1500
\nPedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it for Portugal.<\/p>\n
1509
\nHenry VIII became king of England.<\/p>\n
1616
\nThe Spanish poet Cervantes died in Madrid. (Some sources say April 23.)<\/p>\n
1864
\nCongress authorized the inscription “In God We Trust” on coins minted as U.S. currency.<\/p>\n
1889
\nThe land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to settlers.<\/p>\n
1970
\nThe first Earth Day was observed.<\/p>\n
1994
\nRichard M. Nixon died of a stroke at the age of 81.<\/p>\n
2000
\nArmed immigration agents took Elian Gonzalez from the Miami home of his relatives to reunite him with his father.<\/p>\n
Isabella I
\n1451\u20131504, Spanish queen of Castile and Le\u00f3n (1474\u20131504), daughter of John II of Castile.<\/p>\n
Henry Fielding
\nauthor (1707)<\/p>\n
Immanuel Kant
\nphilosopher (1724)<\/p>\n
Vladimir Lenin
\nRussian revolutionary, (1870)<\/p>\n
Vladimir Nabokov
\nauthor (1899)<\/p>\n
J. Robert Oppenheimer
\nnuclear physicist (1904)<\/p>\n
Charles Mingus
\njazz musician (1922)<\/p>\n
Bettie Page
\nmodel, pinup (1923)<\/p>\n
Jack Nicholson
\nactor (1937)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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