1935
\nAmelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.<\/p>\n
1964
\nThe first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry.<\/p>\n
1973
\nBaseball’s American League adopted the “designated hitter” rule which allowed another player to bat for the pitcher.<\/p>\n
2002
\nThe first al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.<\/p>\n
2003
\nOutgoing Illinois governor George Ryan cleared the state’s death row by commuting the sentences of 167 inmates.<\/p>\n
2011
\nThe Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.<\/p>\n
William James
\n1842\u20131910 psychologist<\/p>\n
Alexander Hamilton<\/p>\n
statesman (1755)<\/p>\n
Ezra Cornell<\/p>\n
financier (1807)<\/p>\n
Sir John Macdonald<\/p>\n
statesman (1815)<\/p>\n
Alice Paul<\/p>\n
activist (1885)<\/p>\n
Alan Paton<\/p>\n
novelist (1903)<\/p>\n
Jean Chr\u00e9tien<\/p>\n
politician (1934)<\/p>\n
Mary J. Blige<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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