1788
\nThe first European settlers landed in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n
1802
\nCongress passed an act calling for the establishment of a library within the US Capitol.<\/p>\n
1837
\nMichigan became the 26th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1950
\nIndia, three years after gaining its independence from the United Kingdom, formally became a republic.<\/p>\n
1979
\nFormer Vice President Nelson Rockefeller died in New York at age 70.<\/p>\n
1988
\nAndrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway. It would go on to become the longest-running Broadway show.<\/p>\n
1993
\nVaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
2001
\nA magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked the Indian state of Gujarat, killing more than 20,000 people.<\/p>\n
2004
\nPresident Hamid Karzai signed the new constitution of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Douglas MacArthur
\n1880\u20131964, American General.<\/p>\n
Charles XIV<\/p>\n
king of Sweden and Norway (1763)<\/p>\n
Bessie Coleman<\/p>\n
aviator (1893)<\/p>\n
Paul Newman<\/p>\n
actor (1925)<\/p>\n
Jules Feiffer<\/p>\n
cartoonist and writer (1927)<\/p>\n
Angela Davis<\/p>\n
activist (1944)<\/p>\n
David Strathairn<\/p>\n
actor (1949)<\/p>\n
Ellen DeGeneres<\/p>\n
comedienne, actress (1958)<\/p>\n
Wayne Gretzky<\/p>\n
hockey player (1961)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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