1399
\nKing Richard II became the first English monarch to abdicate his throne.<\/p>\n
1829
\nSir Robert Peel’s police force, the “bobbies,” began operations at Scotland Yard.<\/p>\n
1895
\nFrench chemist Louis Pasteur died.<\/p>\n
1978
\nJohn Paul I died one month after becoming pope.<\/p>\n
1982
\nSeven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products.<\/p>\n
1988
\nThe space shuttle Discovery was launched, the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.<\/p>\n
2001
\nFormer South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu died.<\/p>\n
Lech Walesa
\n1943\u2014, Polish labor leader.<\/p>\n
Miguel de Cervantes
\nnovelist, dramatist, and poet (1547)<\/p>\n
Horatio Nelson Nelson
\nadmiral (1758)<\/p>\n
Enrico Fermi
\nphysicist (1901)<\/p>\n
Greer Garson
\nactress (1904)<\/p>\n
Gene Autry
\nsinger (1907)<\/p>\n
Stanley Kramer
\nfilm director (1913)<\/p>\n
Jerry Lee Lewis
\nrock musician (1935)<\/p>\n
Bryant Gumbel
\nTV newscaster (1948)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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