Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.<\/p>\n
Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time.<\/p>\n
The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.<\/p>\n
Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France.<\/p>\n
Night of the “Heidi bowl:” NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.<\/p>\n
President Nixon said “I am not a crook.”<\/p>\n
The beginning of the “Velvet Revolution,” which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n
Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.<\/p>\n
1790\u20131868, German Mathematician and Astronomer<\/p>\n
king of France (1755)<\/p>\n
stage director (1901)<\/p>\n
physicist (1902)<\/p>\n
sculptor (1904)<\/p>\n
actor (1925)<\/p>\n
film director; (1942)<\/p>\n
actor, director, producer (1944)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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