1613
Michael Romanov was elected czar of Russia, beginning the Romanov imperial line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1878
\nThe first telephone book was issued (New Haven, Conn.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1916
\nBattle of Verdun, the longest and one of the bloodiest engagements of World War I, began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1965
\nBlack nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1972
\nPresident Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1995
\nSteve Fossett became the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean solo in a balloon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2002
\nIt was confirmed that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was dead, allegedly murdered by Islamic militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2012
Eurozone finance ministers reached an agreement on a second, 130-billion bailout for Greece to help with the country’s debt crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
W. H. Auden
1907\u20131973, Anglo-American Poet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otto Hermann Kahn
banker and patron of the arts (1867)
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Constantin Brancusi
sculptor (1876)
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Andres Segovia
guitarist (1893)
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Anais Nin
author, diarist (1903)
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Robert Mugabe
president of Zimbabwe (1924)
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Hubert de Givenchy
fashion designer (1927)
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Barbara Jordan
lawyer, politician and educator (1936)
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
actress (1979)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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