1066
\nThe Normans, under William the Conqueror, defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.<\/p>\n
1933
\nNazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations.<\/p>\n
1947
\nU.S. Air Force Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound.<\/p>\n
1964
\nMartin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights.<\/p>\n
1968
\nThe first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.<\/p>\n
1990
\nComposer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72.<\/p>\n
Dwight D. Eisenhower
\n1890\u20131969, American general and 34th President of the United States, b. Denison, Texas; his nickname was \u201cIke.\u201d<\/p>\n
James II
\nking of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633)<\/p>\n
William Penn
\nfounder of Pennsylvania (1644)<\/p>\n
Elwood Haynes
\ninventor (1857)<\/p>\n
Lillian Gish
\nactress (1893)<\/p>\n
e. e. cummings
\npoet (1894)<\/p>\n
William Edwards Deming
\nmanagement consultant (1900)<\/p>\n
Hannah Arendt
\npolitical theorist, (1906)<\/p>\n
Roger Moore
\nactor (1927)<\/p>\n
Ralph Lauren
\nfashion designer (1939)<\/p>\n
Usher
\nsinger, actor (1978)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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