1533
\nAtahualpa, the last ruler of the Incas, was murdered as Francisco Pizarro completed his conquest of Peru.<\/p>\n
1786
\nShays’s rebellion, an insurrection of Massachusetts farmers against the state government, began.<\/p>\n
1842
\nThe Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain.<\/p>\n
1877
\nBrigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n
1949
\nThe U.S.S.R. tested their first atomic bomb.<\/p>\n
1957
\nStrom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history. He spoke for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill; the bill passed.<\/p>\n
1966
\nThe Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park, California.<\/p>\n
1991
\nThe Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.<\/p>\n
2005
\nHurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing more than 1,000.<\/p>\n
John Locke
\nPronunciation: [lok]\n1632\u20131704, English philosopher, founder of British empiricism.<\/p>\n
Jean Auguste Ingres
\npainter (1780)<\/p>\n
Ingrid Bergman
\nactress (1915)<\/p>\n
Charlie Parker
\nmusician (1920)<\/p>\n
Dinah Washington
\nsinger (1924)<\/p>\n
Slobodan Milosevic
\npolitical leader (1941)<\/p>\n
Michael Jackson
\npop musician (1958)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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