1718
\nNew Orleans was founded by French settlers and named after the Duke of Orleans.<\/p>\n
1825
\nUruguay declared its independence from Brazil.<\/p>\n
1875
\nMatthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel. It took him 21 hours and 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
1916
\nThe Department of the Interior created the National Park Service to manage and preserve national parks and monuments for future generations.<\/p>\n
1944
\nParis was liberated from Nazi occupation by Allied forces.<\/p>\n
1984
\nAuthor Truman Capote was found dead in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
2001
\nSinger and actress Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
2003
\nNASA launched the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.<\/p>\n
2009
\nEdward “Ted” Kennedy, who served as a Democratic senator from Massachusetts since 1962, dies. He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in 2008.<\/p>\n
2012
\nThe first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, died after suffering complications from a heart bypass.<\/p>\n
Leonard Bernstein<\/p>\n
1918\u20131990, American composer, conductor, and pianist<\/p>\n
Allan Pinkerton<\/p>\n
detective (1819)<\/p>\n
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs<\/p>\n
biochemist (1900)<\/p>\n
George Wallace<\/p>\n
governor (1919)<\/p>\n
Althea Gibson<\/p>\n
tennis player (1927)<\/p>\n
Sean Connery<\/p>\n
actor (1930)<\/p>\n
Regis Philbin<\/p>\n
TV personality (1934)<\/p>\n
Tim Burton<\/p>\n
director (1958)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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