Carl Ritter, German co-founder of modern study of geography, born (1779)

• Geography Center
• Geography Place
  Geography Place is a fun site that uses interactive maps, games and quizzes to teach about world geography.

Louis Leakey, British-Kenyan anthropologist, born (1903)

Louis Hazeltine, invented neutrodyne circuit making radio possible, born (1886)

• Inventors and Inventions
  Great sites on inventors and inventions.

Ralph Bunche, United Nations official (Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1950), born (1904)

• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
• Stamp on Black History
  A site based on the US Postal Service's collection of Black History-related stamps. Information includes biographies,activities and art.

Garrison Keillor, PBS radio personality and humorist (Prairie Home Companion), born (1942)

Constantine Stanislavsky, the Russian director credited with introducing the “method” style of acting died in 1938

1st Photograph of Earth taken from space (1959)

• The Space Place
  This site is filled with projects and activities related to current space missions and information.
• NASA Home Page
  Information on earth science, space science and space technology.

US Marines landed at Guadalcanal (WW 2; 1942)

Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces. (1964)

Love Canal in upstate New York declared toxic disaster area (1978)

• Ecology: Pollution
  Resources from our database.
• Great Sites for Teaching About…Earth Day
  Some of the best Internet resources.

International Peace Bridge between US and Canada dedicated (1927)

US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down the government’s attempt to ban the controversial James Joyce novel `Ulysses'

Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa raft Kon Tiki crashed into a Polynesian archipelago reef (1947)