1776
\nThe U.S. declared independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n
1826
\nFormer presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.<\/p>\n
1831
\nFormer president James Monroe died.<\/p>\n
1845
\nHenry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.<\/p>\n
1862
\nLewis Carroll first told the story of Alice’s Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.<\/p>\n
1884
\nThe Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.<\/p>\n
1895
\nKatharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.<\/p>\n
1939
\nLou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n
1976
\nThe United States celebrated its bicentennial.<\/p>\n
1997
\nThe U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.<\/p>\n
2012
\nThe European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, announced the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson.<\/p>\n
Calvin Coolidge
\n1872\u20131933, American president, born in Plymouth, Vt.<\/p>\n
Nathaniel Hawthorne
\nauthor (1804)<\/p>\n
Giuseppe Garibaldi
\nItalian patriot (1807)<\/p>\n
Stephen Foster
\ncomposer (1826)<\/p>\n
Rube Goldberg
\ncartoonist and sculptor (1883)<\/p>\n
Louis B. Mayer
\nmovie executive (1885)<\/p>\n
Meyer Lansky
\nmobster (1902)<\/p>\n
Abigail Van Buren
\nadvice columnist (1918)<\/p>\n
Eva Marie Saint
\nactress (1924)<\/p>\n
Gina Lollobrigida
\nmodel, actress (1927)<\/p>\n
George Steinbrenner
\nowner of NY Yankees (1930)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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