1804
\nU.S. frigate Philadelphia, captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli during the Tripolitan War, was set fire to and destroyed by a small group of men led by Stephen Decatur.<\/p>\n
1918
\nLithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia.<\/p>\n
1923
\nThe tomb of King Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, was opened.<\/p>\n
1937
\nNylon was patented.<\/p>\n
1959
\nFidel Castro became the leader of Cuba after having ousted the right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista.<\/p>\n
1968
\nThe country’s first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala.<\/p>\n
1999
\nTurkish commandos captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya, sparking seizures of embassies in Europe by Kurds.<\/p>\n
Henry Adams
\n1838\u20131918, American writer and historian.<\/p>\n
Frederick William
\nthe Great Elector (1620)<\/p>\n
Heinrich Barth
\nexplorer (1821)<\/p>\n
Robert Flaherty
\nexplorer and film producer (1884)<\/p>\n
Katharine Cornell
\nactress (1898)<\/p>\n
George F. Kennan
\ndiplomat and historian (1904)<\/p>\n
Sonny Bono
\nentertainer, politician (1935)<\/p>\n
Richard Ford
\nnovelist (1944)<\/p>\n
LeVar Burton
\nactor (1957)<\/p>\n
John McEnroe
\ntennis player (1959)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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