1048 ~ Birthday of Omar Khayyam, Poet.

1567 ~ Birthday of Claudio Monteverdi, Composer.

1811 ~ Paraguay gained independence from Spain.

1859 ~ Birthday of Pierre Curie, Physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics.

1869 ~ Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association.

1911 ~ The United States Supreme Court declared Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

1915 ~ Birthday of Paul Samuelson, Economist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics.

1948 ~ Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attacked Israel.

1970 ~ The Beatles' last LP, “Let It Be”, was released in the United States.

1986 ~ Death of Theodore H. White, Writer.

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