On this day in 1879, Indian poet and activist Sarojini Naidu was born.

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On this day in 1974, Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was arrested and charged with treason.

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On this day in 1938, the BBC broadcast the first known science fiction television program, "R.U.R."

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On this day in 1996, the IBM computer Deep Blue won its first game against a world chess champion.

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On this day in 1909, singer, actress, and dancer Carmen Miranda was born in Portugal.

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On this day in 1909, Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite to the public.

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On this day in 1497, followers of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola burned objects thought to incite sin in an event known as the Bonfire of the Vanities.

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On this day in 1820, the American Colonization Society organized a migration of freed enslaved people from the United States to Africa. 

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On this day in 1958, the U.S. Air Force lost a nuclear bomb in the waters near Tybee Island, off the coast of Georgia. 

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On this day in 1974, twelve people were killed in a bombing on the M62 motorway in northern England. 

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