1816
\nIndiana became the 19th state.<\/p>\n
1844
\nNitrous oxide was used for the first time in dentistry.<\/p>\n
1936
\nKing Edward VIII abdicated the throne of Britain for the woman he loved, Mrs. Wallis Simpson.<\/p>\n
1941
\nGermany and Italy declared war on the United States.<\/p>\n
1946
\nThe United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.<\/p>\n
1994
\nRussian troops invaded Chechnya in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Moscow’s power in the region.<\/p>\n
1997
\nHousing Secretary Henry Cisneros was indicted for conspiracy, obstructing justice, and false statements to the FBI.<\/p>\n
2008
\nBernard Madoff, an investment manager, was charged with defrauding clients of as much as $50 billion in what might be the largest swindle in Wall Street history.<\/p>\n
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
\nPronunciation: [ulyiks\u00e4n\u00b4dur EsI\u00b4uvich s\u00f4l”zhunEt\u00b4sin]\n
1918\u2013, Russian Writer.<\/p>\n
Sir David Brewster
\nphysicist and natural philosopher (1781)<\/p>\n
Louis-Hector Berlioz
\ncomposer (1803)<\/p>\n
Robert Koch
\nbacteriologist (1843)<\/p>\n
Annie Jump Cannon
\nastronomer (1863)<\/p>\n
Fiorello Henry LaGuardia
\nmayor of New York City (1882)<\/p>\n
Naguib Mahfouz
\nnovelist (1911)<\/p>\n
Carlo Ponti
\nproducer (1912)<\/p>\n
Willie Mae Thornton
\nblues singer (1926)<\/p>\n
John F. Kerry
\npolitician (1943)<\/p>\n
Mos Def
\nrapper, actor (1973)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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