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Oprah Winfrey Born

Actress, movie maker, and talk show host Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Ms. Winfrey will make television history with her talk show Oprah. She will also become known for her philanthropic efforts as well as for being one of the richest persons in the country.

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Jan

29

1954

William R. "Cozy" Cole, jazz drummer, dies.

William R. Cozy Cole, jazz drummer, dies. His recording of Topsy became the only drum solo to sell more than one million records

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Jan

29

1981

Nelson Mandela, now president of South Africa, and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi he

Nelson Mandela, now president of South Africa, and Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi held the first talks for almost 30 years between predominantly Zulu Inkatha and the ethnically mixed African National Congress.

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Jan

29

1991

Alexandar Pushkin dies

Alexandar Pushkin, Father of Russian Literature, dies.

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Jan

29

1837

Charles Mahoney, first Black Americandelegate to the UN, dies

Charles Mahoney, first Black American delegate to the UN, dies

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Jan

29

1966

A Childhood Biography of Oprah Winfrey

A biography of Oprah Winfrey would not be complete without a look at her early life. The larger-than-life success, fame, and fortune she enjoys today did not come easy and she had to overcome many challenges. Her achievements inspire many, and its easy to see how her childhood shaped the woman who

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Jan

29

1954

Oprah Winfrey Born

Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She went on to become a celebrated talk show hostess, actress, movie producer and business woman.

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Jan

29

1954

Sharon J. Barnes, Chemist at Dow Chemical

Sharon J. Barnes, Chemist at Dow Chemical part of a team of five (two African Americans) who were assigned U.S. Patent #4,988,211 for an application in Infra-Red Thermography

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Jan

29

1991

Franics L Cardoza elected State Treasurer ofSouth Carolina

Franics L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina

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Jan

29

1872

Heavyweight Boxer John Tate born

Birthday of heavyweight boxer John Tate, who was born in Marion City, Arkansas. Tate won the vacant World Boxing Association title in 1979 from South African Gerrie Coetzee.

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Jan

29

1955

Black History Month - African American Inventors

Patent Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for insuring that a motor vehicle is being operated by an authorized operator. The apparatus includes an electronic control unit (ECU), an engine immobilizer unit, and a shared encryption key. The ECU generates a challenge by combining the output

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Jan

29

1991

Williams, Camilla (1919-2012)

Professional opera singer Camilla Williams was born October 18, 1919 in Danville, Virginia to Fannie Carey Williams and Cornelius Booker Williams. The youngest of four siblings, Williams began singing at a young age and was performing at her local church by age eight. At age 12, she began taking

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Jan

29

2012

Louis E Martin, presidential adviser known as the "godfather of black politics"

Louis E Martin, presidential adviser known as the godfather of black politics dies in Orange, Calif

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Jan

29

1997

How the Compromise of 1850 Helped Delay the Civil War

The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills intended to stave off sectional strife that passed during Millard Fillmores presidency. With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American War, all the Mexican-owned territory between California and Texas was given to the United

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Jan

29

1850

Violette Neatley Anderson

Violette Neatley Anderson is the first African American woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court

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Jan

29

1926

Renowned television talk show host Oprah Winfrey is sometimes called the most influential woman of the 20th century, and perhaps rightly so, as she has her own globally viewed talk show, television network, magazine and millions of fans. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Missouri

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Jan

29

1954

Fiftieth Anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation

Black Americans celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation. Major celebrations were held at Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Nashville. Three states--Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey--appropriated money for official celebrations of the event.

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29

1913

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