1497
\nPortuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.<\/p>\n
1718
\nEdward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.<\/p>\n
1842
\nMount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 mi away.<\/p>\n
1906
\n“S-O-S” was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.<\/p>\n
1943
\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.<\/p>\n
1963
\nPresident John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.<\/p>\n
1990
\nMargaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
Billie Jean King
\n1943\u2013, American Tennis Player.<\/p>\n
Richard Neville
\nnobleman, called the Kingmaker (1428)<\/p>\n
Robert Cavelier de La Salle
\nexplorer (1643)<\/p>\n
Abigail Adams
\nFirst Lady, writer (1744)<\/p>\n
Thomas Cook
\ntravel agent (1808)<\/p>\n
George Eliot
\nnovelist (1819)<\/p>\n
Charles De Gaulle
\ngeneral and statesman (1890)<\/p>\n
Wiley Post
\naviator (1899)<\/p>\n
Benjamin Britten
\ncomposer (1913)<\/p>\n
Rodney Dangerfield
\ncomedian (1921)<\/p>\n
Geraldine Page
\nactress (1924)<\/p>\n
Jamie Lee Curtis
\nactress (1958)<\/p>\n
Andr
\ntennis player (1967)<\/p>\n
Scarlett Johansson
\nactor (1984)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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