1536
\nThe city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.<\/p>\n
1709
\nScottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.<\/p>\n
1848
\nThe Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.<\/p>\n
1870
\nThe Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.<\/p>\n
1876
\nThe National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.<\/p>\n
1887
\nThe first gathering at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog’s shadow occurred.<\/p>\n
1922
\nJames Joyce’s Ulysses was published.<\/p>\n
1943
\nNazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.<\/p>\n
1971
\nIdi Amin became dictator of Uganda.<\/p>\n
1980
\nThe Abscam scandal was revealed.<\/p>\n
1990
\nSouth African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n
2003
\nCzech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.<\/p>\n
James Joyce
\n1882\u20131941, Irish Novelist.<\/p>\n
Talleyrand
\nstatesman and diplomat (1754)<\/p>\n
Albert Sidney Johnston
\ngeneral (1803)<\/p>\n
George Halas
\nfootball pioneer (1895)<\/p>\n
Jascha Heifetz
\nviolinist (1901)<\/p>\n
Ayn Rand
\nwriter (1905)<\/p>\n
Abba Eban
\nstatesman (1915)<\/p>\n
James Dickey
\npoet and novelist (1923)<\/p>\n
Stan Getz
\nsaxophonist (1927)<\/p>\n
Farrah Fawcett
\nactor (1947)<\/p>\n
Christie Brinkley
\nmodel (1954)<\/p>\n
Shakira
\nsinger, songwriter (1977)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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