1619
\nThe first legislative assembly in English North America convened in Jamestown, Va.<\/p>\n
1729
\nThe U.S. city of Baltimore was founded.<\/p>\n
1932
\nThe tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men.<\/p>\n
1956
\nThe phrase “In God We Trust” was adopted as the U.S. national motto.<\/p>\n
1965
\nPresident Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.<\/p>\n
1975
\nFormer Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found.<\/p>\n
1980
\nThe Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from France and Britain.<\/p>\n
2002
\nLisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.<\/p>\n
2012
\n620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.<\/p>\n
Henry Ford<\/p>\n
1863\u20131947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b. Dearborn, Mich.<\/p>\n
Emily Bront\u00eb<\/p>\n
author (1818)<\/p>\n
Thorstein Veblen<\/p>\n
economist (1857)<\/p>\n
Casey Stengel<\/p>\n
baseball player and manager (1891)<\/p>\n
Henry Moore<\/p>\n
sculptor (1898)<\/p>\n
Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/p>\n
Governor of California, actor (1947)<\/p>\n
Lisa Kudrow<\/p>\n
actress (1963)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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