Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay on this day in 1853.
Matthew Calbraith Perry
(April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858)
Industrialist John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
(July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937)
Business Magnate John D. Rockefeller is widely considered
the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person
in modern history.
What became known as the Roswell Incident was on this day in 1947.
Major Jesse Marcel from the Roswell Army Air Field with debris
found 75 miles north west of Roswell, NM.
Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" on the roof of the New
York Theater in New York City on this day in 1907.
Florenz (Flo) Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932)