1860
\nEleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.<\/p>\n
1914
\nWith the support of President Wilson, the Clayton Antitrust Act, which made it illegal for companies to buy competitors’ stock, was passed.<\/p>\n
1917
\nMata Hari, World War I spy, was executed by a firing squad in Vincennes, France.<\/p>\n
1951
\nI Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, had its television debut.<\/p>\n
1964
\nIt was announced that Nikita Khruschev was removed from his positions as premier and secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR.<\/p>\n
1966
\nThe U.S. Department of Transportation was created.<\/p>\n
1989
\nWayne Gretzky topped Gordie Howe’s NHL scoring record.<\/p>\n
1991
\nClarence Thomas got a narrow (52\u201348) Senate confirmation of his nomination to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
1993
\nNelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end apartheid in South Africa.<\/p>\n
2003
\nChina became the third country to launch a staffed space mission.<\/p>\n
P. G. Wodehouse
\nSir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse), 1881\u20131975, English-American novelist and humorist.<\/p>\n
Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov
\npoet and novelist (1814)<\/p>\n
Helen Hunt Jackson
\nwriter (1830)<\/p>\n
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
\nphilosopher (1844)<\/p>\n
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
\nU.S. First Lady (1872)<\/p>\n
C. P. Snow
\nauthor and physicist (1905)<\/p>\n
Hiram Leong Fong
\npolitician (1906)<\/p>\n
John Kenneth Galbraith
\neconomist (1908)<\/p>\n
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
\nhistorian and public official (1917)<\/p>\n
Mario Puzo
\nnovelist (1920)<\/p>\n
Lee Iacocca
\nbusiness executive (1924)<\/p>\n
Michel Foucault
\nphilosopher and historian (1926)<\/p>\n
Penny Marshall
\nactress, director (1942)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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