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| | FEATURED BIOGRAPHY
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2016: American first lady and actress Nancy Reagan—who was first lady during the 1981–89 administration of her husband, President
Ronald Reagan, and was noted as his most trusted adviser and the most zealous protector of his reputation—died in Los Angeles. [ Test your knowledge of the first ladies of the United States .]
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1986: American painter Georgia O'Keeffe—whose well-known works included large-format paintings of natural forms, especially flowers and bones—died in New Mexico. [ Take our quiz about famous artists, painters, and architects .]
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1981: Journalist Walter Cronkite, who was known as “the most trusted man in America,” signed off as the longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News.
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1834: Toronto, now the financial and commercial centre of Canada
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1475: Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo—who exerted an unparalleled influence on Western sculpture,
painting, and architecture and whose works rank among the most famous in existence—was born in the Republic of Florence.
[ Take our Leonardo da Vinci versus Michelangelo quiz .]
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