1819
\nThe bicycle was patented by W. K. Clarkson.<\/p>\n
1843
\nHong Kong was proclaimed a British crown colony.<\/p>\n
1906
\nThe first Grand Prix motor race was held in Le Mans, France.<\/p>\n
1959
\nThe St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Great Lakes and the Atlantic, was opened.<\/p>\n
1963
\nPresident John Kennedy gave his, “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner) speech in West Berlin.<\/p>\n
1976
\nThe CN tower in Toronto opened, then the world’s tallest free-standing structure.<\/p>\n
2000
\nThe first map of the human genome, which required decoding more than 3 billion biochemical “letters” of human DNA, is completed.<\/p>\n
2003
\nFormer South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond died at age 100.<\/p>\n
Pearl S. Buck
\n1892\u20131973, American author, born in Hillsboro, W.Va., graduated Randolph-Macon Women’s College, 1914.<\/p>\n
Bernard Berenson
\nart critic (1865)<\/p>\n
William Lear
\ninventor (1902)<\/p>\n
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
\nathlete (1911)<\/p>\n
Claudio Abbado
\nconductor (1933)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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