64
\nA great fire began that ultimately destroyed most of Rome. The emperor Nero blamed it on Christians and began the first Roman persecution of them.<\/p>\n
1925
\nThe first volume of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was published.<\/p>\n
1936
\nThe Spanish Civil War began.<\/p>\n
1947
\nPresident Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act.<\/p>\n
1976
\n14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score, a ten, at the Olympics and went on to score six more tens and win three gold medals.<\/p>\n
1999
\nNew York Yankee David Cone pitched the 16th perfect game in baseball history.<\/p>\n
Nelson Mandela
\nPronunciation: [nel\u00b4sun rOlEhl\u00e4\u00b4l\u00e4 m\u00e4ndA\u00b4l\u00e4]\n1918\u20132014, South African political leader.<\/p>\n
Robert Hooke
\nphysicist, mathematician, and inventor (1635)<\/p>\n
William Thackeray
\nnovelist (1811)<\/p>\n
Jessamyn West
\nnovelist (1902)<\/p>\n
S. I. Hayakawa
\nscholar, former U.S. Senator (1906)<\/p>\n
Red Skelton
\ncomedian, actor (1913)<\/p>\n
John Glenn
\nastronaut (1921)<\/p>\n
Dick Button
\nfigure skater (1929)<\/p>\n
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
\npoet (1933)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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