1789
\nThe storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution.<\/p>\n
1798
\nCongress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government.<\/p>\n
1881
\nBilly the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
1921
\nIn one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death.<\/p>\n
1933
\nIn Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed.<\/p>\n
1946
\nDr. Spock’s Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published.<\/p>\n
1958
\nA military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II. General Abdul Karim Kassem becomes Iraq’s leader.<\/p>\n
Woody Guthrie<\/p>\n
1912\u20131967, American folk singer, guitarist, and composer, born in Okemah, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
James McNeill Whistler<\/p>\n
painter (1834)<\/p>\n
Emmeline Pankhurst<\/p>\n
woman suffragist. (1858)<\/p>\n
Gertrude Bell<\/p>\n
traveler, author, and government official (1868)<\/p>\n
Gerald R. Ford<\/p>\n
former president (1913)<\/p>\n
Ingmar Bergman<\/p>\n
director (1918)<\/p>\n
Maulana Karenga<\/p>\n
scholar (1941)<\/p>\n
Matthew Fox<\/p>\n
actor (1966)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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