1890
\nWyoming became the 44th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1940
\nThe Battle of Britain began.<\/p>\n
1951
\nArmistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.<\/p>\n
1973
\nThe Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.<\/p>\n
1985
\nThe Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.<\/p>\n
1989
\nMel Blanc, the \u201cman of a thousand voices,\u201d including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
1991
\nBoris Yeltsin was sworn in as Russia’s first elected president.<\/p>\n
1995
\nMyanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.<\/p>\n
2003
\nSpain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492.<\/p>\n
Arthur Ashe
\n1943\u20131993, American tennis player, born in Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n
John Calvin
\ntheologian (1509)<\/p>\n
Camille Pissarro
\nimpressionist painter (1830)<\/p>\n
Marcel Proust
\nnovelist (1871)<\/p>\n
Mary McLeod Bethune
\neducator (1875)<\/p>\n
Saul Bellow
\nnovelist (1915)<\/p>\n
David Brinkley
\nbroadcaster (1920)<\/p>\n
Alice Munro
\nwriter (1931)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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