1547
\nIvan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.<\/p>\n
1883
\nThe U.S. Civil Service Commission established.<\/p>\n
1920
\nA year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect.<\/p>\n
1942
\nActress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.<\/p>\n
1991
\nOperation Desert Storm was announced by the White House.<\/p>\n
1992
\nThe El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of civil war.<\/p>\n
2001
\nLaurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.<\/p>\n
2003
\nSpace shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.<\/p>\n
Fulgencio Batista
\n1901\u20131973, Cuban President.<\/p>\n
Robert W. Service<\/p>\n
writer (1874)<\/p>\n
Ethel Merman<\/p>\n
entertainer (1909)<\/p>\n
Dizzy Dean<\/p>\n
baseball player (1911)<\/p>\n
William Kennedy<\/p>\n
novelist (1928)<\/p>\n
Susan Sontag<\/p>\n
writer and critic (1933)<\/p>\n
Marilyn Horne<\/p>\n
mezzo-soprano (1934)<\/p>\n
A.J. Foyt<\/p>\n
auto racer (1935)<\/p>\n
Aaliyah<\/p>\n
singer, actor (1979)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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