1648
\nThe treaties for the Peace of Westphalia were signed, ending the Thirty Years War, ultimately destroying the Holy Roman Empire, and ushering in the modern European state system.<\/p>\n
1901
\nAnna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.<\/p>\n
1931
\nThe George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.<\/p>\n
1939
\nNylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.<\/p>\n
1940
\nThe 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe United Nations officially came into being as its charter took effect.<\/p>\n
1992
\nThe Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.<\/p>\n
2003
\nThe last Concordes landed in London, ending supersonic air travel.<\/p>\n
2005
\nCivil rights activist Rosa Parks, 92, died.<\/p>\n
Sarah Josepha Hale
\n1788\u20131879, American author, editor, and feminist, b. near Newport, N.H.<\/p>\n
Antony van Leeuwenhoek
\nzoologist (1632)<\/p>\n
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood
\nlawyer activist (1830)<\/p>\n
Moss Hart
\ndramatist (1904)<\/p>\n
Denise Levertov
\npoet (1923)<\/p>\n
George Crumb
\ncomposer (1929)<\/p>\n
F. Murray Abraham
\nactor (1939)<\/p>\n
Kevin Kline
\nactor (1947)<\/p>\n
Kweisi Mfume
\npolitician (1948)<\/p>\n
Wayne Rooney
\nsoccer player (1985)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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