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1942 - Birthday Muhammad Ali(Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr) was born on this date
Muhammad Ali(Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr), 57 former heavyweight champion boxer. Born Lousivlle, Ky. Jan,17, 1942.
1964 - Louis Armstrong's "Hello Dolly"
Louis Armstrong's "Hello Dolly" recording becomes his first and only number one record.
1867-Howard University, was established.
On this dated in 1867, Howard University, in Washington, D. C. named for General Oliver…
1962 - Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain scores 100 points on this day
On this day in 1962, "Wilt the Stilt" Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single…
1886 - Guitar patented
Robert F. Flemming, Jr. patents a guitar.
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1947 - Art Blakey Forms the Jazz Messengers
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1991 - Sharon Pratt Dixon sworn in as Mayor of DC
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1997 - Bryant Gumble resigns after 15 years as host of NBC's Today Show
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1985 - Congressman William H. Gray is elected chairman
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1943 - George Washington Carver Day
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1867 - Establishment of the Peabody Fund
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1986 - Michael Griffith Killed in Howard Beach Incident
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1989 - Oldest Integration Law Suit Settled
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1989 - Time, Inc. agrees to sell NYT Cable for $420 million
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1957 - Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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1865 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee recommended the enlistment of Black soldiers.
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1971 - The Congressional Black Caucus Organized
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1999 - Michael Jordan announces his second retirement from the NBA.
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1990 - Lawrence Douglas Wilder assumes title as governor
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1929 - Birth of Martin Luther King Jr.
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2003 - Richard Parsons Named Chairman of AOL Time Warner
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1992 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix inducted into Hall of Fame
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1981 - Grant Fuhr Drafted into the NHL
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1969 - UCLA names building after Ralph Bunche
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2001 - Colin Powell Becomes First Black U.S. Secretary of State
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1971 - Black Congressmen Boycott Nixon's State of the Union Address
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1981 - Samuel Pierce Appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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1964 - 24th Amendment Abolishes Poll Tax
24
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1962 - Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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1999 - Trial of Rev. Henry Lyons Begins
26
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1893 - Birth of Bessie Coleman, First Black American Woman Aviator
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1961 - Leontyne Price Debuts at the Metropolitan Opera
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1989 - Colgate-Palmolive Rebrands “Darkie” Toothpaste
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1970 - Arthur Ashe, first Black male to win Wimbledon, is denied entry
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1965 - Satchel Paige Named All-Time Outstanding Player
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1988 - Doug Williams Becomes First Black Super Bowl MVP
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