1775
\nEthan Allen was captured by the British.<\/p>\n
1789
\nThe first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The first ten became the Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n
1890
\nWilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah’s acceptance as a state in 1896.<\/p>\n
1957
\nNine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.<\/p>\n
1981
\nSandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
2003
\nIt was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.<\/p>\n
2011
\nKing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia grants women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.<\/p>\n
William Faulkner
\n1897\u20131962, American novelist, born in New Albany, Miss., one of the great American writers of the 20th century.<\/p>\n
Claude Perrault
\narchitect, scientist, and physician (1613)<\/p>\n
Mark Rothko
\npainter (1903)<\/p>\n
Dmitri Shostakovich
\ncomposer (1906)<\/p>\n
Sir Colin Davis
\nconductor (1927)<\/p>\n
Barbara Walters
\nTV commentator (1931)<\/p>\n
Glenn Gould
\npianist and composer (1932)<\/p>\n
Michael Douglas
\nactor (1944)<\/p>\n
Christopher Reeve
\nactor, director (1952)<\/p>\n
Heather Locklear
\nactress (1961)<\/p>\n
Catherine Zeta-Jones
\nactress (1969)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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