The world's first motor show opens in Paris, Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize, Muhammad Ali fights his last fight, and Bernie Madoff is arrested, all on this day.
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1973: Rapper and actor Mos Def, whose best known acting roles include the movies "The Italian Job," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "16 Blocks," is born Dante Terrell Smith in Brooklyn, N.Y.