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Billie Holiday
1915 - Eleanor Gagan is
born in East Baltimore, Md. As
Billie Holiday or -Lady Day,­
he will become an internation-
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famous for such ongs. as
"Strang Fruit, "Lover Man, " and
"God Bless the Child. n Troubled
in life by drug addiction, Holiday
will die of drug and alcohol
abuse in 1959.
1959 - Lorraine Hansberry
became first Black playwright to
win New York Drama Critics
Award for A Raisin in the Sun.
1962 - Alaska passed an
open occupancy law.
1975 - Frank Robinson was
named Cleveland Indians man-
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ager.
In 1973, Tony Brown was the
Dean of the School of Communi-
cations at which school?
What former NFL quarter­
back was nicknamed "Jefferson
Street"?
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1822 - Hiram Revels, the
first Black U.S. Senator, was
born.
1 98 - Bob Col ' A Trip to
Coontown, the first full-length
msu ical comedy wri tten, di­
rected, performed and produced
by African-Americans, opened
at the Third Av nue Theater in
New York City.
ger Hank Aaron hit his 715th
career home run, surpassing
Babe Ruth as the game's all­
time home-run leader.
1976 - Alvin Ailey, dancer,
director, wasawarded Spingarn
Medal for international preemi­
nence in field of dance.
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3rd ,_ Savannah, GA.
5th - The Far - Ultraviolent
Camera.
6th - Eight Dollars.
7th - Joe Gilliam.
8th - Willard Motley.
9th - Howard.University.
192 - Maya Angelou is
born in St. Louis, Mo. oted as
the author of a multivolume
autobiographical seri ,as well
, as several volumes ofp try; she
was also the first African-Ameri­
can streetcar conductor in San
Francisco, a dancer, nightclub
singer, editor and teacher of'mu­
sic and drama in Ghan and pro­
(i r of American Studies at
Wake For t University.
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1968 - Martin Luther King
Jr. was assassinated in Mem-
phis, Tenn
Maya A ngelou
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memorate the centennial of his
birth, the U.S. Postal Service is­
sues a stamp depicting the cabin
where he was born.
1972 - Frank Will ,26 year
old Black security guard, alerted
police 0 the Wa rgate break­
in.
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1856 - Booker T. Washing­
ton was born a slave in Virginia.
1951 - A Washington, D.C.
Municipal Court of Appeals out­
lawed segregation in restau­
rants.
1958 - Booker T. Washing­
ton becomes the only African­
American honored twice on a
U.s. postage stamp. To com-
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19�4 - L.A. Laker center
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became
all-time scoring leader in NBA,
surpassing Wilt Chamberlain.
put th I h
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Name the device deueloped by
Dr. George Carrothers that re­
cords the uariu. spectrums of
light in outer space.
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1 5 - Malcom X w assas­
inat d during a rally in N w
York Ci y.
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1 9 - M t h w A. Henson
di cov r orth Pol , 45 min-
u befor Commander Perry.
How much money did B.B.
King pay for hi fir t guitars
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