1494
\nSpain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.<\/p>\n
1654
\nLouis XIV was crowned king of France.<\/p>\n
1776
\nRichard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n
1892
\nHomer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n
1929
\nVatican City became a sovereign state.<\/p>\n
1948
\nPresident Eduard Bene\u0161 of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.<\/p>\n
1967
\nDorothy Parker, American short story writer, poet, and critic, died.<\/p>\n
2003
\nRev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.<\/p>\n
Gwendolyn Brooks
\n1917\u20132000, American poet, b. Topeka, Kans.<\/p>\n
Paul Gauguin
\npainter (1848)<\/p>\n
Knud Rasmussen
\narctic explorer (1879)<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Bowen
\nauthor (1899)<\/p>\n
Virginia Apgar
\nphysician and anesthesiologist (1909)<\/p>\n
\u201cNikki\u201d Giovanni
\npoet (1943)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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