1820
\nCaptain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.<\/p>\n
1883
\nStandard time began in the United States.<\/p>\n
1886
\nChester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881\u20131885), died in New York at 56.<\/p>\n
1928
\nMickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.<\/p>\n
1976
\nSpain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.<\/p>\n
1978
\nJim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot.<\/p>\n
2003
\nThe Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution.<\/p>\n
2004
\nThe UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters.<\/p>\n
Sir William Gilbert
\n1836\u20131911, English Playwright and Poet.<\/p>\n
Louis Daguerre
\nearly pioneer of photography (1789)<\/p>\n
Ignace Paderewski
\npianist, composer (1860)<\/p>\n
Clarence S. Day
\nessayist (1874)<\/p>\n
Eugene Ormandy
\nconductor (1899)<\/p>\n
George Horace Gallup
\noriginator of the Gallup poll (1901)<\/p>\n
Alan B. Shepard
\nastronaut (1923)<\/p>\n
Margaret Atwood
\nnovelist and poet (1939)<\/p>\n
Wilma Mankiller
\nformer chief of the Cherokee Nation (1945)<\/p>\n
Alan Moore
\nwriter (1953)<\/p>\n
Owen Wilson
\nactor (1968)<\/p>\n
Chlo\u00eb Sevigny
\nactor (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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