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Births (150 years ago today): 1873 – Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic (d. 1967)
Births (100 years ago today): 1923 – Betsy Blair, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)
Births (100 years ago today): 1923 – Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (d. 2013)
Births (100 years ago today): 1923 – Morrie Turner, American comics creator (d. 2014)
Births (50 years ago today): 1973 – Mos Def, American rapper[26]
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