1371
\nRobert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.<\/p>\n
1819
\nSpain ceded Florida to the United States.<\/p>\n
1879
\nFrank Winfield Woolworth opened his first “Five Cent Store” in Utica, New York.<\/p>\n
1924
\nCalvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.<\/p>\n
1935
\nAirplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.<\/p>\n
1980
\nIn a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4\u20133 at Lake Placid, N.Y.<\/p>\n
George Washington
\n1732\u20131799, First American President.
\nCommander in chief of the Continental army in the American Revolution, called the Father of His Country.<\/p>\n
Arthur Schopenhauer
\nphilosopher (1788)<\/p>\n
James Russell Lowell
\npoet, critic, and editor (1819)<\/p>\n
Edna St. Vincent Millay
\npoet (1892)<\/p>\n
Edward Kennedy
\nU.S. Senator (1932)<\/p>\n
Jonathan Demme
\ndirector, producer, screenwriter (1944)<\/p>\n
Julius Erving
\nbasketball player (1950)<\/p>\n
Drew Barrymore
\nactress (1975)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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