1860
\nAbraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.<\/p>\n
1861
\nJefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America.<\/p>\n
1869
\nThe first intercollegiate soccer game took place (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4).<\/p>\n
1893
\nComposer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53.<\/p>\n
1913
\nMohandas Gandhi led a march of miners in South Africa. He was arrested three times in the first four days of the march.<\/p>\n
John Philip Sousa<\/p>\n
1854\u20131932, American Bandmaster and Composer.<\/p>\n
James Naismith<\/p>\n
inventor of basketball (1861)<\/p>\n
Thomas H. Ince<\/p>\n
filmmaker (1882)<\/p>\n
Walter Johnson<\/p>\n
baseball player (1887)<\/p>\n
Harold W. Ross<\/p>\n
editor (1892)<\/p>\n
James Jones<\/p>\n
novelist (1921)<\/p>\n
Mike Nichols<\/p>\n
actor and director (1931)<\/p>\n
Sally Field<\/p>\n
actress (1946)<\/p>\n
Maria Shriver<\/p>\n
TV newscaster (1955)<\/p>\n
Ethan Hawke<\/p>\n
actor (1970)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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