1639
\nThe first constitution of Connecticut, Fundamental Orders, was adopted.<\/p>\n
1784
\nThe United States ratified a treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n
1943
\nPresident Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill meet at the Casablanca Conference.<\/p>\n
1953
\nTito formally became the first president of the Republic of Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n
1954
\nMarilyn Monroe married baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.<\/p>\n
1963
\nGeorge Wallace sworn in as Alabama’s governor, promising “segregation forever.”<\/p>\n
1973
\nThe Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go undefeated and have a perfect season by beating the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.<\/p>\n
1990
\nThe Simpsons premiered on television.<\/p>\n
2008
\nBobby Jindal takes office as governor of Louisiana as the first elected Indian-American governor of the U.S.<\/p>\n
Albert Schweitzer
\n1875\u20131965, Alsatian Medical Missionary.<\/p>\n
Benedict Arnold<\/p>\n
general and traitor (1741)<\/p>\n
Henri Fantin-Latour<\/p>\n
painter (1836)<\/p>\n
Berthe Morisot<\/p>\n
impressionist painter (1841)<\/p>\n
R.F. Outcault<\/p>\n
cartoonist and illustrator (1863)<\/p>\n
Hugh Lofting<\/p>\n
writer (1886)<\/p>\n
John Dos Passos<\/p>\n
novelist (1896)<\/p>\n
Harold Russell<\/p>\n
soldier and actor (1914)<\/p>\n
Yukio Mishima<\/p>\n
writer (1925)<\/p>\n
Julian Bond<\/p>\n
politician (1940)<\/p>\n
Faye Dunaway<\/p>\n
actress (1941)<\/p>\n
Shannon Lucid<\/p>\n
astronaut and biochemist (1943)<\/p>\n
Maureen Dowd<\/p>\n
journalist (1952)<\/p>\n
Steven Soderbergh<\/p>\n
filmmaker (1963)<\/p>\n
Emily Watson<\/p>\n
actor (1967)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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