1869
\nThe 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.<\/p>\n
1871
\nThe Great Fire of Chicago started. That same day in Peshtigo, Wis., the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began along with the Holland Fire, the Port Huron Fire, and the Manistee Fire.<\/p>\n
1934
\nBruno Hauptmannn was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh’s baby.<\/p>\n
1945
\nPresident Harry Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain and Canada.<\/p>\n
1956
\nDon Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first and only perfect game in a World Series.<\/p>\n
2004
\nMartha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp.<\/p>\n
2005
\nA 7.6 magnitude earthquake centered in the Pakistani-controlled part of the Kashmir region killed more than 80,000 and injured 65,000.<\/p>\n
Jesse Louis Jackson
\n1941\u2014, U.S. political leader, clergyman, and civil rights activist, born in Greenville, S.C.<\/p>\n
Emily Blackwell
\nphysician (1826)<\/p>\n
Edward Rickenbacker
\nwar hero and airline executive (1890)<\/p>\n
Juan Per\u00f3n,
\npresident of Argentina (1895)<\/p>\n
Frank Herbert
\nwriter (1920)<\/p>\n
Chevy Chase
\ncomedian (1943)<\/p>\n
Dennis Kucinich
\npolitical figure (1946)<\/p>\n
Sigourney Weaver
\nactress (1949)<\/p>\n
Matt Damon
\nactor (1970)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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