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| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 1 1989: Army General Colin Powell became Chairman of the joint Chiefs of staff. | 2 1967: Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first Black Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | 3 1904: Mary McLeod Bethune opened the Sumter Girls school in Sumter County. |
4 1864: New Orleans Tribune newspaper began publication. | 5 1897: J.H. Evans patented a convertible settee bed. | 6 1871: Fisk Jubilee Singers began their first tour. | 7 1821-1902: Birth date of William Sill, with the Underground Railroad. | 8 1941: Jessee Jackson, Civil Rights leader was born in Greenville, SC. | 9 1806: Death of Benjamin Banneker, mathematician and inventor. | 10 |
11 1991: Actor/Comedian Redd Foxx died of a heart attack. | 12 Columbus Day
1932: Comedian Dick Gregory was born in St. Louis, Missouri. | 13 1831: Jo Anderson, a slave, helped patent grain the harvesters' repeater. | 14 1964: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his Civil Rights leadership of non-violence | 15 1991: Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. | 16 National Boss Day
The Million Man March was held in Washington D.C. | 17 1969: Clifton R. Wharton became the first black president of a pre-dominately white university, Michigan State. |
18 1945: Singer Paul Robeson won the Springarm Medal for his achievement in theater and concert stage. | 19 1943: Othello opened on Broadway with Paul Robeson in title role. | 20 1983: Pin Points Theatre started a national tour of 1001 Black Inventions, longest running tour of a black production. | 21 Ronald Erwin Mcnair was an American physicist and astronaut who was the second African American to fly in space. | 22 1872: John H. Conyers became the first black admitted to U.S. Naval Academy. | 23 1945: Jackie Robinson began with the Brooklyn Dodgers. | 24 1972: Jackie Robinson died. |
25 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Dr became the first black general in U.S. Army. | 26 1749: British Parliament legalized slavery in the colony now known as the State of Georgia. | 27 1923: Actress Ruby Dee was born in Cleveland, Ohio. | 28 1972: Jackie Robinson's biography was published. | 29 1949: Alonzo G. Moron became the first black president of Hampton Institute. | 30 Otis William,(Otis Miles), Texas rock vocalist, Temptations. | 31 Halloween
1896: Ethel Waters born (singer, actor). |