1554
\nLady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.<\/p>\n
1733
\nLed by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site of Savannah.<\/p>\n
1818
\nChile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.<\/p>\n
1870
\nThe Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).<\/p>\n
1909
\nThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.<\/p>\n
1912
\nPu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch’ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.<\/p>\n
1973
\nThe first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.<\/p>\n
1999
\nThe Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n
2002
\nYugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.<\/p>\n
2010
\nThe 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.<\/p>\n
Abraham Lincoln
\n1809\u20131865, 16th American President.<\/p>\n
Cotton Mather<\/p>\n
clergyman and writer (1663)<\/p>\n
Charles Darwin<\/p>\n
naturalist (1809)<\/p>\n
John L. Lewis<\/p>\n
labor leader (1880)<\/p>\n
Anna Pavlova<\/p>\n
ballerina (1881)<\/p>\n
Omar Bradley<\/p>\n
general (1893)<\/p>\n
Costa-Gavras<\/p>\n
director (1933)<\/p>\n
Bill Russell<\/p>\n
basketball player (1934)<\/p>\n
Judy Blume<\/p>\n
writer (1938)<\/p>\n
Christina Ricci<\/p>\n
actor (1980)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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