On this day in 1959, Berry Gordy founded Motown Record Company.

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Lifetime achievement award winner Diana Ross, left, and Berry Gordy pose in the press room at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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