1624
\nCardinal Richelieu was named chief minister of France by king Louis XIII.<\/p>\n
1851
\nIssac Singer patented the sewing machine.<\/p>\n
1865
\nBritish surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery.<\/p>\n
1898
\nA peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.<\/p>\n
1972
\nThe last American combat troops left Vietnam.<\/p>\n
1985
\nIn the world’s worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 aboard.<\/p>\n
1998
\nSwiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II.<\/p>\n
2000
\nThe Russian military submarine, Kursk, and its crew were lost in the Barents Sea.<\/p>\n
2004
\nN.J. governor James McGreevey announced his resignation.<\/p>\n
2013
\nNotorious Boston gangster James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 charges he faced, including murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and possession of weapons.<\/p>\n
George IV
\n1762\u20131830, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1820\u201330), eldest son and successor of George III.<\/p>\n
Katharine Lee Bates
\nauthor (1859)<\/p>\n
Jacinto Benavente
\ndramatist (1866)<\/p>\n
Mary Roberts Rinehart
\nnovelist (1876)<\/p>\n
Christy Mathewson
\nbaseball player (1880)<\/p>\n
Cecil B. De Mille
\nfilm director (1881)<\/p>\n
Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger
\ntheoretical physicist (1887)<\/p>\n
Cantinflas
\nactor (1911)<\/p>\n
George Hamilton
\nactor, producer (1939)<\/p>\n
Pete Sampras
\ntennis player (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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