1509
\nKing Henry VIII married his first wife, Katharine of Aragon.<\/p>\n
1770
\nCapt. James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia .<\/p>\n
1919
\nSir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to capture the Triple Crown.<\/p>\n
1963
\nVivian Malone and James Hood successfully enrolled at the University of Alabama following Gov. George Wallace\u2019s famous “stand in the schoolhouse door.”<\/p>\n
1977
\nSeattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.<\/p>\n
2001
\nTimothy McVeigh, the 1995 Oklahoma City bomber, was executed.<\/p>\n
Jacques Cousteau
\n1910\u201397, French oceanographer and naval officer.<\/p>\n
John Constable
\npainter (1776)<\/p>\n
Julia Margaret Cameron
\npioneer photographer (1815)<\/p>\n
Jeannette Rankin
\nfirst female member of U.S. Congress (1880)<\/p>\n
Vince Lombardi
\nfootball (1913)<\/p>\n
William Styron
\nnovelist (1925)<\/p>\n
Jackie Stewart
\nrace driver (1939)<\/p>\n
Henry Cisneros
\npolitical official (1947)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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