1775
\nThe Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution.<\/p>\n
1885
\nThe Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.<\/p>\n
1928
\nAmelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.<\/p>\n
1944
\nThe Republic of Iceland was established.<\/p>\n
1963
\nU.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord’s Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.<\/p>\n
1972
\nBurglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.<\/p>\n
1994
\nO. J. Simpson’s slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.<\/p>\n
2002
\nAustralian scientists announced that they had “teleported” a laser beam\u2014breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.<\/p>\n
John Wesley
\n1703\u201391, English evangelical preacher, founder of Methodism, born in Epworth, Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n
James Weldon Johnson
\nauthor, educator (1871)<\/p>\n
Igor Stravinsky
\ncomposer (1882)<\/p>\n
M. C. Escher
\nartist (1898)<\/p>\n
Dan Jansen
\nskater (1965)<\/p>\n
Venus Williams
\ntennis player (1980)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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