1065
\nWestminster Abbey consecrated.<\/p>\n
1832
\nJohn C. Calhoun became the first vice president in U.S. history to resign from office.<\/p>\n
1846
\nIowa became the 29th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1869
\nWilliam F. Semple patented chewing gum.<\/p>\n
1895
\nThe Lumiere Brothers gave the first commercial movie show at the Grand Cafe in Paris.<\/p>\n
1937
\nComposer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.<\/p>\n
1945
\nCongress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n
1981
\nElizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, Va.<\/p>\n
Woodrow Wilson
\n1856\u20131924, 28th President of the United States<\/p>\n
Eliza Lucas Pinckney<\/p>\n
horticulturist (1722)<\/p>\n
Earl “Fatha” Hines<\/p>\n
jazz pianist (1903)<\/p>\n
Stan Lee<\/p>\n
writer, editor (1922)<\/p>\n
Simon Raven<\/p>\n
writer (1927)<\/p>\n
Manuel Puig<\/p>\n
novelist (1932)<\/p>\n
Dame Maggie Smith<\/p>\n
actress (1934)<\/p>\n
Denzel Washington<\/p>\n
actor (1954)<\/p>\n
Ray Bourque<\/p>\n
hockey player (1960)<\/p>\n
Linus Torvalds<\/p>\n
computer scientist (1969)<\/p>\n
John Legend<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter, pianist (1978)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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