1776
\nThomas Paine’s Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.<\/p>\n
1863
\nThe first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.<\/p>\n
1920
\nThe League of Nations came into existence.<\/p>\n
1946
\nThe first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London.<\/p>\n
1967
\nThe first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.<\/p>\n
1984
\nThe U.S. and the Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.<\/p>\n
2003
\nNorth Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.<\/p>\n
George Foreman
\n1949\u2013, American boxer<\/p>\n
John Root
\narchitect (1850)<\/p>\n
Robinson Jeffers
\npoet (1887)<\/p>\n
Dame Barbara Hepworth
\nsculptor (1903)<\/p>\n
Donald Knuth
\nmathematician and computer scientist (1938)<\/p>\n
Rod Stewart
\nsinger (1945)<\/p>\n
Donald Fagen
\npop musician (1948)<\/p>\n
Shawn Colvin
\nfolk singer (1956)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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