41
\nRoman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula (meaning Little Boot\u2014he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.<\/p>\n
1848
\nGold was first discovered in California, in Sutter’s mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.<\/p>\n
1908
\nRobert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.<\/p>\n
1943
\nThe Casablanca Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded.<\/p>\n
1965
\nWinston Churchill died in London at age 90.<\/p>\n
1972
\nJapanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War II was still going on.<\/p>\n
1986
\nVoyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.<\/p>\n
1993
\nThe first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.<\/p>\n
2003
\nThe Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.<\/p>\n
Edith Wharton
\n1862\u20131937, American Novelist.<\/p>\n
William Congreve<\/p>\n
dramatist (1670)<\/p>\n
Frederick the Great<\/p>\n
Prussian King (1712)<\/p>\n
Robert Motherwell<\/p>\n
artist (1915)<\/p>\n
Ernest Borgnine<\/p>\n
actor (1917)<\/p>\n
Maria Tallchief<\/p>\n
ballerina (1925)<\/p>\n
Aaron Neville<\/p>\n
singer (1941)<\/p>\n
Warren Zevon<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1947)<\/p>\n
John Belushi<\/p>\n
actor, comedian (1949)<\/p>\n
Mary Lou Retton<\/p>\n
gymnast (1968)<\/p>\n
Matthew Lillard<\/p>\n
actor (1970)<\/p>\n
Mischa Barton<\/p>\n
actor, model (1986)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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