1735
\nPrinter John Peter Zenger, defended by Andrew Hamilton, was acquitted of libel in a case that helped foster freedom of the press.<\/p>\n
1884
\nThomas Stevens became the first person to bicycle across the United States. He later bicycled around the world.<\/p>\n
1892
\nLizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were killed with an axe in Fall River, Mass.<\/p>\n
1914
\nGermany invaded Belgium and, in response, Britain declared war on Germany.<\/p>\n
1916
\nDenmark ceded the Danish West Indies, including the Danish Virgin Islands, to the United States for $25 million.<\/p>\n
1944
\nAnne Frank and her family were found hiding in Amsterdam by Nazis.<\/p>\n
1964
\nThe bodies of three civil-rights workers were found in an earthen dam, six weeks into a federal investigation backed by President Johnson<\/p>\n
1977
\nPresident Carter signed a congressional act that established the Department of Energy.<\/p>\n
Louis Armstrong<\/p>\n
1901\u20131971, American jazz trumpet virtuoso, singer, and bandleader, born in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/p>\n
poet (1792)<\/p>\n
Russell Sage<\/p>\n
financier (1815)<\/p>\n
Raoul Wallenberg<\/p>\n
diplomat (1912)<\/p>\n
Robert Hayden<\/p>\n
poet (1913)<\/p>\n
Helen Thomas<\/p>\n
correspondent (1920)<\/p>\n
Billy Bob Thornton<\/p>\n
actor, screenwriter (1955)<\/p>\n
Barack Obama<\/p>\n
U.S. president (1961)<\/p>\n
Roger Clemens<\/p>\n
baseball player (1962)<\/p>\n
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