1758
\nThe British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.<\/p>\n
1783
\nThe British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n
1841
\nThe slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former president John Quincy Adams.<\/p>\n
1947
\nMovie executives blacklisted the “Hollywood Ten.”<\/p>\n
1986
\nIran-Contra scandal broke.<\/p>\n
1998
\nJiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.<\/p>\n
1999
\nElian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida.<\/p>\n
2002
\nPresident George W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge as head.<\/p>\n
Joseph DiMaggio
\n1914\u20131999, American Baseball Player<\/p>\n
Andrew Carnegie
\nindustrialist and philanthropost (1835)<\/p>\n
Carry Moore Nation
\ntemperance advocate (1846)<\/p>\n
Pope John XXIII
\nreligious leader (1881)<\/p>\n
Virgil Thomson
\ncomposer (1896)<\/p>\n
Ba Jin
\nmodern novelist (1904)<\/p>\n
Ricardo Montalban
\nactor (1920)<\/p>\n
Amy Grant
\npop musician (1960)<\/p>\n
Christina Applegate
\nactress (1971)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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