Born on This Day
Social justice advocate and attorney general in his brother John's presidency. Killed in 1968 during his own presidential run.
Astronomer whose discovery that the universe is expanding revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos.
Actress, model and sex icon best known for the provocative 1979 rom-com "10."
With Cold War tensions peaking, more than 100 million people watch "The Day After" on ABC, a controversial made-for-TV film about a nuclear bomb being dropped on Kansas. President Reagan wrote that it left him "greatly depressed."
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