1817
\nMississippi became the 20th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1869
\nThe territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office.<\/p>\n
1901
\nThe first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.<\/p>\n
1948
\nThe United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.<\/p>\n
1950
\nDr. Ralph Bunche became the first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n
1964
\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n
1999
\nLos Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee was arrested and charged with stealing classified information.<\/p>\n
2004
\nA U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.<\/p>\n
Emily Dickinson<\/p>\n
1830\u20131886, American poet.<\/p>\n
Thomas Gallaudet<\/p>\n
educator of the deaf (1787)<\/p>\n
Melvil Dewey<\/p>\n
library pioneer (1851)<\/p>\n
Chet Huntley<\/p>\n
news broadcaster (1911)<\/p>\n
Dorothy Lamour<\/p>\n
actor (1914)<\/p>\n
Douglas Kenney<\/p>\n
humorist (1947)<\/p>\n
Kenneth Branagh<\/p>\n
actor, director (1960)<\/p>\n
Raven-Symon\u00e9<\/p>\n
actor, singer (1985)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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