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

1510s

• 1513: Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean

1590s

• Born 1599: Francesco Borromini (architect)

1640s

• Born 1644: Ole Roemer (astronomer)

1690s

• 1690: Publick Occurrences became the first newspaper in the "United States"

1840s

• 1846: Zachary Taylor's troops captured the Mexican city of Monterrey

1860s

• Born 1866: Thomas Hunt Morgan (geneticist)

1890s

• 1890: Congress established Yosemite National Park in California

• Born 1897: William Faulkner (author)

• Born 1898: Robert Brackman (artist)

1900s

• Died 1900: Felix-Gabriel Marchand (Quebec premier)

• Born 1903: Marl Rothko (artist)

1930s

• Born 1930: Shel Silverstein (author, humorist)

• Born 1931: Barbara Walters (newscaster)

• Born 1936: Juliet Prowse (actress)

1940s

• Born 1944: Michael Douglas (actor)

• Born 1947: Cheryl Tiegs (model)

1950s

• Born 1951: Mark Hamill (actor)

• Born 1952: Christopher Reeve (actor)

• 1956: TAT-1 first transatlantic telephone cable to link North America and U.K.

1960s

• Born 1961: Heather Locklear (actress)

• Born 1968: Will Smith (actor)

• Born 1969: Catherine Zeta Jones (actress)

1970s

• Born 1975: Matthew Hasselbeck (football player)

1980s

• 1981: Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the first woman to hold the office

• Died 1987: Mary Astor (actress)

2000s

• Died 2003: George Plimpton (writer)

• 2005: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit northern Peru

• Died 2005: Don Adams (actor)

2010s

• 2010: A 3.4-magnitude earthquake shook New Hampshire about 10 miles north of the capital city of Concord

• 2010: A 20-foot wide, 3,699-pound pumpkin pie was baked and presented at the New Bremen, Ohio, annual Pumpkinfest. It was certified as the world's largest pumpkin pie.

• Died 2012: Andy Williams (singer)