1858
\nMinnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1894
\nThe Pullman Strike began.<\/p>\n
1949
\nSiam changed its name to Thailand.<\/p>\n
1960
\nIsraeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.<\/p>\n
1973
\nCharges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.<\/p>\n
1981
\nReggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.<\/p>\n
1997
\nIBM’s supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion, in a six-game chess match (2 for blue, 1 for Kasparov, and 3 ties).<\/p>\n
1998
\nIndia set off atomic blasts.<\/p>\n
2003
\n91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union\u2014the first former Soviet nation to do so.<\/p>\n
Salvador Dali
\n1904\u201389, Spanish surrealist painter.<\/p>\n
Irving Berlin
\nsongwriter (1888)<\/p>\n
Dame Margaret Rutherford
\nactress (1892)<\/p>\n
Martha Graham
\nmodern dancer, choreographer (1894)<\/p>\n
Camilo Jos\u00e9 Cela
\nnovelist and poet (1916)<\/p>\n
Richard Feynman
\nphysicist (1918)<\/p>\n
Louis Farrakhan
\nreligious leader (1933)<\/p>\n
Natasha Richardson
\nactress (1963)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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