1680
\nPueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, N.M.<\/p>\n
1831
\nNat Turner led an insurrection of slaves in Virginia.<\/p>\n
1858
\nThe famous debates between Senator Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln began in Illinois.<\/p>\n
1911
\nThe Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia.<\/p>\n
1940
\nRussian revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City.<\/p>\n
1945
\nHarry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.<\/p>\n
1959
\nHawaii became the 50th state in the United States.<\/p>\n
1983
\nCorazon Aquino’s husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos’s chief political opponent, was assassinated.<\/p>\n
1991
\nLatvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
Wilt Chamberlain
\n1936\u20131999, American basketball player, born in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Philip II
\nking of France (1165)<\/p>\n
Count Basie
\njazz pianist (1904)<\/p>\n
Archie Griffin
\nfootball running back (1954)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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