1900
\nInternational forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.<\/p>\n
1935
\nThe Social Security Act became law.<\/p>\n
1945
\nJapan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.<\/p>\n
1947
\nPakistan became independent of British rule.<\/p>\n
1951
\nNewspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.<\/p>\n
1995
\nShannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.<\/p>\n
1997
\nTimothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.<\/p>\n
2003
\nThe largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.<\/p>\n
John Galsworthy
\n1867\u20131933, English novelist and dramatist.<\/p>\n
Ernest Everett Just
\nbiologist, educator (1883)<\/p>\n
Russell Baker
\ncolumnist (1925)<\/p>\n
Steve Martin
\nactor (1945)<\/p>\n
Danielle Steel
\nauthor (1947)<\/p>\n
Magic Johnson
\nbasketball player (1959)<\/p>\n
Halle Berry
\nactress, model (1966)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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