1863
\nRobert Gould Shaw, leading the first northern all-black regiment, leaves Boston for the Civil War.<\/p>\n
1929
\nThe first all-color, full-length talking picture, On With the Show!, debuted.<\/p>\n
1934
\nThe Dionne quintuplets were born in Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n
1957
\nBaseball owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. Many New Yorkers still haven\u2019t recovered. See other baseball city and nickname changes.<\/p>\n
1987
\nMathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow\u2019s Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.<\/p>\n
1997
\nLinda Finch completed Amelia Earhart’s attempted around-the-world flight.<\/p>\n
1998
\nPakistan staged nuclear tests in response to India’s nuclear tests two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n
2003
\nPres. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law; the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
Jim Thorpe
\n1888\u20131953, American athlete, born near Prague, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
William Pitt
\nstatesman (1759)<\/p>\n
Thomas Moore
\npoet (1779)<\/p>\n
P. G. T. Beauregard
\nConfederate general (1818)<\/p>\n
Carl Larsson
\npainter and illustrator (1853)<\/p>\n
Ian Fleming
\nauthor (1908)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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