1642
\nThe English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I (Royalists or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads).<\/p>\n
1775
\nKing George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in open rebellion.<\/p>\n
1846
\nThe United States annexed New Mexico.<\/p>\n
1851
\nThe U.S. yacht America outraced the British Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America’s Cup.<\/p>\n
1902
\nTheodore Roosevelt became the first United States president to ride in an automobile.<\/p>\n
1910
\nKorea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.<\/p>\n
1989
\nBlack Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif.<\/p>\n
2003
\nAlabama’s chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for refusing to move a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.<\/p>\n
2004
\nA version of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream was stolen in Norway. Another version had been stolen in 1994.<\/p>\n
Deng Xiaoping<\/p>\n
Pronunciation: [dung syowping]\n1904\u20131997, Chinese revolutionary and government leader, born in Sichuan prov., China.<\/p>\n
Claude Debussy<\/p>\n
composer (1862)<\/p>\n
Jacques Lipchitz<\/p>\n
sculptor (1891)<\/p>\n
Dorothy Parker<\/p>\n
writer (1893)<\/p>\n
Henri Cartier-Bresson<\/p>\n
photojournalist (1908)<\/p>\n
John Lee Hooker<\/p>\n
blues musician (1917)<\/p>\n
Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n
writer (1920)<\/p>\n
Norman Schwarzkopf<\/p>\n
general (1934)<\/p>\n
E. Annie Proulx<\/p>\n
writer (1935)<\/p>\n
Bill Parcells<\/p>\n
football coach (1941)<\/p>\n
Tori Amos<\/p>\n
musician (1963)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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