1854
\nHenry David Thoreau’s Walden, recounting his experiment in solitary life on the shores of Massachusetts’ Walden Pond, was published.<\/p>\n
1936
\nJesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympics.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe United States exploded a nuclear bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 74,000 people.<\/p>\n
1965
\nSingapore proclaimed its independence from Malaysia.<\/p>\n
1974
\nVice president Gerald Ford was sworn in as president following Nixon’s resignation.<\/p>\n
1995
\nJerry Garcia, lead singer and guitarist of the Grateful Dead, died.<\/p>\n
Jean Piaget<\/p>\n
Pronunciation: [zh\u00e4Npy\u00e4\u00b4jA]\n1896\u20131980, Swiss psychologist, known for his research in developmental psychology.<\/p>\n
Izaak Walton<\/p>\n
writer (1593)<\/p>\n
Amedeo Avogadro<\/p>\n
physicist (1776)<\/p>\n
William Fowler<\/p>\n
nuclear astrophysicist (1911)<\/p>\n
Bob Cousy<\/p>\n
basketball player (1928)<\/p>\n
Whitney Houston<\/p>\n
singer (1963)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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