1887
\nThomas Edison received a patent for his “Kinetoscope,” and moving pictures were born.<\/p>\n
1888
\nMary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the Ripper’s first victim, was found murdered in London.<\/p>\n
1962
\nTrinidad and Tobago gained independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n
1980
\nPoland’s Solidarity labor movement had its beginnings when an agreement ending a 17-day strike was signed in Gdansk.<\/p>\n
1994
\nRussia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.<\/p>\n
1997
\nPrincess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.<\/p>\n
2012
\nArmenia severed diplomatic relations with Hungary, after the pardoning of Ramil Safarov. In 2004, Safarov was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier.<\/p>\n
Maria Montessori<\/p>\n
1870\u20131952, Italian educator and physician.<\/p>\n
Georg Jensen<\/p>\n
silversmith (1866)<\/p>\n
Wilhelmina<\/p>\n
queen (1880)<\/p>\n
Alan Jay Lerner<\/p>\n
lyricist and librettist (1918)<\/p>\n
Van Morrison<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1945)<\/p>\n
Richard Gere<\/p>\n
actor (1949)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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