1570
Elizabeth I, queen of England, was excommunicated by Pope Pius V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1836
\nSamuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1870
\nHiram Revels became the first black United States senator, taking over the term of Jefferson Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1901
\nJ.P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel Corporation, the first billion-dollar corporation in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1948
\nCommunists took control of the government in Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1964
\nCassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1983
\nTennessee Williams, American playwright, died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1986
\nPresident Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines; Corazon Aquino took over the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1990
Violeta Chamorro was elected president of Nicaragua, a victory for opponents of the Sandinistas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pierre Auguste Renoir
1841\u20131919, French Artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enrico Caruso
tenor (1873)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of State (1888)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dame Myra Hess
pianist (1890)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anthony Burgess
novelist (1917)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bobby Riggs
tennis player (1918)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
George Harrison
musician (1943)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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