1804
\nNapoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII.<\/p>\n
1823
\nPresident James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n
1859
\nAbolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper’s Ferry.<\/p>\n
1942
\nThe first controlled nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n
1954
\nThe Senate voted to condemn Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”<\/p>\n
1970
\nThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established.<\/p>\n
1982
\nBarney B. Clark became the first person to receive an artificial heart in a transplant operation.<\/p>\n
1988
\nBenazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a Muslim nation.<\/p>\n
1990
\nComposer Aaron Copland died at age 90.<\/p>\n
1999
\nA Protestant and Catholic cabinet convened for the first time in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
2001
\nEnron Corp., under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n
Georges Seurat<\/p>\n
1859\u20131891, French painter.<\/p>\n
Peter Carl Goldmark<\/p>\n
inventor and engineer (1906)<\/p>\n
Maria Callas<\/p>\n
soprano (1923)<\/p>\n
Alexander Haig<\/p>\n
general (1924)<\/p>\n
Julie Harris<\/p>\n
actress (1925)<\/p>\n
Gianni Versace<\/p>\n
fashion designer (1946)<\/p>\n
Lucy Liu<\/p>\n
actor, model (1968)<\/p>\n
Monica Seles<\/p>\n
tennis player (1973)<\/p>\n
Nelly Furtado<\/p>\n
singer (1978)<\/p>\n
Britney Spears<\/p>\n
pop singer (1981)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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