1763
\nTreaty of Paris signed, ending the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada and all its North American territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britain.<\/p>\n
1837
\nRussian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.<\/p>\n
1840
\nQueen Victoria married Prince Albert.<\/p>\n
1942
\nGlenn Miller received the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”<\/p>\n
1962
\nThe Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.<\/p>\n
1967
\nThe 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.<\/p>\n
1996
\nIBM’s computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.<\/p>\n
2005
\nPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller died.<\/p>\n
Boris Pasternak
\n1890\u20131960, Russian Author.<\/p>\n
Harrison Gray Otis<\/p>\n
soldier and journalist (1837)<\/p>\n
Jimmy Durante<\/p>\n
comedian, actor (1893)<\/p>\n
John F. Enders<\/p>\n
bacteriologist (1897)<\/p>\n
Bertolt Brecht<\/p>\n
dramatist (1898)<\/p>\n
Leontyne Price<\/p>\n
opera singer (1927)<\/p>\n
Robert Wagner<\/p>\n
actor (1930)<\/p>\n
Roberta Flack<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1939)<\/p>\n
Peter Allen<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1944)<\/p>\n
Mark Spitz<\/p>\n
swimmer (1950)<\/p>\n
Laura Dern<\/p>\n
actress (1967)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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