HISTORICAL EVENTS
1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected by the Electoral College to his first and second terms as the first President of the United States.
1861 – Southern states meet to form the Confederacy.
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1945 – The Yalta Conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin near the end of WWII foreshadows the Cold War.
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1969 - The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded with Yasir Arafat as its leader.
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1974 – Newspaper heiress Patricia "Patty" Hearst is kidnapped by members of the SLA (Simbionese Liberation Army). She later takes part in a bank robbery and is convicted when captured.
FAMOUS BIRTHS
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1913 – Civil rights activist Rosa Lee Parks is born in Tuskegee, AL.
FAMOUS DEATHS
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869 – Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs dies. He was famous for development of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet based on the Greek unical alphabet of the 9th Century.
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