1542
\nSpanish explorer Hernando De Soto died while searching for gold on the banks of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n
1881
\nClara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n
1927
\nCharles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis.<\/p>\n
1932
\nAmelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland).<\/p>\n
1956
\nThe first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.<\/p>\n
1989
\nIn Hong Kong, approximately one million people took to the streets to show their support for students protesting for democratic reforms in China\u2019s Tiananmen Square.<\/p>\n
1991
\nRajiv Gandhi, former Indian prime minister, was assassinated by a suicide bomber.<\/p>\n
1998
\nIndonesian President Suharto resigned.<\/p>\n
1999
\nSusan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination.<\/p>\n
2003
\nChristine Todd Whitman announced her resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n
Alexander Pope
\n1688\u20131744, English poet.<\/p>\n
Albrecht D\u00fcrer
\npainter, engraver (1471)<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Fry
\nprison reformer and philanthropist (1780)<\/p>\n
Henri Rousseau
\npainter (1844)<\/p>\n
Glenn Curtiss
\ninventor and aviation pioneer (1878)<\/p>\n
Fats Waller
\nmusician (1904)<\/p>\n
Andrei Sakharov
\nhuman rights advocate (1921)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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