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DIED TODAY IN HISTORY  |  January 23, 2017

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Johnny Carson started entertaining audiences at 14 with magic tricks...

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To prepare it for burial, Muslim tradition requires that same-sex family members wash the body an odd number of times before covering it with a shroud.

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-Rosa Parks

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What’s the difference between a funeral and a memorial service? A memorial service is held without the remains present.

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Anne Jennings

First African-American registered nurse to graduate from Hartford Hospital School

Willie Evans

Buffalo football star whose 1958 team refused to play in a bowl game banning black players

Jill Saward

Rape victim became an advocate for victims of sexual assault

Allan Williams

The first manager of the Beatles

Mary Louise "Lou" Rodeen

The first woman to be accepted into the Northwestern University Band.

Joyce Brock

Created one of the first modeling agencies and schools for African-Americans

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Where there is love there is life.
-Mahatma Gandhi

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