1799
\nGeorge Washington died at age 67.<\/p>\n
1819
\nAlabama became the 22nd state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1911
\nNorwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.<\/p>\n
1939
\nThe Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.<\/p>\n
1967
\nDNA synthesized for the first time.<\/p>\n
1981
\nIsrael formally annexed the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n
1985
\nWilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
1989
\nNobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.<\/p>\n
2012
\nAdam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.<\/p>\n
Nostradamus<\/p>\n
1503\u20131566, French astrologer and physician.<\/p>\n
Tycho Brahe<\/p>\n
astronomer (1546)<\/p>\n
John Mercer Langston<\/p>\n
public official, diplomat, educator (1829)<\/p>\n
James Doolittle<\/p>\n
aviator, military leader (1896)<\/p>\n
Shirley Jackson<\/p>\n
writer (1919)<\/p>\n
Patty Duke<\/p>\n
actress (1946)<\/p>\n
Michael Owen<\/p>\n
soccer player (1979)<\/p>\n
Vanessa Anne Hudgens<\/p>\n
actor (1988)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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