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1911 - Gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson, born on this date.
Gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson, born, 1911
1924 - Ruby Dee (Born Ruby Ann Wallace) was born on this day.
Ruby Dee (Born Ruby Ann Wallace) was born on this day.
1974 - Muhammad Ali regains world heavyweight boxing title.
Muhammad Ali regains world heavyweight boxing title.
1991 - BET Holdings, Inc. initial public offering on the NYSE on this date.
BET Holdings, Inc. the parent company of Black Entertainment Television sells 4.2 million shares of…
1899 - W.F. Burr patents railway switch
W.F. Burr patents Switching device Oct.31,1899 Patent # 636,197

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01
Wednesday
1966 - Black Panther party founded in Oakland, California.
02
Thursday
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in, and becomes the first Black Supreme Court.
03
Friday
1995 - Ex-football star O.J. Simpson is cleared of murder on this date.
04
Saturday
1971 - Elgin Baylor announces his retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers.
05
Sunday
1932 - Congresswoman, Yvonne Burke, born on this date.
06
Monday
1917 - Activist, Fannie Lou Hamer, born on this date.
07
Tuesday
1993 - Writer, Toni Morrison, awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on this date.
08
Wednesday
1969 - Police officers and Blacks exchanged sniper fire
09
Thursday
1991 - Latasha Harlins killed on this date.
10
Friday
1946 - Singer, Ben Vereen, born on this date.
11
Saturday
1991 - Redd Foxx dies on this date
12
Sunday
1999 - Basketball legend, Wilt Chamberlain, died at the age 63 on this date
13
Monday
1924 - Comedian Nipsey Russell born on this date.
14
Tuesday
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize on this date.
15
Wednesday
1991 - Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court.
16
Thursday
1995 - Million Man March
17
Friday
1928 - Author Lerone Bennett, Jr. was born on this day.
18
Saturday
1968 - Bob Beamon breaks World long jump record on this date.
19
Sunday
1960 - Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta.
20
Monday
1942 - Sixty leading Southern Blacks issue "Durham Manifesto" on this date.
21
Tuesday
1986 - George Alcorn patents fabrication of spectrometer
22
Wednesday
1936 - Bobby Seale, Black Panther Co-Founder, born on this date.
23
Thursday
1947 - NAACP petition on racism presented to United Nations.
24
Friday
1972 - Death of Jack Roosevelt ("Jackie") Robinson on this date.
25
Saturday
1990 - Evander Holyfield knocks out James "Buster" Douglas in the third round.
26
Sunday
1911 - Gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson, born on this date.
27
Monday
1924 - Ruby Dee (Born Ruby Ann Wallace) was born on this day.
28
Tuesday
1981 - Edward M. McIntrye elected Mayor of Augusta Georgia
29
Wednesday
1974 - Muhammad Ali regains world heavyweight boxing title.
30
Thursday
1991 - BET Holdings, Inc. initial public offering on the NYSE on this date.
31
Friday
1899 - W.F. Burr patents railway switch