Born on This Day
Singer-songwriter and pianist who blended various musical genres with civil rights activism on songs like "Mississippi Goddam."
Novelist and essayist whose groundbreaking work "Infinite Jest" explored the complexities of modern life.
Actor, director and producer who starred in "Key & Peele" and created horror films "Get Out" and "Us."
Quadruple amputee Kyle Maynard summits Mt. Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America, after bear-crawling up the nearly 23,000-foot peak without prosthetics. Four years earlier, he had climbed Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro the same way.
Timeline
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