1803
\nFrance sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.<\/p>\n
1812
\nLouisiana became the 18th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1939
\nU.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World\u2019s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.<\/p>\n
1945
\nAdolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.<\/p>\n
1948
\nThe Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.<\/p>\n
1975
\nThe Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam’s surrender to North Vietnam.<\/p>\n
1991
\nOver 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
2003
\nLibya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.<\/p>\n
Franz Leh\u00e1r
\nPronunciation: [fr\u00e4nts le\u00b4h\u00e4r]\n1870\u20131948, Hungarian composer of operettas.<\/p>\n
Saint John Baptist de la Salle
\neducator (1651)<\/p>\n
John Crowe Ransom
\npoet and critic (1888)<\/p>\n
Eve Arden
\nactress (1912)<\/p>\n
Cloris Leachman
\nactress (1926)<\/p>\n
Willie Nelson
\ncountry singer, songwriter (1933)<\/p>\n
Isiah Thomas
\nbasketball player (1961)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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