HISTORICAL EVENTS
1901 – Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) dies after reigning for 62 years, the longest reign of any British monarch to date.
1973 – The U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion (Roe v. Wade).
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1982 – President Ronald Reagan links arms talks with Soviets to oppression in Poland.
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1998 – Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, pleads guilty to various bombings.
FAMOUS BIRTHS
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1561 – Francis Bacon, First Viscount St. Alban, English statesman/essayist (Novum Organum), (d. 1626)
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1788 – George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Baron Byron, English post and leading figure in the Romantic Movement.
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1561 – Francis Bacon, First Viscount St. Alban, English statesman/essayist (Novum Organum), (d. 1626)
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1788 – George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Baron Byron, English post and leading figure in the Romantic Movement.
FAMOUS DEATHS
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1995 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. and Edward M. (Ted), dies at 104.
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1995 – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. and Edward M. (Ted), dies at 104.
2008 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (The Patriot, Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight).
Photo from WIkipedia2012 – Joeseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno, American College Hall of Fame football coach, dies from lung cancer at 85.
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