1606
\nGuy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed.<\/p>\n
1865
\nRobert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.<\/p>\n
1940
\nThe first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.<\/p>\n
1958
\nThe first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.<\/p>\n
1990
\nThe first McDonald’s opened in Russia.<\/p>\n
Franz Schubert
\n1797\u20131828, Austrian Composer.<\/p>\n
Zane Grey
\nauthor (1872)<\/p>\n
Tallulah Bankhead
\nactress (1902)<\/p>\n
John O’Hara
\nnovelist and short-story writer, (1905)<\/p>\n
Thomas Merton
\nreligious writer and poet (1915)<\/p>\n
Jackie Robinson
\nbaseball player (1919)<\/p>\n
Carol Channing
\ncomedienne, singer (1921)<\/p>\n
Norman Mailer
\nwriter (1923)<\/p>\n
Minnie Driver
\nactress (1970)<\/p>\n
Justin Timberlake
\npop musician (1981)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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