Today in History: 29 January 1954: American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi to a teenage mother. Her birth name was Orpah, but it was commonly mispronounced as Oprah, so she adopted the latter spelling. She had a very troubled childhood, was molested, and beca…
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