1861
\nUnion general George B. McClellan was put in command of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.<\/p>\n
1940
\nBugs Bunny made his debut in the cartoon A Wild Hare.<\/p>\n
1953
\nAn armistice was signed ending the Korean War.<\/p>\n
1974
\nThe House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach Richard Nixon for obstructing justice in the Watergate case.<\/p>\n
1995
\nThe Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n
1996
\nA pipe bomb exploded in an Atlanta park during the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
2003
\nLance Armstrong won his fifth straight Tour de France, tying Miguel Indurain’s record.<\/p>\n
2012
\nThe 2012 Summer Olympics began in London.<\/p>\n
Alexandre Dumas
\n1824\u20131895, French dramatist and novelist<\/p>\n
Leo Durocher
\nbaseball player (1905)<\/p>\n
Norman Lear
\ntelevision producer (1922)<\/p>\n
Bharati Mukherjee
\nwriter (1940)<\/p>\n
Peggy Fleming
\nice skater (1948)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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