1862
\nThe Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War.<\/p>\n
1905
\nTy Cobb made his major league batting debut, playing for the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n
1941
\nThe two-year siege of Leningrad during World War II began.<\/p>\n
1963
\nA hot line between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war.<\/p>\n
1967
\nCleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide.<\/p>\n
1999
\nEast Timor residents voted to secede from Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Jacques-Louis David<\/p>\n
Pronunciation: [zh\u00e4k-lwE\u00b4 d\u00e4vEd\u00b4]\n1748\u20131825, French painter.<\/p>\n
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley<\/p>\n
author (1797)<\/p>\n
Huey Long<\/p>\n
politician (1893)<\/p>\n
Roy Wilkins<\/p>\n
civil-rights leader (1901)<\/p>\n
Fred MacMurray<\/p>\n
actor (1908)<\/p>\n
Ted Williams<\/p>\n
baseball player (1918)<\/p>\n
Warren Buffett<\/p>\n
financial executive (1930)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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