1900
\nInternational forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.<\/p>\n
1935
\nThe Social Security Act became law.<\/p>\n
1945
\nJapan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.<\/p>\n
1947
\nPakistan became independent of British rule.<\/p>\n
1951
\nNewspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>\n
1995
\nShannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.<\/p>\n
1997
\nTimothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.<\/p>\n
2003
\nThe largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.<\/p>\n
John Galsworthy<\/p>\n
Pronunciation: [g\u00f4lz\u00b4w\u00fbr\u00f0E, galz\u00b4\u2013]\n1867\u20131933, English novelist and dramatist.<\/p>\n
Ernest Everett Just<\/p>\n
biologist, educator (1883)<\/p>\n
Russell Baker<\/p>\n
columnist (1925)<\/p>\n
Steve Martin<\/p>\n
actor (1945)<\/p>\n
Danielle Steel<\/p>\n
author (1947)<\/p>\n
Magic Johnson<\/p>\n
basketball player (1959)<\/p>\n
Halle Berry<\/p>\n
actress, model (1966)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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