1587
\nMary Queen of Scots was beheaded.<\/p>\n
1693
\nCollege of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., received its charter, becoming the second institution of higher learning in the United States.<\/p>\n
1870
\nThe National Weather Service was established under the U.S. Army Signal Corps.<\/p>\n
1904
\nThe Russo-Japanese war began when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in northeast China.<\/p>\n
1915
\nD. W. Griffith’s controversial epic, The Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
1924
\nThe gas chamber was used for the first time as a method of execution in the United States. Gangster Gee Jon was put to death at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.<\/p>\n
1960
\nThe payola (pay for broadcast airplay) hearings opened in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dick Clark would testify in April.<\/p>\n
1980
\nPresident Jimmy Carter revealed his plan to reinstate selective service draft registration.<\/p>\n
William Tecumseh Sherman
\n1820\u20131891, American General.<\/p>\n
Jules Verne<\/p>\n
novelist (1828)<\/p>\n
Kate Chopin<\/p>\n
author (1851)<\/p>\n
Martin Buber<\/p>\n
philosopher (1878)<\/p>\n
Dame Edith Evans<\/p>\n
actress (1888)<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Bishop<\/p>\n
poet (1911)<\/p>\n
Lana Turner<\/p>\n
actress (1920)<\/p>\n
Jack Lemmon<\/p>\n
actor (1925)<\/p>\n
James Dean<\/p>\n
actor (1931)<\/p>\n
John Williams<\/p>\n
composer, conductor (1932)<\/p>\n
Nick Nolte<\/p>\n
actor (1940)<\/p>\n
John Grisham<\/p>\n
novelist (1955)<\/p>\n
Gary Coleman<\/p>\n
actor (1968)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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