1809
\nMary Kies of South Killingly, Conn., became the first woman to be granted a patent. The patent was for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.<\/p>\n
1821
\nNapoleon Bonaparte died on the island of St. Helena.<\/p>\n
1891
\nCarnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.<\/p>\n
1925
\nJohn Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwinism.<\/p>\n
1961
\nAlan Shepard became the first American in space.<\/p>\n
1981
\nBobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.<\/p>\n
2004
\nPablo Picasso’s “Boy with a Pipe” became the most expensive painting ever sold.<\/p>\n
Karl Marx
\n1818\u201383, German social philosopher, the chief theorist of modern socialism and communism.<\/p>\n
Soren Kierkegaard
\nphilosopher and religious thinker (1813)<\/p>\n
Nellie Bly
\njournalist (1867)<\/p>\n
Tyrone Power
\nactor (1914)<\/p>\n
Arthur L Schawlow
\nphysicist (1921)<\/p>\n
Tammy Wynette
\ncountry singer (1942)<\/p>\n
Adele
\nsinger (1988)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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