This Day in History 1917: Aleksandr Kerensky is named prime minister of the Russian Provisional Government established after the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II. He only lasts in office until the Bolshevik revolution that fall. Learn more about Aleksandr Kerensky. 1933: In his monoplane, the Winnie Mae, American aviator Wiley Post completes the first solo around-the-world flight. The flight takes him 7 days, 18 hr, 49 min. Learn more about Wiley Post. 1934: Bank robber John Dillinger, labeled by the FBI as "public enemy number one," is gunned down by federal agents as he leaves the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Learn more about John Dillinger. 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt suffers his first major legislative defeat when the U.S. Senate rejects his bid to expand the Supreme Court. Learn more about Franklin Roosevelt. 1977: The Chinese Communist Party expels the “Gang of Four,” who had tried to seize power after the death of Mao Zedong. Deng Xiaoping is reinstated as deputy premier.

Born on This Day Edward Hopper, painter (1882) Alexander Calder, sculptor (1898) Bob Dole, politician (1923) James Whale, motion-picture director (1886) George Clinton, singer and bandleader (1941) Danny Glover, actor (1947) Mystery Person of the Day Who am I? I was born on this day in 1822. My experiments with pea plants founded modern hereditary theory.

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