Born on This Day
Anti-apartheid activist, global resistance leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner who became South Africa's first Black president.
Pioneer of "Gonzo journalism" whose satiric, irreverent work included "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
First U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth in 1962. Returned to space in 1998. Represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate for over 20 years.
The trial of eight Chicago White Sox players accused of accepting bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series opens in Chicago. All eight are eventually acquitted but banned from baseball for life nonetheless.
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