1492
\nMuhammad XI, the leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.<\/p>\n
1788
\nGeorgia was admitted to the Union as the 4th state.<\/p>\n
1839
\nLouis Jacques Mand\u00e9 Daguerre took the first photograph of the Moon.<\/p>\n
1905
\nThe Russo-Japanese war ended.<\/p>\n
1923
\nThe African-American town of Rosewood, Fla., was burned by a white mob.<\/p>\n
1935
\nThe Bruno R. Hauptmann trial began for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby.<\/p>\n
1959
\nThe first spacecraft to fly by the Moon and also to orbit the Sun, Mechta (Luna 1) was launched by the USSR.<\/p>\n
1994
\nRudolph Giuliani is inaugurated as New York City’s mayor.<\/p>\n
Isaac Asimov
\n1920\u20131992, American author, scientist.<\/p>\n
James Wolfe
\nBritish general (1727)<\/p>\n
Rudolf Clausius
\nmathematical physicist (1822)<\/p>\n
Henry Flagler
\nfinancier (1830)<\/p>\n
Ernst Barlach
\nexpressionist sculptor, graphic artist (1870)<\/p>\n
Saint Theresa
\nCarmelite nun (1873)<\/p>\n
Michael Tippett
\ncomposer (1905)<\/p>\n
Dennis Hastert
\ncongressman (1942)<\/p>\n
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
\nactor (1968)<\/p>\n
Taye Diggs
\nactor (1972)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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