1816
\nIndiana became the 19th state.<\/p>\n
1844
\nNitrous oxide was used for the first time in dentistry.<\/p>\n
1936
\nKing Edward VIII abdicated the throne of Britain for the woman he loved, Mrs. Wallis Simpson.<\/p>\n
1941
\nGermany and Italy declared war on the United States.<\/p>\n
1946
\nThe United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.<\/p>\n
1994
\nRussian troups invaded Chechnya in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Moscow’s power in the region.<\/p>\n
1997
\nHousing secretary Henry Cisneros was indicted for conspiracy, obstructing justice, and false statements to the FBI.<\/p>\n
2008
\nBernard Madoff, an investment manager, was charged with defrauding clients of as much as $50 billion in what might be the largest swindle in Wall Street history.<\/p>\n
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn<\/p>\n
Pronunciation: [ulyiks\u00e4n\u00b4dur EsI\u00b4uvich s\u00f4l”zhunEt\u00b4sin]\n
Sir David Brewster<\/p>\n
physicist and natural philosopher (1781)<\/p>\n
Louis-Hector Berlioz<\/p>\n
composer (1803)<\/p>\n
Robert Koch<\/p>\n
bacteriologist (1843)<\/p>\n
Annie Jump Cannon<\/p>\n
astronomer (1863)<\/p>\n
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia<\/p>\n
mayor of New York City (1882)<\/p>\n
Naguib Mahfouz<\/p>\n
novelist (1911)<\/p>\n
Carlo Ponti<\/p>\n
producer (1912)<\/p>\n
Willie Mae Thornton<\/p>\n
blues singer (1926)<\/p>\n
John F. Kerry<\/p>\n
politician (1943)<\/p>\n
Mos Def<\/p>\n
rapper, actor (1973)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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