1429
\nJoan of Arc entered the city of Orl\u00e9ans. She would end its months-long siege and would become known as the “Maid of Orl\u00e9ans.”<\/p>\n
1916
\nThe Easter rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.<\/p>\n
1945
\nAmerican soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.<\/p>\n
1978
\nJapan’s Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.<\/p>\n
1980
\nFilm director Alfred Hitchcock died at age of 80.<\/p>\n
1986
\nPitcher Roger Clemens set a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine-inning game. He repeated his feat in 1996.<\/p>\n
1992
\nA Los Angeles jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating Rodney King. Massive rioting and looting ensued.<\/p>\n
1997
\nThe first joint U.S.-Russian spacewalk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from space station Mir.<\/p>\n
2011
\nKate Middleton marries Prince William in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.<\/p>\n
William Randolph Hearst
\n1863\u20131951, American journalist and publisher, born in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Sir Thomas Beecham
\nconductor (1879)<\/p>\n
Duke Ellington
\nmusician (1899)<\/p>\n
Hirohito
\nJapanese emperor (1901)<\/p>\n
Zubin Mehta
\nconductor (1936)<\/p>\n
Dale Earnhardt
\nauto racer (1951)<\/p>\n
Jerry Seinfeld
\ncomedian (1955)<\/p>\n
Daniel Day-Lewis
\nactor (1958)<\/p>\n
Uma Thurman
\nactor (1970)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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