1887
\nThe International Herald Tribune was published for the first time.<\/p>\n
1895
\nThe first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n
1957
\nThe Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race.<\/p>\n
1965
\nPope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope. He came to New York to address the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n
1970
\nRock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27.<\/p>\n
1990
\nThe German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany.<\/p>\n
2001
\nAuthorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day.<\/p>\n
2002
\nJohn Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban,” received a 20-year sentence.<\/p>\n
Rutherford B. Hayes
\n1822\u20131893, American President<\/p>\n
Jean Francois Millet
\npainter (1814)<\/p>\n
Frederic Remington
\npainter\/sculptor (1861)<\/p>\n
Damon Runyon
\nshort story writer (1884)<\/p>\n
Buster Keaton
\nactor (1895)<\/p>\n
Charlton Heston
\nactor (1924)<\/p>\n
Anne Rice
\nauthor (1941)<\/p>\n
Susan Sarandon
\nactress (1946)<\/p>\n
Alicia Silverstone
\nactress, producer (1976)<\/p>\n
Rachael Leigh Cook
\nactress (1979)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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