The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.<\/p>\n
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.<\/p>\n
President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.<\/p>\n
Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.<\/p>\n
The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.<\/p>\n
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n
At Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond’s 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.<\/p>\n
Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan’s first popularly elected president.<\/p>\n
An Italian jury convicts Amanda Knox, an American student, of murdering her former roommate, English student Meredith Kercher, in 2007.<\/p>\n
1839\u20131876, American military officer.<\/p>\n
8th U.S. president (1782)<\/p>\n
poet (1830)<\/p>\n
cowboy, rodeo star (1870)<\/p>\n
film producer (1901)<\/p>\n
U.S. senator (1902)<\/p>\n
director, producer (1906)<\/p>\n
musician (1932)<\/p>\n
writer (1934)<\/p>\n
actor (1985)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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