1513
\nSpanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida.<\/p>\n
1792
\nCongress authorized the first U.S. mint, in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
1865
\nConfederate president Jefferson Davis and most of his cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.<\/p>\n
1870
\nVictoria Claflin Woodhull announced her candidacy for president of the United States.<\/p>\n
1917
\nPresident Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany.<\/p>\n
1932
\nCharles Lindbergh paid a $50,000 ransom for the return of his kidnapped son.<\/p>\n
1982
\nArgentina seized the Falkland Islands from Britain<\/p>\n
2005
\nPope John Paul II died.<\/p>\n
Charlemagne
\nPronunciation: [sh\u00e4r\u00b4lumAn]\n[O.Fr.,=Charles the great], 742?\u2013814, emperor of the West (800\u2013814), Carolingian king of the Franks (768\u2013814).<\/p>\n
King of the Franks<\/p>\n
Elder son of Pepin the Short and a grandson of Charles Martel, Charlemagne shared with his brother Carloman in the succession to his father’s kingdom.<\/p>\n
Hans Christian Andersen
\nwriter (1805)<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Auguste Bartholdi
\nsculptor of Statue of Liberty (1834)<\/p>\n
\u00c9mile Zola
\nnovelist (1840)<\/p>\n
Max Ernst
\npainter (1891)<\/p>\n
Alec Guinness
\nactor (1914)<\/p>\n
Georgie Anne Geyer
\nforeign correspondent (1935)<\/p>\n
Marvin Gaye
\nsinger, songwriter (1939)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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