1884
\nConstruction of the Washington Monument was completed.<\/p>\n
1889
\nJefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans.<\/p>\n
1923
\nA presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress.<\/p>\n
1926
\nFrench impressionist painter Claude Monet died at age 86.<\/p>\n
1973
\nGerald Ford was sworn in as vice president, replacing Spiro T. Agnew.<\/p>\n
1992
\nThe destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu fighting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.<\/p>\n
1998
\nHugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.<\/p>\n
Dave Brubeck<\/p>\n
1920\u2013, American jazz pianist and composer.<\/p>\n
Jean Eugene Robert Houdin<\/p>\n
conjurer and magician (1805)<\/p>\n
Joyce Kilmer<\/p>\n
poet (1886)<\/p>\n
Ira Gershwin<\/p>\n
lyricist (1896)<\/p>\n
Gunnar Myrdal<\/p>\n
economist (1898)<\/p>\n
Agnes Moorehead<\/p>\n
actress (1906)<\/p>\n
Eleanor Holm<\/p>\n
swimmer (1913)<\/p>\n
Patsy Takemoto Mink<\/p>\n
U.S. representative (1927)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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