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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1842 – The Lombard Street Riot erupts in Philadelphia (More info)

1914 – Germany declares war on Russia, launching World War I (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Chuck D
Age: 52
Occupation: Rapper, Producer and Activist
Known For: Creating politically and socially-conscious music with the legendary rap group Public Enemy on controversial songs like ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’ and ’911 Is a Joke,’ co-hosting ‘Unfiltered’ on the now-defunct Air America radio network, and a famous appearance before Congress in which he voiced his support of peer-to-peer MP3 file sharing

Adam Duritz
Age: 48
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, and Musician
Known For: Being the dreadlocked frontman and co-founder of the band Counting Crows, hits such as ‘Mr. Jones,’ ‘Round Here,’ ‘Accidentally in Love’ and ‘A Long December,’ renowned work scoring movies like ‘Shrek 2,’ and collaborating with other artists including The Wallflowers and Nanci Griffith

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Ladies, if you’ve come to expect chocolate cravings around your time of the month, they may be all in your head — new research indicates there could be no biological basis for them.

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII (More info)

1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
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Wesley Snipes
Age: 50
Occupation: Actor, Producer and Inmate
Known For: Playing the title character in the ‘Blade’ film trilogy, other roles in ‘New Jack City,’ ‘To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar’ and ‘U.S. Marshals,’ and currently serving a three-year sentence for income tax evasion

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It may seem like summer’s just begun, but parents are already focused on the upcoming school year — and some are even encouraging their kids to study now and get a head-start on all the work ahead.

But does all that extra time with the books pay off?

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Age: 65
Occupation: Actor, Politician and Philanderer
Known For: Roles in ‘Twins,’ ‘Conan the Barbarian’ and the ‘Terminator’ film franchise, being the 38th governor of California, and torpedoing his marriage to Maria Shriver when he fathered a child with the family housekeeper

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1932 – Walt Disney’s ‘Flowers and Trees,’ the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Oscar-winning cartoon short, premieres (More info)

1945 – The USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks within 15 minutes, killing almost 900 men (More info)

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1940 – Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the animated short ‘A Wild Hare’ (More info)

1974 – The House Judiciary Committee votes to impeach President Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Mick Jagger
Age: 69
Occupation: Singer and Songwriter
Known For: More than 50 years as the lead singer of the iconic rock band The Rolling Stones, scores of classic rock hits including ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,’ ‘Honky Tonk Women,’ ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and ‘Brown Sugar,’ his chicken-dance stage moves, and being allergic to monogamy

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Models with Down syndrome aren’t new — earlier this year, Target drew praise for featuring a boy with the chromosomal condition in one of its ads. But in a first, a little girl with Down syndrome is now fronting a whole campaign.

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Some women have to undergo fertility treatments to get pregnant, but according to a new study by the CDC, about a third of the babies born in the past 30 years weren’t planned — and it should come as no surprise that more than half of those pregnancies are tied to a lack of contraception use.

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