1793
\nEli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.<\/p>\n
1886
\nThe Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.<\/p>\n
1919
\nCongress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.<\/p>\n
1922
\nBenito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy.<\/p>\n
1940
\nItaly invaded Greece during World War II.<\/p>\n
1958
\nA new pope was elected\u2014Pope John XXIII.<\/p>\n
1962
\nNikita Khrushchev told the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.<\/p>\n
Jonas Salk
\n1914\u20131995, American physician and microbiologist, born in New York City, B.S. College of the City of New York, 1934, M.D. New York Univ. College of Medicine, 1939.<\/p>\n
Eliphalet Remington
\ngun manufacturer (1793)<\/p>\n
Auguste Escoffier
\nauthority on cooking (1846)<\/p>\n
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
\neditor (1875)<\/p>\n
Edith Head
\nfashion designer (1897)<\/p>\n
Evelyn Waugh
\nnovelist (1903)<\/p>\n
Dennis Franz
\nactor (1944)<\/p>\n
Bill Gates
\ncomputer industry pioneer (1955)<\/p>\n
Julia Roberts
\nactress (1967)<\/p>\n
Brad Paisley
\nsinger, Songwriter (1972)<\/p>\n
Joaquin Phoenix
\nactor (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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