Born on This Day
Labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. Declared, "Sí, se puede" ("Yes, you can").
Football coach, TV commentator and face of the "Madden NFL" video game series. Led the 1976 Oakland Raiders to Super Bowl victory.
Egyptian actor best known for classics like "Lawrence of Arabia," "Doctor Zhivago" and "Funny Girl."
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel, "The Great Gatsby," is published to mixed reviews and disappointing sales—fewer than 25,000 copies by the author’s death in 1940. By the 2010s, it is routinely selling 500,000 copies a year.
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