1057
\nMacbeth, king of Scotland, was killed by Malcolm Canmore.<\/p>\n
1911
\nProctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.<\/p>\n
1935
\nAviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash.<\/p>\n
1939
\nThe Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
1947
\nThe Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
1948
\nSouth Korea became the Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n
1969
\nWoodstock Music and Art Fair opened at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York.<\/p>\n
1998
\nA car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people. It was the deadliest act of violence in more than 30 years of “Troubles.”<\/p>\n
2001
\nAstronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.<\/p>\n
Napoleon I
\n1769\u20131821, emperor of the French, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, known as \u201cthe Little Corporal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walter Scott
\nwriter (1771)<\/p>\n
Ethel Barrymore
\nactress (1879)<\/p>\n
Edna Ferber
\nauthor (1887)<\/p>\n
T. E. Lawrence
\nadventurer (1888)<\/p>\n
Julia Child
\nchef (1912)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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