1642
\nNew Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.<\/p>\n
1918
\nPresident Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.<\/p>\n
1978
\nThe U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.<\/p>\n
1981
\nThe Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.<\/p>\n
1989
\nSouth African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.<\/p>\n
1996
\nKofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.<\/p>\n
2000
\nGeorge W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.<\/p>\n
2003
\nAmerican forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.<\/p>\n
Mary Todd Lincoln<\/p>\n
1818\u20131882, wife of Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n
Heinrich Heine<\/p>\n
poet (1797)<\/p>\n
Werner von Siemens<\/p>\n
electrical engineer and inventor (1816)<\/p>\n
Emily Carr<\/p>\n
painter (1871)<\/p>\n
Ella Baker<\/p>\n
civil rights activist (1903)<\/p>\n
Archie Moore<\/p>\n
prizefighter (1913)<\/p>\n
Ross Macdonald<\/p>\n
novelist (1915)<\/p>\n
Dick Van Dyke<\/p>\n
actor (1925)<\/p>\n
Ted Nugent<\/p>\n
rock musician (1948)<\/p>\n
Steve Buscemi<\/p>\n
actor (1957)<\/p>\n
Jamie Foxx<\/p>\n
actor (1967)<\/p>\n
Amy Lee<\/p>\n
singer (1981)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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