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Inventor John Standard was awarded a patent for the refrigerator on this day in 1891.

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Professor Maulana Karenga, the person who established Kwanzaa, the African American cultural holiday, is born Ronald Everette on this day in 1941.

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This was the day in 1822 when Denmark Vesey’s rebellion against slavery was to have taken place. Information about the plot leaked and Vesey and the other leaders were tried by the court, found guilty and executed.