1847
\nBrigham Young and the first members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) arrived at the Great Salt Lake.<\/p>\n
1862
\nMartin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, died in Kinderhook, N.Y.<\/p>\n
1866
\nTennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.<\/p>\n
1937
\nCharges against five black men accused of raping two white women in the Scottsboro case were dropped.<\/p>\n
1974
\nThe U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over White House tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.<\/p>\n
2002
\nNine coal miners were trapped in a mine in Pennsylvania. All were rescued three days later.<\/p>\n
Amelia Earhart
\n1897\u20131937, American aviator, born in Atchison, Kansas.<\/p>\n
Simon Bolivar
\nliberator (1783)<\/p>\n
Alexandre Dumas
\nnovelist (1802)<\/p>\n
Bella Abzug
\nCongresswoman (1920)<\/p>\n
Jennifer Lopez
\nactress (1969)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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