1170
\nThomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered by four knights acting under the orders of Henry II.<\/p>\n
1845
\nTexas became the 28th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1851
\nThe first Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) opened in Boston.<\/p>\n
1890
\nThe last major battle of the Indian Wars, at Wounded Knee Creek, took place with hundreds of Indian men, women, and children massacred.<\/p>\n
1937
\nThe Constitution of Ireland, changing the Irish Free State into Eire, went into effect.<\/p>\n
1940
\nDuring World War II, Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London.<\/p>\n
1989
\nVaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n
1996
\nA peace agreement was signed, ending 36 years of conflict in Guatemala.<\/p>\n
Andrew Johnson
\n1808\u20131875, 17th President of the United States<\/p>\n
Charles Goodyear<\/p>\n
invented vulcanized rubber (1800)<\/p>\n
William Gladstone<\/p>\n
statesman (1809)<\/p>\n
Pablo Casals<\/p>\n
virtuoso cellist (1876)<\/p>\n
William “Billy” Mitchell<\/p>\n
aviator, soldier (1879)<\/p>\n
Vera Brittain<\/p>\n
novelist, poet (1893)<\/p>\n
Mary Tyler Moore<\/p>\n
actress (1936)<\/p>\n
Jon Voight<\/p>\n
actor, director, writer (1938)<\/p>\n
Patricia Clarkson<\/p>\n
actor (1959)<\/p>\n
Jude Law<\/p>\n
actor (1972)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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