1626
\nPeter Minuit landed in Manhattan, which he later bought for $24 worth of cloth and brass buttons.<\/p>\n
1886
\nThe Haymarket Square riot broke out as a result of a labor demonstration.<\/p>\n
1932
\nPublic Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed for tax evasion.<\/p>\n
1959
\nThe first Grammy Awards were held.<\/p>\n
1961
\nCivil rights activists, called “freedom riders,” left Washington, DC for New Orleans.<\/p>\n
1970
\nFour Kent State University students were shot down by National Guard members during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.<\/p>\n
1998
\nThe Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was sentenced to four life terms plus 30 years for his series of bombings that killed three and injured 23.<\/p>\n
Audrey Hepburn
\n1929\u20131993, actress, born in Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n
Academy Award-winning, naturally chic film and stage actress whose poise, sense of style and graceful demeanor made her a star in the stage production of Gigi (1951) and in films such as , Roman Holiday (1953), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), My Fair Lady (1964) and the thriller Wait Until Dark (1967).<\/p>\n
Horace Mann
\neducator (1796)<\/p>\n
Thomas Henry Huxley
\nbiologist (1825)<\/p>\n
Frederick Church
\nartist (1826)<\/p>\n
Hosni Mubarak
\npresident of Egypt (1928)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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