1737
\nViolin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy.<\/p>\n
1787
\nNew Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
1865
\nSlavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.<\/p>\n
1892
\nTchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite” premiered at St. Petersburg’s Maryinksy Theatre.<\/p>\n
1944
\nThe Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.<\/p>\n
1956
\nJapan was admitted to the United Nations.<\/p>\n
1957
\nThe Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.<\/p>\n
1969
\nThe British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.<\/p>\n
2000
\nGeorge W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.<\/p>\n
2010
\nThe Senate votes 65 to 31 in favor of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the Clinton-era military policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the military.<\/p>\n
Steven Spielberg
\n1946\u2013, American Film Director.<\/p>\n
Paul Klee
\nartist (1879)<\/p>\n
Ty Cobb
\nbaseball player (1886)<\/p>\n
Edwin Armstrong
\nengineer and radio inventor (1890)<\/p>\n
Fletcher Henderson
\njazz composer and pianist (1897)<\/p>\n
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
\nair force general (1912)<\/p>\n
Willy Brandt
\npolitical leader (1913)<\/p>\n
Betty Grable
\nactress (1916)<\/p>\n
Ossie Davis
\nactor, director, screenwriter (1917)<\/p>\n
Ramsey Clark
\nattorney general (1927)<\/p>\n
Keith Richards
\nmusician, songwriter (1943)<\/p>\n
Ray Liotta
\nactor (1954)<\/p>\n
Brad Pitt
\nactor (1963)<\/p>\n
DMX
\nrapper (1970)<\/p>\n
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
\ntennis player (1971)<\/p>\n
Katie Holmes
\nactor (1978)<\/p>\n
Christina Aguilera
\nsinger (1980)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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