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

Every Year

• Born : Harry Potter (main character of Harry Potter series)

1790s

• 1790: George Washington signed the first United States Patent Grant to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont, for a new method of making Potash

• 1792: David Rittenhouse, Director of the Mint, laid the cornerstone of the building being built in Philadelphia for the U.S. Mint

1800s

• Born 1803: John Ericsson (engineer)

1850s

• Born 1859: Theobald Smith (bacteriologist)

1870s

• Died 1875: Andrew Johnson (17th U.S. president)

1900s

• Born 1901: Jean Dubuffet (artist)

1910s

• 1913: Alys McKey Bryant first woman to fly a plane in Canada

• 1915: The first automobile, a Ford Model T, was permitted into Yellowstone National Park

• Born 1919: Primo Levi (author)

1920s

• Born 1921: Whitney Moore Young Jr. (civil rights activist)

1930s

• 1930: The Shadow radio program first aired

1940s

• Born 1943: Susan Flannery (actress)

• Born 1944: Geraldine Chaplin (actress)

1950s

• Died 1953: Robert A. Taft (politician)

• 1957: 5-pound 3-ounce white crappie caught, Enid Dam, Mississippi

1960s

• 1961: IBM released the Selectric typewriter

• Born 1962: Wesley Snipes (actor)

• 1964: U.S. probe Ranger 7 relayed first moon close-ups

• Born 1965: J. K. Rowling (author)

• Born 1966: Dean Cain (actor)

1970s

• 1971: Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first people to drive a vehicle on the Moon

• 1974: French became the official language of Quebec

• 1975: Former Teamsters Union president, James R. Hoffa, was reported missing

• 1976: NASA released the famous "Face on Mars" photo, taken by Viking 1

• Born 1977: Tim Couch (football player)

1990s

• 1999: The ashes of astrogeologist Eugene Shoemaker were deposited on the Moon