1788
\nNew York became the 11th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1847
\nLiberia became Africa’s first republic.<\/p>\n
1908
\nThe Office of the Chief Examiner, which in 1935 became the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was created.<\/p>\n
1947
\nPresident Harry S Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n
1952
\nArgentina’s first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33.<\/p>\n
1953
\nFidel Castro was among a group of rebelling anti-Batistas who unsuccessfully attacked an army barracks.<\/p>\n
George Bernard Shaw
\n1856\u20131950, Irish playwright and critic.<\/p>\n
Serge Koussevitzky
\nconductor (1874)<\/p>\n
Carl Jung
\nPsychiatrist (1875)<\/p>\n
Aldous Huxley
\nauthor (1894)<\/p>\n
Salvador Allende
\npresident of Chile (1908)<\/p>\n
Stanley Kubrick
\nfilmmaker (1928)<\/p>\n
Charlotte Beers
\nadvertising executive (1935)<\/p>\n
Mick Jagger
\nmusician (1943)<\/p>\n
Helen Mirren
\nactress (1945)<\/p>\n
Kevin Spacey
\nactor, director (1959)<\/p>\n
Sandra Bullock
\nactress (1964)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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