1806
\nThe Holy Roman Empire ended with the abdication of Emperor Francis II.<\/p>\n
1825
\nBolivia declared its independence from Peru.<\/p>\n
1926
\nGertrude Ederle became the first U.S. woman to swim across the English Channel.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.<\/p>\n
1962
\nJamaica gained its independence within the Britain Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
1965
\nPresident Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed the poll taxes and literacy tests that had restricted black voter registration in the South.<\/p>\n
1997
\nBritish prime minister Tony Blair and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams meet\u2014the first time in 76 years that a British leader and an IRA ally meet.<\/p>\n
2003
\nArnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy to replace Gray Davis as governor of California to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show.<\/p>\n
2012
\nCuriosity, a SUV-size rover, successfully landed on Mars. The rover’s research has been planned for the next two years, but since Curiosity’s electricity is powered by plutonium, it could be operational and provide insight into Mars for decades to come<\/p>\n
Alfred Tennyson<\/p>\n
1809\u20131892, English poet.<\/p>\n
The most famous poet of the Victorian age, he was a profound spokesman for the ideas and values of his times.<\/p>\n
Alexander Fleming<\/p>\n
bacteriologist (1881)<\/p>\n
Helen Jacobs<\/p>\n
tennis player (1908)<\/p>\n
Lucille Ball<\/p>\n
American actress (1911)<\/p>\n
Richard Hofstadter<\/p>\n
historian (1916)<\/p>\n
Robert Mitchum<\/p>\n
actor (1917)<\/p>\n
Andy Warhol<\/p>\n
artist, film maker (1928)<\/p>\n
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