1521
\nFerdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.<\/p>\n
1850
\nNathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter was published.<\/p>\n
1926
\nThe first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof. Robert Goddard at Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket traveled 184 feet in 2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n
1935
\nAdolf Hitler cancelled the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.<\/p>\n
1968
\nThe My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam.<\/p>\n
1978
\nItalian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Red Brigades.<\/p>\n
1985
\nU.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity.<\/p>\n
1988
\nLieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their role in the Iran-contra affair.<\/p>\n
James Madison
\n1751\u20131836; American President, born in Port Conway, Va., on March 16, 1751.
\nA Princeton graduate, he joined the struggle for independence on his return to Virginia in 1771.<\/p>\n
Georg Simon Ohm
\nphysicist (1787)<\/p>\n
Reza Shah Pahlevi
\nshah of Iran (1877)<\/p>\n
Henny Youngman
\ncomedian (1906)<\/p>\n
Jerry Lewis
\ncomedian (1926)<\/p>\n
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
\nsociologist and politician (1927)<\/p>\n
Bernardo Bertolucci
\nfilmmaker (1940)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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