1880
\nThomas Edison was granted a patent for his incandescent light.<\/p>\n
1944
\nThe Soviets announced the end of the two-year siege of Leningrad.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe Russians liberated Auschwitz concentration camp, where the Nazis had killed over 1.5 million people, including over 1 million Jews.<\/p>\n
1951
\nThe U.S. Air Force started atomic testing in the Nevada desert.<\/p>\n
1967
\nThe Apollo I fire killed astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n
1973
\nVietnam War peace accords were signed in Paris.<\/p>\n
Wolfgang Mozart
\n1756\u20131791, Austrian Composer.<\/p>\n
Lewis Carroll
\nwriter (1832)<\/p>\n
Samuel Gompers
\nlabor leader (1850)<\/p>\n
Jerome Kern
\ncomposer (1885)<\/p>\n
Hyman G. Rickover
\nadmiral (1900)<\/p>\n
Samuel C.C. Ting
\nphysicist (1936)<\/p>\n
Mikhail Baryshnikov
\ndancer (1948)<\/p>\n
John G. Roberts, Jr.
\njurist (1955)<\/p>\n
Frank Miller
\nartist, writer (1957)<\/p>\n
Tamlyn Tomita
\nactor (1966)<\/p>\n
Tricky
\nsinger, music producer (1968)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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