1783
\nJoseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration.<\/p>\n
1884
\nCivil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, \u201cI will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.\u201d<\/p>\n
1933
\nThe United States went off the gold standard.<\/p>\n
1947
\nSen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.<\/p>\n
1967
\nThe Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.<\/p>\n
1968
\nSen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.<\/p>\n
1981
\nThe Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.<\/p>\n
2002
\nElizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.<\/p>\n
2004
\nFormer president Ronald Reagan died.<\/p>\n
2013
\nThe British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.<\/p>\n
Francisco Villa
\nc.1877\u20131923, Mexican revolutionary, nicknamed Pancho Villa.<\/p>\n
Thomas Chippendale
\ncabinetmaker (1718)<\/p>\n
John Maynard Keynes
\neconomist (1883)<\/p>\n
Ruth Benedict
\nanthropologist (1887)<\/p>\n
Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca
\npoet and dramatist (1898)<\/p>\n
Tony Richardson
\ndirector (1928)<\/p>\n
Bill Moyers
\njournalist, public official (1934)<\/p>\n
Margaret Drabble
\nnovelist (1939)<\/p>\n
Mark Wahlberg
\nactor (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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