1779
\nPolish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the battle of Savannah.<\/p>\n
1899
\nThe Boer War began in South Africa.<\/p>\n
1915
\nEnglish nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans.<\/p>\n
1939
\nA letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.<\/p>\n
1962
\nThe first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.<\/p>\n
1968
\nThe first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.<\/p>\n
1984
\nSpace shuttle Challenger astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became the first American woman to walk in space.<\/p>\n
Eleanor Roosevelt<\/p>\n
1884\u20131962, American humanitarian, born in New York City.<\/p>\n
H. J. Heinz<\/p>\n
food manufacturer (1844)<\/p>\n
Charles Revson<\/p>\n
cosmetics industry executive (1906)<\/p>\n
Joseph Alsop<\/p>\n
political journalist (1910)<\/p>\n
Jerome Robbins<\/p>\n
choreographer (1918)<\/p>\n
Elmore Leonard<\/p>\n
writer (1925)<\/p>\n
Steve Young<\/p>\n
football player (1961)<\/p>\n
Joan Cusack<\/p>\n
comic actress (1962)<\/p>\n
Luke Perry<\/p>\n
actor (1966)<\/p>\n
Michelle Wie<\/p>\n
golfer (1989)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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