1765
\nPatrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses.<\/p>\n
1790
\nRhode Island became the 13th state in the United States, the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution.<\/p>\n
1848
\nWisconsin became the 30th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1917
\nJohn F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass.<\/p>\n
1942
\nBing Crosby recorded his version of \u201cWhite Christmas.\u201d It would go on to sell over 30 million copies.<\/p>\n
1953
\nEdmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.<\/p>\n
1990
\nBoris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.<\/p>\n
John F. Kennedy
\n1917\u20131963, former president<\/p>\n
Patrick Henry
\nstatesman (1736)<\/p>\n
Bob Hope
\nAmerican comedian (1903)<\/p>\n
T. H. White
\nauthor (1906)<\/p>\n
Al Unser, Sr.
\nauto racer (1939)<\/p>\n
Melissa Ethridge
\nmusician (1961)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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