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Today marks the 40th anniversary.

Aubrey Drake Graham (born October 24, 1986) is a Canadian rapper, singer and actor. He is credited with popularizing R&B sensibilities in hip-hop music through rap-singing.

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1913–2005

Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her 1955 refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial segregation laws, which sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.

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1546–1601

Tycho Brahe

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1632–1723

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( AHN-tə-nee vahn LAY-vən-hook, -⁠huuk; Dutch:; 24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology.

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AD 51–AD 96

Domitian

Domitian ( də-MISH-ən, -⁠ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. As the son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Flavian dynasty.

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RoyaltyDied aged 44

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