1805
\nLewis and Clark’s Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.<\/p>\n
1809
\nRobert Fulton patented the steamboat.<\/p>\n
1858
\nSaint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.<\/p>\n
1929
\nLateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.<\/p>\n
1945
\nYalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.<\/p>\n
1970
\nJapan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.<\/p>\n
1979
\nAyatollah Khomeini’s followers seized control of the Iran government.<\/p>\n
1989
\nThe Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church’s first woman bishop.<\/p>\n
1990
\nSouth African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.<\/p>\n
2011
\nAs a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.<\/p>\n
2012
\nPop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n
Thomas Edison
\n1847\u20131931, American Inventor.<\/p>\n
Lydia Child<\/p>\n
author and abolitionist (1802)Alexander H. Stephens<\/p>\n
political leader (1812)<\/p>\n
Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs<\/p>\n
geologist and explorer (1908)<\/p>\n
Joseph L. Mankiewicz<\/p>\n
director, screenwriter, producer (1909)<\/p>\n
Eva Gabor<\/p>\n
actor (1919)<\/p>\n
Farouk I<\/p>\n
king of Egypt (1920)<\/p>\n
Burt Reynolds<\/p>\n
actor (1936)<\/p>\n
Manuel Noriega<\/p>\n
Panamanian General (1938)<\/p>\n
Sheryl Crow<\/p>\n
singer (1962)<\/p>\n
Jennifer Aniston<\/p>\n
actress (1969)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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