With the Marquis d’Arlandes, Pil\u00e2tre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000 ft and traveling about 5 1\/2 mi in 20 min.<\/p>\n
North Carolina became the 12th state.<\/p>\n
Georgia’s Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.<\/p>\n
Cole Porter’s musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.<\/p>\n
For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.<\/p>\n
The 18 1\/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.<\/p>\n
1694\u20131778, French Philosopher and Author whose name was Fran\u00e7ois Marie Arouet de Voltaire.<\/p>\n
financier (1834)<\/p>\n
painter (1898)<\/p>\n
jazz musician (1904)<\/p>\n
baseball player (1920)<\/p>\n
actress (1945)<\/p>\n
magazine publisher (1953)<\/p>\n
singer, songwriter (1965)<\/p>\n
football player, TV commentator (1966)<\/p>\n
1991<\/p>\n
Egypt’s Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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