1468
\nJohann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died.<\/p>\n
1870
\nThe 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed.<\/p>\n
1913
\nThe 16th Amendment, establishing the federal income tax, was ratified.<\/p>\n
1917
\nThe U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.<\/p>\n
1959
\nRock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash.<\/p>\n
1969
\nThe Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.<\/p>\n
1995
\nCol. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.<\/p>\n
1998
\nTexas executed Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Blackwell
\n1821\u20131910, American Physician.<\/p>\n
Felix Mendelssohn<\/p>\n
composer (1809)<\/p>\n
Horace Greeley<\/p>\n
newspaper editor and founder (1811)<\/p>\n
Gertrude Stein<\/p>\n
author (1874)<\/p>\n
Norman Rockwell<\/p>\n
illustrator (1894)<\/p>\n
Alvar Aalto<\/p>\n
architect and furniture designer (1898)<\/p>\n
James Michener<\/p>\n
author (1907)<\/p>\n
Joey Bishop<\/p>\n
comedian, actor (1918)<\/p>\n
Linda Wachner<\/p>\n
industry executive (1946)<\/p>\n
J. Catherine Roberts<\/p>\n
science teacher (1953)<\/p>\n
Isla Fisher<\/p>\n
comedian, actor (1976)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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