1371
Robert II succeeded to the throne of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1819
\nSpain ceded Florida to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1879
\nFrank Winfield Woolworth opened his first “Five Cent Store” in Utica, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1924
\nCalvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1935
\nAirplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1980
In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4\u20133 at Lake Placid, N.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
George Washington
1732\u20131799, First American President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arthur Schopenhauer
philosopher (1788)
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James Russell Lowell
poet, critic, and editor (1819)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edna St. Vincent Millay
poet (1892)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edward Kennedy
U.S. Senator (1932)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonathan Demme
director, producer, screenwriter (1944)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Julius Erving
basketball player (1950)
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drew Barrymore
actress (1975)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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