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2018: SpaceX 's Falcon Heavy rocket had its first test flight; on board was a Tesla automobile owned by SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk. [Sort fact from fiction in our space exploration quiz.]

2014: American comedian Jay Leno hosted his last episode of The Tonight Show ; he had previously retired in 2009 but returned the following year. [Sort fact from fiction in our pop culture quiz.]

2012: Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies, who was credited with introducing contemporary abstract painting in Spain, died in Barcelona. [Take our artists and painters quiz.]

1993: American tennis player Arthur Ashe, who was the first black man to win a Grand Slam championship, died of AIDS-related pneumonia; he had likely contracted the virus through a tainted blood transfusion received during coronary bypass surgeries. [Get the facts about HIV/AIDS.]

1945: Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley—who achieved stardom by blending early ska, rock steady, and reggae forms into an electrifying rock-influenced hybrid—was born. [Test your knowledge of musicians.]

1932: French film director François Truffaut, whose attacks on established filmmaking techniques paved the way for the movement known as New Wave, was born. [Take our film buff quiz.]