1801
\nJohn Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court<\/p>\n
1841
\nAs a result of the First Opium War, Hong Kong was ceded to the British.<\/p>\n
1885
\nLaMarcus A. Thompson of Coney Island patented the roller coaster.<\/p>\n
1942
\nThe Nazis formulated their “Final Solution” regarding the Jews at the Wannsee Conference.<\/p>\n
1964
\nThe Beatles released their first album in the United States, Meet the Beatles.<\/p>\n
1981
\nPresident Reagan became the oldest president to take office (69 years and 349 days).<\/p>\n
1986
\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.<\/p>\n
2009
\nHundreds of thousands of people watched in front of the Capitol as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into office. Obama makes history as the first African-American U.S. president.<\/p>\n
2012
\nSinger Etta James died less than a week before her 74th birthday.<\/p>\n
Buzz Aldrin
\n(Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.)
\n1930\u2013 American astronaut.<\/p>\n
Richard Henry Lee<\/p>\n
political leader (1732)<\/p>\n
Walter Piston<\/p>\n
composer and teacher (1894)<\/p>\n
George Burns<\/p>\n
actor, comedian (1896)<\/p>\n
Joy Adamson<\/p>\n
writer and conservationist (1910)<\/p>\n
Federico Fellini<\/p>\n
filmmaker (1920)<\/p>\n
David Lynch<\/p>\n
filmmaker (1946)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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