1792
President George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1809
\nThe Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1895
\nFrederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1962
\nJohn Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1998
\nTara Lipinski won the Olympic figure skating gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2003
A fire in a nightclub in Warwick, R.I., killed 100 and injured over 150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ansel Adams
1902\u20131984, American Photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honore Daumier
caricaturist, painter (1808)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Louis Kahn
architect (1901)
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Robert Altman
director (1925)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sidney Poitier
actor (1927)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bobby Unser
auto racer (1934)
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
singer, songwriter (1941)
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Phil Esposito
hockey player (1942)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kurt Cobain
musician (1967)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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