Born on This Day
Chinese communist and founder of the People's Republic of China who played a key role in China's Cultural Revolution.
Actor and singer known for films "Requiem for a Dream" and "Dallas Buyers Club" and fronting the band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Humorist and author known for his witty, autobiographical essay collections like "Me Talk Pretty One Day."
The US Navy formally commissions its first hospital ship, the Red Rover. A captured Confederate side-wheel steamer, it treats 374 patients in its first seven months of service on the Mississippi, 332 of whom are discharged; 37 die and five desert.
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