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African American History Calendar

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1932: World Famous Black cowboy Willie 'Bill' Pickett died.
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1961: Actor/Comedian Eddie Murphy was born in the borough of Brooklyn, New York.
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1968: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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1987: Leria Jordan became the first black member of the 65 year old Junior League of Birmingham.
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1909: Matthew Henson reached the North Pole.
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1917: Billie Holiday, blues singer, born in E. Baltimore.
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1960: The Student Non-Violent Coordinating (SNCC) was organized.
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1866: Congress passed the first civil rights act over the veto of then President Andrew Jackson.
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1877: President Rutherford Hayes ordered withdrawal of occupation forces from southern states.
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1990: Idaho became the 47th state to recognize Jan. 15th as a Martin Luther King Jr., National Holiday.
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1861: United States Civil War began at 4:30 a.m.
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Thomas Jefferson`s Birthday

1963: the Oscar for best actor by the Academy of Motion Pictures was given to an African American for the first time.
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1865: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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1922: Chicago's first black mayor Harold Washington was born in the Windy City.
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1862: Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia.
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1924: Althea Simmons, congressional lobbyist for the NAACP was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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1977: Alex Haley, author of Roots, awarded Pulitzer Prize.
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1775: Minutemen stood against the British at Concord Bridge, beginning of the American Revolution.
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1990: Oakland hosted the first bay area Black Filmmakers Festival.
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1898: Volunteer army units took part in the Spanish American War on Cuban soil.
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Earth Day

1526: First slave revolt occurs in South Carolina.
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1913: The National Urban League was incorporated.
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1944: The United Negro College Fund was established.
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1918: Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was born in New Port; Lisa Nicole Lopes died in car crash (La C. Honduras).
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1821: The first performance of an all black theater group (American Theater Group) was given in New York City.
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1927: Coretta Scott (King) wife of M.L. King Jr., was born, Heiberger, Alabama.
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1967: Muhammad Ali refused induction into the United States Army.
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1899: Duke Ellington conductor, lyricist and pianist was born in Washington D.C.
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Administrative Professionals Day

1936: The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is lost to the Italians.
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