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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1926 – Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film (More info)

1967 – In Detroit, Mich., one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African-American inner city, leaving 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned (More info)

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Slash
Age: 47
Occupation: Songwriter and Musician
Known For: Tolerating Axl Rose during his long stint as Guns N’ Roses mop-haired, top-hatted guitarist, providing memorable riffs and solos in songs like ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine,’ ‘November Rain’ and ‘Welcome to the Jungle,’ and co-founding the supergroup Velvet Revolver

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1933 – Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world, traveling 15,596 miles in seven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes (More info)

1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1″ — John Dillinger — is killed by FBI agents (More info)

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George Clinton
Age: 71
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter and Producer
Known For: Founding the groundbreaking funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, his wildly flamboyant stage persona, solo R&B hits including ‘Atomic Dog,’ ‘Do Fries Go with That Shake?’ and ‘If Anybody Gets Funked Up (It’s Gonna Be You),’ and being a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1861 – Confederate forces win at Bull Run in the first major battle of the Civil War (More info)

1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown (More info)

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Carlos Santana
Age: 65
Occupation: Guitarist
Known For: Fusing rock and Latin influences while fronting the band Santana and during his long solo career, hits such as ‘Black Magic Woman,’ ‘Maria Maria’ and ‘Smooth,’ his 10 Grammy Awards, and his place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1903 – Ford Motor Company ships its first car (More info)

1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon — now Sri Lanka — is elected as Prime Minister, thus becoming the world’s first elected female head of government (More info)

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1692 – Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Mass. (More info)

1848 – The first women’s rights convention, called by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott, was held in Seneca Falls, N.Y. (More info)

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Brian May
Age: 65
Occupation: Songwriter and Musician
Known For: Playing guitar with the legendary band Queen and writing such hits as ‘We Will Rock You,’ ‘Who Wants to Live Forever,’ ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ and ‘I Want it All,’ having a PhD in astrophysics, and being ranked No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

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Nelson Mandela
Age: 94
Occupation: South African Activist and Politician
Known For: His tireless anti-apartheid work, surviving 27 years in a brutal prison, being the first South African president elected in a fully representative democratic election, and receiving more than 250 awards over four decades including the Nobel Peace Prize

Sir Richard Branson
Age: 62
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Known For: Founding the Virgin Group of more than 400 companies including Virgin Records and Virgin Atlantic Airways, his environmental work, a wicked and self-deprecating sense of humor, and generally using his $4 billion fortune for good and not evil

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

64 – A great fire begins that ultimately destroys most of Rome (More info)

1925 – Adolf Hitler publishes the first volume of his personal manifesto, ‘Mein Kampf’ (More info)

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Phyllis Diller
Age: 95
Occupation: Comedienne
Known For: Her cackling laugh and stage persona of an eccentrically dressed housewife who makes self-deprecating jokes about herself, her terrible cooking and a husband named “Fang,” and paving the way for other female comics such as Roseanne Barr and Joan Rivers

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