1787
\nDelaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
1917
\nThe U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.<\/p>\n
1941
\nThe Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n
1972
\nAmerica’s final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n
1975
\nIndonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.<\/p>\n
1988
\nA 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia, killing 25,000.<\/p>\n
2001
\nTaliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
2002
\nIraq formally declared to the UN that it had no weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n
2004
\nHamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan’s first popularly elected president.<\/p>\n
Giovanni Bernini<\/p>\n
1598\u20131680.<\/p>\n
Richard Warren Sears<\/p>\n
merchant (1863)<\/p>\n
Willa Cather<\/p>\n
novelist (1873)<\/p>\n
Ted Knight<\/p>\n
actor (1923)<\/p>\n
Noam Chomsky<\/p>\n
educator and linguist (1928)<\/p>\n
Ellen Burstyn<\/p>\n
actress (1932)<\/p>\n
Reginald Lewis<\/p>\n
business leader (1942)<\/p>\n
Tom Waits<\/p>\n
songwriter, singer, actor (1949)<\/p>\n
Larry Bird<\/p>\n
basketball player (1956)<\/p>\n
Aaron Carter<\/p>\n
singer (1987)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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