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Inventor of Diving Suit
In 1919 Charles H. Jackson, a mechanic in Boston, invented a diving suit used to set a new world's record in 1920 for deep sea diving. John F. Turner, an internationally know diver, reached a depth of 360 feet while diving with Jackson's suit.
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Hip Hop Culture Timeline: 1970 to 1983
The Last Poets, a collective of spoken word artists release their debut album. Their work is considered a predecessor to rap music as it is part of the Black Arts
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Selma Burke
Scupltor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt after a national competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.; the completed project, a plaque, is unveiled and
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Dec
31
1900
105-Year-Old Sprinter Ida Keeling: "I'm Running From Old Age"
In 2011, at 95 years old, Keeling set the world record in her age group for running 60 meters at 29.86
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Brookhouse scoops top award in East Africa
Brookhouse School has been awarded as the East Africa’s highest performing institution in the 2019 Outstanding Cambridge Learner
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Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama is a 1985 graduate of Princeton University. Her brother, Craig Robinson, class of 1983, was a basketball star there and has been head coach at Brown University and Oregon State University… Although she’s younger than Barack Obama, Michelle graduated from Harvard Law School first, in
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Bobby Brown - Something In Common ft. Whitney Houston
Music video by Bobby Brown performing Something In Common. (C) 1993 Geffen Records
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Michelle Obama Says Husband Barack ‘Was A Tsunami Coming After Me’ In Early Years Of Their Romance | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
Michelle Obama’s nearly 30-year relationship with her husband Barack Obama was strengthened by marriage counseling. In her best-selling memoir Becoming, the former first lady, 56, is candid about the difficulties she and her husband faced over the years.
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Joe Louis dies
Joe Louis, heavywieght boxing champion, dies at the age of 66. He held the world title for a record 12 years and won 68 of his 71 professional fights.
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Apr
12
1981
Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965)
Lorraine Hansberry was one of the most significant and influential playwrights of the 20th Century. Her landmark play A Raisin in the Sun, which opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City in 1959, was the first play written by an African American woman to be produced on
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10 Essential Jazz Trumpet Albums
For those who wish to understand the roots of jazz trumpet playing, this collection is essential
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Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature
Massachusetts slaves petitioned the legislature for freedom. There is a record of eight freedom petitions during the Revolutionary War period.
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Jan
6
1773
Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker is an American actor and comedian, best known for his roles in the movie “Rush Hour” and its sequels “Rush Hour 2” and “Rush Hour 3”. He was born on August 31, 1971 to Mary Louise and Norris Tucker in Atlanta, Georgia. Tucker spent his childhood in
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Aug
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1971
Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
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Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
Find out more about this film, featured in The Unwritten Record, the National Archives blog of the Special Media Archives Services
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Rick James - Super Freak
Music video by Rick James performing Super Freak. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 3,744,313. (C) 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG
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World's Record Holder
Edward 'Ned' Gourdin (1897-1966), as a Harvard athlete, set a new world's record in the running broad jump - 25 feet, 3 inches - the first human to leap beyond 25 feet. A graduate of Cambridge Latin High and Harvard Law School (1924) he was crowned National Amateur Athletic Union Junior 100-yard
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Hastings, Alcee L. (1936- )
Alcee Lamar Hastings, the son of Julius C. and Mildred L. Hastings, was born on September 5, 1936 in Altamonte Springs, Florida.  His parents were domestic servants who eventually left Florida to take jobs to pay for his education.  Hastings remained in the state, living with his maternal
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1936
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes was an African-American Singer-Songwriter, producer and actor. Hayes is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Hayes is also a three time Grammy Award
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Aug
20
1942
Buck Leonard
Buck Leonard , byname of Walter Fenner Leonard (born September 8, 1907, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.—died November 27, 1997, Rocky Mount), American baseball player who was considered one of the best first basemen in the Negro leagues. He was among the first Negro leaguers to receive election
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Nov
27
1997
The Fifth Dimension's "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In" is named Record of the Yea
The Fifth Dimensions Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In is named Record of the Year at the Grammys.
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Mar
11
1970
Paul Robeson
The son of a former slave turned preacher, Robeson attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., where he was an All-America football player. Upon graduating from Rutgers at the head of his class, he rejected a career as a professional athlete and instead entered Columbia University. He
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Barack Obama's Stirring Iowa Caucus Victory Speech - Full Text January 3, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama delivered this eloquent, soaring speech to thunderous ovation and public accolade after he won the Iowa Democratic caucus on January 3, 2008, which was the first vote in the 2008 presidential primary race. (See Obama Soars to Iowa Victory for more
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2008
(2008) President-Elect Barack Obama's Election Night Victory Speech, Nov. 4th, 2008
On November 4, 2008, Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated Arizona Senator John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.  On the night of his historic victory, Senator Obama addressed an audience of 250,000 at Grant Park in Chicago.  The text of his speech appears
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Nov
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2008
Founder of Equal Rights Newspaper
J. Gordon Street was a journalist for three of Boston's white newspapers in the 1880s: theBoston Beacon, theBoston Evening Record, andThe Boston Herald. Critical of the white American press' neglect of discrimination faced by Blacks in the late 19th century, he established a Black newspaper, The
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Kenya: Lucky Kenyan Scoops Ksh1.6 Million Betway Casino European Roulette
Nairobi — Kenyan punter, Ketan Kumar has something to smile about in this tough times when the novel coronavirus has shut down sports world wide, after winning a mega Ksh1,632,355 Betway Casino European
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters was a twentieth century African American blues musician. He is deemed the “father of modern Chicago blues” and influenced the 1960s generation of England which resulted in the appearance of British
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Apr
4
1913
Mary J. Blige
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Jack Johnson, boxer born
Born: Mar. 31, 1878
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Mar
31
1878
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler of Brockton won the World Middleweight Championship Title in September 1980. Previously, in a fighting career that started in 1973, he had compiled a 49-2-2 record. He successfully defended the middleweight title twelve times before losing to Sugar Ray Leonard in 1987.
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