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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1917 Buddy Rich, drummer.
1917 Lena Horne, singer.
1966 Mike Tyson, boxer.
Events On This Day In History
1893 The Excelsior diamond (blue-white, 995 carats) is discovered.
1908 A giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (the Tunguska Event).
1914 Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, in campaign for Indian equal rights in South Africa.
1936 "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, is first published.
1960 Zaire gains its independence.
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