1964
\nAs part of his Great Society policies, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act which, among other things, established the Head Start program.<\/p>\n
1968
\nThe Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n
1977
\nThe space probe Voyager 2 was launched. It continues to explore to this day, and is now more than 7 billion miles from Earth.<\/p>\n
1980
\nItalian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest and without oxygen.<\/p>\n
1998
\nU.S. cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan and the Sudan.<\/p>\n
2000
\nTiger Woods won the PGA Championship becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year.<\/p>\n
Oliver Hazard Perry
\n1785\u20131819, American naval officer, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Harrison
\n23rd U.S. President (1833)<\/p>\n
Eero Saarinen
\narchitect (1910)<\/p>\n
George J. Mitchell
\npublic official (1933)<\/p>\n
Connie Chung
\nTV news reporter (1946)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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