1839
\nThe first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.<\/p>\n
1903
\nPanama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.<\/p>\n
1952
\nClarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.<\/p>\n
1957
\nThe Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit.<\/p>\n
1986
\nA Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair.<\/p>\n
1992
\nCarol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n
2004
\nHamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan’s first presidential election.<\/p>\n
Walker Evans<\/p>\n
1903\u201375, American photographer, b. St. Louis.<\/p>\n
Stephen Fuller Austin<\/p>\n
leader of colonization in Texas (1793)<\/p>\n
William Bryant<\/p>\n
poet, editor (1794)<\/p>\n
Andre Malraux<\/p>\n
man of letters and political figure (1901)<\/p>\n
James Reston<\/p>\n
journalist (1909)<\/p>\n
Charles Bronson<\/p>\n
actor (1921)<\/p>\n
Michael Dukakis<\/p>\n
politician (1933)<\/p>\n
Dennis Miller<\/p>\n
comedian (1953)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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