1898
\nFrench writer Emile Zola published his “J’Accuse” letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.<\/p>\n
1941
\nNovelist James Joyce died in Zurich.<\/p>\n
1990
\nDouglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected African-American governor in the United States.<\/p>\n
1999
\nMichael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA. He would “unretire” again in 2001.<\/p>\n
2002
\nAfter 17,162 performances, The Fantasticks ended its almost 42-year off-Broadway run.<\/p>\n
2004
\nJoseph Darby, a U.S. soldier at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, reported U.S. abuses of Iraqi prisoners to the Army’s Criminal Investigations Division..<\/p>\n
Horatio Alger
\n1832\u20131899, American writer.<\/p>\n
Jan van Goyen<\/p>\n
landscape painter (1596)<\/p>\n
Salmon P. Chase<\/p>\n
public official and jurist (1808)<\/p>\n
Elmer Davis<\/p>\n
radio commentator (1890)<\/p>\n
Gwen Verdon<\/p>\n
dancer, actor (1925)<\/p>\n
Charles Nelson Reilly<\/p>\n
actor, theater director (1931)<\/p>\n
Julia Louis-Dreyfus<\/p>\n
actress (1961)<\/p>\n
Patrick Dempsey<\/p>\n
actor (1966)<\/p>\n
Orlando Bloom<\/p>\n
actor (1977)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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