1603
\nQueen Elizabeth I died at age 69 after ruling England for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n
1882
\nRobert Koch announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus.<\/p>\n
1949
\nLaurence Olivier’s Hamlet became the first British film to win an Oscar.<\/p>\n
1958
\nRock ‘n’ roll star Elvis Presley joined the U.S. army for two years.<\/p>\n
1989
\nIn one of worst oil spills in recent history, the tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground and released 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound.<\/p>\n
1999
\nNATO begins launching air strikes in an attempt to force Serbia to cease hostilities against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.<\/p>\n
2002
\nHalle Berry became the first African-American actress to win a best actress Oscar and Denzel Washington became the second African-American actor to get the best actor award.<\/p>\n
2004
\nThe notorious Bird family’s more than half-century stronghold on the nation of Antigua and Barbuda came to an end when Baldwin Spencer won the post of prime minister in the general election.<\/p>\n
Harry Houdini
\nPronunciation: [hOOdE\u00b4nE]\n1874\u20131926, American magician and writer, born in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n
Georgius Agricola
\nfather of mineralogy (1494)<\/p>\n
John Wesley Powell
\ngeologist and ethnologist (1834)<\/p>\n
Edward Weston
\nphotographer (1886)<\/p>\n
Thomas Dewey
\npolitician (1902)<\/p>\n
Steve McQueen
\nactor (1930)<\/p>\n
Peyton Manning
\nfootball player (1976)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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