1790
\nThe first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.<\/p>\n
1889
\nHeavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.<\/p>\n
1911
\nThe hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, \u201cNot even God himself could sink this ship.\u201d<\/p>\n
1961
\nSouth Africa became an independent republic.<\/p>\n
1962
\nFormer Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.<\/p>\n
1970
\nAn earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.<\/p>\n
2004
\nAlberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.<\/p>\n
2010
\nNine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.<\/p>\n
Patricia Roberts Harris
\n1924\u201385, U.S. government official, born in Mattoon, Ill.<\/p>\n
Walt Whitman
\npoet (1819)<\/p>\n
Norman Vincent Peale
\nclergyman (1898)<\/p>\n
Rainier III
\nprince of Monaco (1923)<\/p>\n
Clint Eastwood
\nactor, director, producer (1930)<\/p>\n
Joe Namath
\nAmerican Football Player (1943)<\/p>\n
Brooke Shields
\nactress, model (1965)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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