1889
\nNorth Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively.<\/p>\n
1947
\nHoward Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight.<\/p>\n
1948
\nHarry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history.<\/p>\n
1959
\nTwenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.<\/p>\n
1976
\nJimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the deep South since the Civil War.<\/p>\n
1984
\nVelma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer became the first woman to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.<\/p>\n
2003
\nV. Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church, becoming the first openly gay bishop in the church.<\/p>\n
James Polk<\/p>\n
1795\u20131849, James Knox Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., on Nov. 2, 1795.<\/p>\n
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin<\/p>\n
painter (1699)<\/p>\n
George Boole<\/p>\n
mathematician (1734)<\/p>\n
Marie Antoinette<\/p>\n
queen of France (1755)<\/p>\n
Warren G. Harding<\/p>\n
U.S. president (1865)<\/p>\n
Carlos Bulosan<\/p>\n
writer (1911)<\/p>\n
Burt Lancaster<\/p>\n
film actor (1913)<\/p>\n
K.D. Lang<\/p>\n
singer (1961)<\/p>\n
Nelly<\/p>\n
rapper (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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