1733
\nThe first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.<\/p>\n
1778
\nCaptain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).<\/p>\n
1782
\nDaniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n
1788
\nThe First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia’s Botany Bay.<\/p>\n
1912
\nThe ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.<\/p>\n
1943
\nThe Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.<\/p>\n
1993
\nAll 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.<\/p>\n
Daniel Webster
\n1782\u20131852, American Statesman.<\/p>\n
Montesquieu<\/p>\n
jurist and political philosopher (1689)<\/p>\n
Peter Roget<\/p>\n
lexicographer (1779)<\/p>\n
Joseph Glidden<\/p>\n
inventor (1813)<\/p>\n
A.A. Milne<\/p>\n
author (1882)<\/p>\n
Oliver Hardy<\/p>\n
actor (1892)<\/p>\n
Cary Grant<\/p>\n
actor (1904)<\/p>\n
Danny Kaye<\/p>\n
actor, singer, comedian (1913)<\/p>\n
Kevin Costner<\/p>\n
actor, filmmaker (1955)<\/p>\n
Elke Clijsters<\/p>\n
tennis player (1985)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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