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2023-02-08

2023-02-08

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Mama Cax
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Mama Cax

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Cacsmy Brutus, known as Mama Cax, was a Haitian American model and disability rights activist. With her prosthetic right leg, Cax was an unconventional figure in modern fashion modelling.

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LeBron James
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LeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee B…

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On This Day

10 events
1983
Shergar
The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.
1981
Rhodesian_Bush_War
Rhodesian Bush War: Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army cadres in Gwelo attacked Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army troops, killing over 60 of them and starting the 1981 Entumbane uprising.
1979
Denis_Sassou_Nguesso
Denis Sassou Nguesso (pictured) was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo after Joachim Yhombi-Opango was forced from power.
1968
Orangeburg,_South_Carolina
Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.
1965
John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport
After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.
1960
Groundbreaking
The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.
1948
1948_Winter_Olympics
The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1924
Gee_Jon
Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.
1910
William_D._Boyce
William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.
1879
Umpire_(cricket)
Angered by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England team during a match in Sydney, Australia.

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