1793
\nEli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.<\/p>\n
1886
\nThe Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.<\/p>\n
1919
\nCongress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.<\/p>\n
1922
\nBenito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy.<\/p>\n
1940
\nItaly invaded Greece during World War II.<\/p>\n
1958
\nA new pope was elected\u2014Pope John XXIII.<\/p>\n
1962
\nNikita Khrushchev told the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.<\/p>\n
Jonas Salk<\/p>\n
1914\u20131995, American physician and microbiologist, born in New York City, B.S. College of the City of New York, 1934, M.D. New York Univ. College of Medicine, 1939.<\/p>\n
Eliphalet Remington<\/p>\n
gun manufacturer (1793)<\/p>\n
Auguste Escoffier<\/p>\n
authority on cooking (1846)<\/p>\n
Gilbert H. Grosvenor<\/p>\n
editor (1875)<\/p>\n
Edith Head<\/p>\n
fashion designer (1897)<\/p>\n
Evelyn Waugh<\/p>\n
novelist (1903)<\/p>\n
Dennis Franz<\/p>\n
actor (1944)<\/p>\n
Bill Gates<\/p>\n
computer industry pioneer (1955)<\/p>\n
Julia Roberts<\/p>\n
actress (1967)<\/p>\n
Brad Paisley<\/p>\n
singer, Songwriter (1972)<\/p>\n
Joaquin Phoenix<\/p>\n
actor (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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