1524
\nPortuguese navigator Vasco da Gama died in Cochin, India.<\/p>\n
1814
\nThe War of 1812 between America and Britain ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent.<\/p>\n
1818
\n“Silent Night” was composed by Franz Joseph Gruber.<\/p>\n
1865
\nThe Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pulaski, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
1871
\nGiuseppe Verdi’s opera Aida premiered in Cairo, Egypt, at the opening of the Suez Canal.<\/p>\n
1943
\nGen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed supreme commander of Allied Forces by President Franklin Roosevelt.<\/p>\n
1992
\nPresident Bush pardoned former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.<\/p>\n
Kit Carson
\n1809\u201368, American frontiersman and guide.<\/p>\n
James Prescott Joule
\nphysicist (1818)<\/p>\n
Juan Ram\u00f3n Jim\u00e9nez
\nlyric poet (1881)<\/p>\n
Howard Hughes
\nbusiness executive (1905)<\/p>\n
Ava Gardner
\nactress (1922)<\/p>\n
Mary Higgins Clark
\nnovelist (1931)<\/p>\n
Ricky Martin
\nsinger (1971)<\/p>\n
Ryan Seacrest
\nTV personality (1974)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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