1941
\nChina declared war against Japan, Germany, and Italy.<\/p>\n
1958
\nThe anti-Communist John Birch Society was formed.<\/p>\n
1965
\n“A Charlie Brown Christmas” premiered.<\/p>\n
1990
\nLech Walesa was elected president of Poland.<\/p>\n
1993
\nU.S. astronauts completed repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/p>\n
1996
\nArchaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey died in Kenya at age 83.<\/p>\n
John Milton<\/p>\n
1608\u20131674, English Poet.<\/p>\n
Born in London, one of the greatest poets of the English language.<\/p>\n
Joel Chandler Harris<\/p>\n
humorist (1848)<\/p>\n
Jean de Brunhoff<\/p>\n
author and illustrator (1899)<\/p>\n
Margaret Hamilton<\/p>\n
actor (1902)<\/p>\n
Grace Hopper<\/p>\n
ear admiral; computer scientist (1906)<\/p>\n
Thomas P O’Neill<\/p>\n
political leader (1912)<\/p>\n
Kirk Douglas<\/p>\n
actor (1916)<\/p>\n
John Cassavetes<\/p>\n
actor and director (1929)<\/p>\n
Junior Wells<\/p>\n
musician (1934)<\/p>\n
Tom Daschle<\/p>\n
U.S. senator (1947)<\/p>\n
John Malkovich<\/p>\n
actor (1953)<\/p>\n
Felicity Huffman<\/p>\n
actor (1962)<\/p>\n
Crown Princess Masako<\/p>\n
royalty (1963)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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