1600
\nItalian philospher, alchemist, and Copernican theory advocate Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.<\/p>\n
1801
\nThe electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.<\/p>\n
1817
\nBaltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.<\/p>\n
1864
\nThe Confederate submarine Hunley, equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union’s ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.<\/p>\n
1904
\nPuccini’s opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.<\/p>\n
1972
\nPresident Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.<\/p>\n
1996
\nChess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.<\/p>\n
2008
\nKosovo declared independence from Serbia.<\/p>\n
Michael Jordan
\n1963\u2013, American Basketball Player.<\/p>\n
Arcangelo Corelli
\ncomposer and violinist (1653)<\/p>\n
Samuel Sidney McClure
\neditor and publisher (1857)<\/p>\n
Thomas John Watson, Sr.
\nindustrialist and philanthropist (1874)<\/p>\n
Jim Brown
\nfootball player (1936)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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