On this day:
1961: Tanganyika (modern-day Tanzania) gains independence from Britain
1979: Smallpox declared eradicated
Born on this day:
1608: John Milton, English poet
Gone on this day:
1941: Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, philosopher
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