Bessette

• Died 1998: Florence Griffith Joyner (Olympic gold medalist)

2000s

• Died 2002: Angelo Buono, Jr. ("Hillside Strangler" convicted of killing young Los Angeles women in the 1970s)

• 2004: Singer Billy Joel was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

• Died 2007: Alice Ghostley (actress)

2010s

• Died 2016: Richard D. Trentlage (composed advertising jingles, including "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener . . .")