1779
\nJohn Paul Jones declared “I have not yet begun to fight!” aboard the American warship Bonhomme Richard in the battle against the British man-of-war Serapis.<\/p>\n
1806
\nAfter a three-year journey to the Pacific Northwest, the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis.<\/p>\n
1846
\nGerman astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.<\/p>\n
1939
\nSigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London.<\/p>\n
1952
\nVice presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered his “Checkers speech” rebutting charges of improper campaign financing.<\/p>\n
1973
\nFormer Argentine president Juan Per\u00f3n returned to power.<\/p>\n
2011
\nPalestinian president Mahmoud Abbas officially requests a bid for statehood at the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n
Euripides<\/p>\n
480 or 485\u2014406 B.C., Greek tragic dramatist, ranking with Aeschylus and Sophocles.<\/p>\n
Augustus<\/p>\n
Roman emperor (63)<\/p>\n
William Holmes McGuffey<\/p>\n
educator (1800)<\/p>\n
Mary Eliza Church Terrell<\/p>\n
activist (1863)<\/p>\n
Walter Lippmann<\/p>\n
essayist and editor (1889)<\/p>\n
Harriet Hardy<\/p>\n
physician (1906)<\/p>\n
Mickey Rooney<\/p>\n
actor (1920)<\/p>\n
John Coltrane<\/p>\n
jazz musician (1926)<\/p>\n
Ray Charles<\/p>\n
musician (1930)<\/p>\n
Bruce Springsteen<\/p>\n
singer (1949)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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