1881
\nPresident James Garfield died of a gunshot wound inflicted by a disappointed office seeker the previous July 2.<\/p>\n
1934
\nBruno Hauptmann was arrested for the Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder.<\/p>\n
1955
\nPresident Juan Peron of Argentina was deposed and exiled after a military coup.<\/p>\n
1957
\nThe United States conducted its first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert.<\/p>\n
1962
\nGov. Ross Barnett blocked James Meredith from enrolling in the University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n
1985
\nThe Mexico City area was struck by the first of two devastating earthquakes that claimed thousands of lives. The second earthquake hit 36 hours later.<\/p>\n
1994
\nU.S. troops entered Haiti to enforce the return of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.<\/p>\n
2001
\nThe Pentagon ordered combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n
Sir William Golding<\/p>\n
1911\u201393, English novelist.<\/p>\n
George Cadbury<\/p>\n
manufacturer, social reformer (1839)<\/p>\n
William Hesketh Lever<\/p>\n
soap-maker, philanthropist (1851)<\/p>\n
Benjamin Reifel<\/p>\n
Sioux activist and U.S. representative (1906)<\/p>\n
Jim Abbott<\/p>\n
baseball pitcher (1967)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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