1787
\nPennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
1870
\nJoseph Rainey took his seat as the first African American in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
1913
\nThe Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence after having been stolen two years earlier (August 1911) from the Louvre.<\/p>\n
1963
\nKenya gained its independence from Britain.<\/p>\n
1998
\nThe House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Clinton.<\/p>\n
2000
\nThe U.S. Supreme Court stopped the presidential election recount in Florida.<\/p>\n
2001
\nYasir Arafat closed the offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.<\/p>\n
Frank Sinatra<\/p>\n
1915\u20131998, American singer, actor.<\/p>\n
John Jay<\/p>\n
statesman (1745)<\/p>\n
William Lloyd Garrison<\/p>\n
abolitionist (1805)<\/p>\n
Gustave Flaubert<\/p>\n
novelist (1821)<\/p>\n
Edvard Munch<\/p>\n
painter (1863)<\/p>\n
Edward G. Robinson<\/p>\n
actor (1893)<\/p>\n
Patrick O’Brian<\/p>\n
novelist (1914)<\/p>\n
Bob Barker<\/p>\n
TV personality (1923)<\/p>\n
Dionne Warwick<\/p>\n
singer (1941)<\/p>\n
Tracy Austin<\/p>\n
tennis player (1962)<\/p>\n
Jennifer Connelly<\/p>\n
actor (1970)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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