1789
\nAlexander Hamilton was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury.<\/p>\n
1936
\nPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in Nevada.<\/p>\n
1962
\nThe Beatles recorded their first single, Love Me Do.<\/p>\n
1971
\nFormer Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.<\/p>\n
1997
\nIn Scotland, voters approved the establishment of a parliament to run their domestic affairs, after 290 years of union with England.<\/p>\n
2001
\nTwo hijacked commercial jets were crashed by terrorists into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the collapse of both towers. A short while later, another plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa.<\/p>\n
2012
\nArmed gunmen stormed the American consulate in Benghazi and killed U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials.<\/p>\n
Ferdinand Marcos<\/p>\n
1917\u20131989 , Philippine political leader.<\/p>\n
O. Henry<\/p>\n
short-story writer (1862)<\/p>\n
D. H. Lawrence<\/p>\n
author (1885)<\/p>\n
Paul (Bear) Bryant<\/p>\n
football coach (1913)<\/p>\n
Tom Landry<\/p>\n
Football (1924)<\/p>\n
Brian De Palma<\/p>\n
director (1940)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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