1506
\nChristopher Columbus died in Spain.<\/p>\n
1861
\nNorth Carolina voted to secede from the Union.<\/p>\n
1927
\nCharles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, departing from Long Island aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis.<\/p>\n
1932
\nAmelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n
1961
\nA mob attacked a busload of “freedom riders” in Montgomery, Ala., setting the bus on fire.<\/p>\n
1978
\nMavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day.<\/p>\n
1996
\nIn a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rejected a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination.<\/p>\n
2002
\nEast Timor became the what was then the world’s newest nation.<\/p>\n
James Stewart
\n1908\u20131997, American actor, born in Indiana, Pa.<\/p>\n
William Thornton
\narchitect (1759)<\/p>\n
Honor
\nAmericn First Lady (1768)<\/p>\n
John Stuart Mill
\nphilosopher (1806)<\/p>\n
Moshe Dayan
\nmilitary leader (1915)<\/p>\n
Cher
\nactress, pop star (1946)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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