1774
\nThe First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
1825
\nThe Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.<\/p>\n
1881
\nWyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.<\/p>\n
1975
\nAnwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.<\/p>\n
1979
\nSouth Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.<\/p>\n
1994
\nPrime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.<\/p>\n
2002
\nRussian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.<\/p>\n
2005
\nThe Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.<\/p>\n
Mahalia Jackson<\/p>\n
1911\u20131972, American gospel singer, born in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Domenico Scarlatti<\/p>\n
composer (1685)<\/p>\n
Beryl Markham<\/p>\n
aviator (1902)<\/p>\n
Francois Mitterrand<\/p>\n
political leader, president of France (1916)<\/p>\n
Bob Hoskins<\/p>\n
actor (1942)<\/p>\n
Pat Conroy<\/p>\n
writer (1945)<\/p>\n
Hillary Rodham Clinton<\/p>\n
lawyer and political figure (1947)<\/p>\n
Keith Urban<\/p>\n
singer (1967)<\/p>\n
Jon Heder<\/p>\n
actor (1977)<\/p>\n
Sasha Cohen<\/p>\n
figure skater (1984)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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