1778
\nOliver Pollack created the dollar sign: $.<\/p>\n
1789
\nFrederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
1933
\nThe Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses.<\/p>\n
1945
\nAmerican forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.<\/p>\n
1960
\nTiros I, the world’s first meteorological satellite, was launched.<\/p>\n
1963
\nThe daytime soap opera General Hospital first aired on ABC-TV.<\/p>\n
1970
\nPresident Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television.<\/p>\n
1976
\nSteve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer.<\/p>\n
1979
\nAyatollah Khomeini proclaimed Iran to be an Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n
2001
\nFormer Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic arrested on corruption charges.<\/p>\n
2003
\nPvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital.<\/p>\n
2004
\nPresident Bush signed the “Laci Peterson” bill making it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on the mother.<\/p>\n
2009
\nSweden becomes the fifth European country to legalize same-sex marriage. The other countries with the same rights are The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain.<\/p>\n
Sergei Rachmaninoff
\nPronunciation: [syirgA\u00b4 vusE\u00b4lyivich r\u00e4khm\u00e4\u00b4nEn\u00f4f]\n1873\u20131943, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor.<\/p>\n
He became known as one of the greatest pianists of his generation, and he was also successful as a conductor and composer.<\/p>\n
William Harvey
\nphysician (1578)<\/p>\n
Otto von Bismarck
\nstatesman (1815)<\/p>\n
James Fisk
\nfinancial speculator (1834)<\/p>\n
Edmond Rostand
\npoet (1868)<\/p>\n
Toshiro Mifune
\nactor (1920)<\/p>\n
Milan Kundera
\nwriter (1929)<\/p>\n
Debbie Reynolds
\nsinger, dancer, actress (1932)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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