1869
\nThe 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H.<\/p>\n
1871
\nThe Great Fire of Chicago started. That same day in Peshtigo, Wis., the worst forest fire in U.S. history also began.<\/p>\n
1934
\nBruno Hauptmannn was indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh’s baby.<\/p>\n
1945
\nPresident Harry Truman announced the U.S. would share the secret of the atomic bomb only with Great Britain and Canada.<\/p>\n
1956
\nDon Larsen of the New York Yankees pitched the first and only perfect game in a World Series.<\/p>\n
2004
\nMartha Stewart began her prison sentence at Alderson Federal Prison Camp.<\/p>\n
2005
\nA 7.6 magnitude earthquake centered in the Pakistani-controlled part of the Kashmir region killed more than 80,000 and injured 65,000.<\/p>\n
Desmond Tutu<\/p>\n
1931\u2014, South African religious leader.<\/p>\n
James Whitcomb Riley<\/p>\n
poet (1849)<\/p>\n
Niels Bohr<\/p>\n
atomic physicist (1885)<\/p>\n
Elijah Muhammad<\/p>\n
black nationalist leader (1897)<\/p>\n
Vladimir Putin<\/p>\n
political figure (1952)<\/p>\n
Yo-Yo Ma<\/p>\n
cellist (1955)<\/p>\n
Sherman Alexie<\/p>\n
writer (1966)<\/p>\n
Rachel McAdams<\/p>\n
actor (1976)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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