1487
\nThe Battle of Stoke ended the Wars of the Roses.<\/p>\n
1858
\nSenate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”<\/p>\n
1904
\nEvents in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses took place on this day, which is celebrated as Bloomsday, for the main character, Leopold Bloom.<\/p>\n
1933
\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Industrial Recovery Act.<\/p>\n
1963
\nValentina Tereshkova of the USSR became the first woman in space.<\/p>\n
1996
\nRussia voted in its first independent presidential election. Boris Yeltsin eventually won in a runoff.<\/p>\n
2004
\nThe 9\/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.<\/p>\n
Joyce Carol Oates
\n1938\u2013, American author, born in Lockport, N.Y., graduate B.A., Syracuse University, 1960, M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1961.<\/p>\n
Edward Davy
\nphysician, scientist (1806)<\/p>\n
Stan Laurel
\ncomic actor (1890)<\/p>\n
Barbara McClintock
\ngeneticist (1902)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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