1854
\nPope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.<\/p>\n
1886
\nThe American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n
1941
\nCongress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.<\/p>\n
1949
\nCommunist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).<\/p>\n
1978
\nFormer Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died.<\/p>\n
1980
\nJohn Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan.<\/p>\n
1987
\nPresident Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.<\/p>\n
1993
\nPresident Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.<\/p>\n
Eli Whitney<\/p>\n
1765\u20131825, American inventor.<\/p>\n
Mary, Queen of Scots<\/p>\n
queen (1542)<\/p>\n
Christina<\/p>\n
queen of Sweden (1626)<\/p>\n
Aristide Maillol<\/p>\n
sculptor (1861)<\/p>\n
Jean Sibelius<\/p>\n
composer (1865)<\/p>\n
Diego Rivera<\/p>\n
painter (1886)<\/p>\n
James Thurber<\/p>\n
humorist (1894)<\/p>\n
Lee J. Cobb<\/p>\n
actor (1911)<\/p>\n
Sammy Davis, Jr.<\/p>\n
singer, actor (1925)<\/p>\n
David Carradine<\/p>\n
actor (1936)<\/p>\n
Jim Morrison<\/p>\n
rock musician (1943)<\/p>\n
Kim Basinger<\/p>\n
actor (1953)<\/p>\n
Teri Hatcher<\/p>\n
actor (1964)<\/p>\n
Sinead O’Connor<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1966)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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