1909
\nArapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.<\/p>\n
1934
\nThe first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.<\/p>\n
1952
\nKing Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.<\/p>\n
1954
\nMore than seven years of fighting in Indochina formerly ended with the cessation of French control.<\/p>\n
1956
\nAbstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident.<\/p>\n
1960
\nChad gained its independence from France.<\/p>\n
1965
\nFollowing the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominately black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.<\/p>\n
2003
\nCharles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Jerry Falwell
\n1933\u20132007, American fundamentalist Baptist pastor, born in Lynchburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
\nfather of gymnastics (1778)<\/p>\n
Robert Ingersoll
\norator (1833)<\/p>\n
Carrie Jacobs Bond
\nsongwriter (1862)<\/p>\n
Louise Bogan
\npoet and critic (1897)<\/p>\n
Lloyd Nolan
\nactor (1902)<\/p>\n
Alex Haley
\nauthor (1921)<\/p>\n
Steve Wozniak
\nentrepreneur (1950)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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