1937
\nMargaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.<\/p>\n
1948
\nThe Shelley v. Kraemer Supreme Court decision stated that it is unconstitutional for a court to enforce a restrictive covenant which prevents people of a certain race from owning or occupying property.<\/p>\n
1979
\nMargaret Thatcher became the first woman elected prime minister of the UK.<\/p>\n
1986
\nAt the age of 54, legendary horse jockey Bill Shoemaker became the oldest person to win the Kentucky Derby, riding Ferdinand to victory.<\/p>\n
1999
\nKansas and Oklahoma were hit by an outbreak of more than 55 tornadoes, including one measured at F5 on the Fujita scale.<\/p>\n
2001
\nThe United States, a member of the UN Human Rights Commission since its inception, lost its seat. It would be restored the following year.<\/p>\n
2003
\nNew Hampshire\u2019s symbol, the granite Old Man of the Mountain, collapsed in the state\u2019s Franconia Mountains.<\/p>\n
Niccolo Machiavelli
\nPronunciation: [nEk-kOl\u00f4\u00b4 m\u00e4ky\u00e4vel\u00b4lE]\n1469\u20131527, Italian author and statesman, one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance, born in Florence.<\/p>\n
Richard D’Oyly Carte
\ntheatrical impresario (1844)<\/p>\n
Jacob Riis
\nsocial reformer (1849)<\/p>\n
Golda Meir
\npolitical leader (1898)<\/p>\n
Pete Seeger
\nfolksinger and composer (1919)<\/p>\n
Sugar Ray Robinson
\nboxer (1920)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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