1807
\nRobert Fulton’s steamboat, the Clermont, began its trip up the Hudson River to Albany.<\/p>\n
1863
\nFort Sumter, S.C. was bombarded by Union ships during the Civil War.<\/p>\n
1896
\nProspectors found gold in Alaska, a discovery that set off the Klondike gold rush.<\/p>\n
1945
\nIndonesian nationalists proclaimed independence from the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
1962
\n18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot and killed by guards at the Berlin Wall, spurring riots.<\/p>\n
1969
\nHurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people.<\/p>\n
1978
\nThe first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight landed outside of Paris.<\/p>\n
1987
\nRudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s second in command, committed suicide.<\/p>\n
2008
\nU.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking the record set by Mark Spitz in the 1972 Games. Phelps also set the record for the most golds in a single Olympics.<\/p>\n
Pierre de Fermat<\/p>\n
1601\u201365, French mathematician.<\/p>\n
William Carey<\/p>\n
missionary (1761)<\/p>\n
Davy Crockett<\/p>\n
frontiersman (1786)<\/p>\n
Marcus Garvey<\/p>\n
black nationalist leader (1887)<\/p>\n
Mae West<\/p>\n
American comedienne (1893)<\/p>\n
Ted Hughes<\/p>\n
poet (1930)<\/p>\n
V. S. Naipaul<\/p>\n
author (1932)<\/p>\n
Robert De Niro<\/p>\n
film actor (1943)<\/p>\n
Sean Penn<\/p>\n
actor, producer, director (1960)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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