1783
\nGeorge Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n
1788
\nMaryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n
1823
\nThe poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“‘Twas the night before Christmas”), written by either Clement C. Moore or Maj. Henry Livingston, Jr., was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.<\/p>\n
1913
\nPresident Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve System.<\/p>\n
1947
\nThe transistor was unveiled by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain, and William Shockley.<\/p>\n
1948
\nHideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed.<\/p>\n
1986
\nDick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling aboard the experimental airplane Voyager.<\/p>\n
Akihito
\n1933\u2013, emperor of Japan<\/p>\n
Richard Arkwright<\/p>\n
inventor (1732)<\/p>\n
Joseph Smith<\/p>\n
religious leader (1805)<\/p>\n
James Duke<\/p>\n
industrialist (1856)<\/p>\n
Harriet Monroe<\/p>\n
editor, critic, and poet (1860)<\/p>\n
Sarah Breedlove Walker<\/p>\n
businesswoman, philanthropist (1867)<\/p>\n
Yousuf Karsh<\/p>\n
photographer (1908)<\/p>\n
Robert Bly<\/p>\n
writer (1926)<\/p>\n
Wesley K. Clark<\/p>\n
soldier and political figure (1944)<\/p>\n
Susan Lucci<\/p>\n
actor (1946)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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