1706
\nBenjamin Franklin was born in Boston.<\/p>\n
1806
\nJames Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.<\/p>\n
1893
\nHawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate by a group of planters and businessmen.<\/p>\n
1945
\nSwedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.<\/p>\n
1977
\nGary Gilmore became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced.<\/p>\n
1991
\nOperation Desert Storm was launched against Iraq.<\/p>\n
1998
\nPresident Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.<\/p>\n
2001
\nGov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency concerning California’s electricity crisis.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Franklin
\n1706\u20131790, American Statesman.<\/p>\n
David Lloyd George<\/p>\n
statesman (1863)<\/p>\n
Robert Maynard Hutchins<\/p>\n
educator (1899)<\/p>\n
Nora Kaye<\/p>\n
ballerina (1920)<\/p>\n
James Earl Jones<\/p>\n
actor (1931)<\/p>\n
Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n
boxer (1942)<\/p>\n
Jim Carrey<\/p>\n
actor, comedian (1962)<\/p>\n
Naveen Andrews<\/p>\n
actor (1969)<\/p>\n
Kid Rock<\/p>\n
rock musician (1971)<\/p>\n
Zooey Deschanel<\/p>\n
actor (1980)<\/p>\n
Dwyane Wade<\/p>\n
basketball player (1982)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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