1859
\nEdwin Drake drilled the first successful U.S. oil well near Titusville, Pa.<\/p>\n
1883
\nA massive volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa blew up most of the island and resulted in tsunamis that killed over 36,000 people.<\/p>\n
1928
\nThe Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, was signed.<\/p>\n
1945
\nU.S. troops began landing in Japan after Japan’s surrender in World War II.<\/p>\n
1962
\nThe U.S. launched the Mariner II space probe.<\/p>\n
2003
\nMars made its closest approach to earth in 60,000 years.<\/p>\n
Lyndon B. Johnson
\n1908\u20131973, Lyndon Baines Johnson was born in Stonewall, Tex., on Aug. 27, 1908.<\/p>\n
Charles G. Dawes
\nstatesman (1865)<\/p>\n
Theodore Dreiser
\nwriter (1871)<\/p>\n
Man Ray
\nphotographer, painter, (1890)<\/p>\n
C.S. Forester
\nnovelist (1899)<\/p>\n
Frank Leahy
\nfootball coach (1908)<\/p>\n
Tom Ford
\nfashion designer, film director (1961)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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