1642
\nNew Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.<\/p>\n
1918
\nPresident Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.<\/p>\n
1978
\nThe U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.<\/p>\n
1981
\nThe Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.<\/p>\n
1989
\nSouth African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.<\/p>\n
1996
\nKofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.<\/p>\n
2000
\nGeorge W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after the election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.<\/p>\n
2003
\nAmerican forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.<\/p>\n
Mary Todd Lincoln
\n1818\u20131882, wife of Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n
Heinrich Heine
\npoet (1797)<\/p>\n
Werner von Siemens
\nelectrical engineer and inventor (1816)<\/p>\n
Emily Carr
\npainter (1871)<\/p>\n
Ella Baker
\ncivil rights activist (1903)<\/p>\n
Archie Moore
\nprizefighter (1913)<\/p>\n
Ross Macdonald
\nnovelist (1915)<\/p>\n
Dick Van Dyke
\nactor (1925)<\/p>\n
Ted Nugent
\nrock musician (1948)<\/p>\n
Steve Buscemi
\nactor (1957)<\/p>\n
Jamie Foxx
\nactor (1967)<\/p>\n
Amy Lee
\nsinger (1981)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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