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TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! JAZZ TRUMPETER, DIZZY GILLESPIE ! ASTRONAUT, RONALD MCNAIR ! NBA PLAYER, SHELDEN WILLIAMS ! NBA PLAYER, FESTUS EZELI ! ACTRESS, LATANYA RICHARDSON !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! A COUP D’ETAT BRINGS SIAD BARRE TO POWER IN SOMALIA IN 1969 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! RAPPER, SNOOP DOGG ! FORMER KENYA PRESIDENT, JOMO KENYATTA ! FIRST FEMALE NAACP PRESIDENT, ENOLIA MCMILLAN ! NBA PLAYER, EDDIE JONES ! ACTRESS, JENNIFER FREEMAN !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE” JOHNNY BRIGHT INCIDENT ” OCCURS IN 1951. GOVERNOR, EVELYN BARING DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN KENYA IN 1952 BECAUSE OF THE MAU MAU UPRISING.
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! BOXER, EVANDER HOLYFIELD ! ACTOR, OMAR GOODING ! SINGER, JENNIFER HOLIDAY ! ACTRESS, LAWANDA PAGE ! SINGER, PETER TOSH ! MLB PLAYER, RAJAI DAVIS !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLACES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON ITALY AFTER ITS INVASION OF ETHIOPIA IN 1935 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! SINGER, NE-YO ! SINGER, CHUCK BERRY ! JAZZ MUSICIAN, WYNTON MARSALIS ! BOXER, THOMAS HEARNS ! NOVELIST, TERRY MCMILLAN ! WNBA PLAYER, BRITTNEY GRINER ! ACTRESS, JOY BRYANT !
TODAY N AFRO HISTORY ! BOB BEAMON BREAKS THE WORLD LONG JUMP RECORD AT THE 1968 OLYMPICS. WHICH REMAINED UNBROKEN FOR 22 YEARS !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! REGGAE SINGER, ZIGGY MARLEY ! HIP HOP ARTIST, WYCLEF JEAN ! FEMALE ASTRONAUT, DR. MAE JEMISON ! ACTRESS, SHARON LEAL ! POET, JUPITER HAMMON !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! BOTSWANA AND LESOTHO JOIN THE UNITED NATIONS IN 1966 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! JAZZ TRUMPETER, ROY HARGROVE ! NFL PLAYER, KORDELL STEWART ! NBA PLAYER, MANUTE BOL ! ACTRESS, KIM WAYANS ! ACTRESS, TERRI J. VAUGHN !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! TOMMIE SMITH AND JOHN CARLOS PERFORM THE BLACK POWER SALUTE AT THE 1968 OLYMPICS ! THE MILLION MAN MARCH ON WASHINGTON IN 1995 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! SINGER, KEYSHIA COLE ! SINGER, GINUWINE ! SINGER, ERIC BENET ! NBA PLAYER, ARRON AFFLALO !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! WILLIAM H. HASTIE, BECOMES THE FIRST AFRO AMERICAN JUDGE ON THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN 1949 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! SINGER, USHER ! SINGER, KARYN WHITE ! SPORTS JOURNALIST, STEPHEN A. SMITH ! NFL PLAYER, JUSTIN FORSETT ! NBA PLAYER, WESLEY MATTHEWS ! SINGER, MARCIA BARRETT !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 1964 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! MODEL/ACTRESS, BEVERLY JOHNSON ! NFL PLAYER, JERRY RICE ! NBA PLAYER/COACH, DOC RIVERS ! NBA PLAYER, PAUL PIERCE ! GOSPEL SINGER, SHIRLEY CAESAR ! SINGER, ASHANTI ! ACTOR, DEMOND WILSON !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! GARRETT A. MORGAN PATENTS THE SAFETY HOOD (GAS MASK) IN 1912 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! COMEDIAN/ACTIVIST, DICK GREGORY ! SPRINTER, MARION JONES ! SINGER, NAPPY BROWN ! SINGER, SAM MOORE ! NBA PLAYER, CHARLIE WARD ! SINGER, MELVIN FRANKLIN ! ACTOR, MARCUS T. PAULK !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! WILT CHAMBERLAIN PASSES AWAY IN 1999. EQUATORIAL GUINEA GAINS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN IN 1968 !
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! NFL PLAYER, TERRELL SUGGS ! RAPPER, MC LYTE ! JAZZ DRUMMER, ART BLAKEY ! NBA PLAYER, MIKE CONLEY JR. !
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! THE MORANT BAY REBELLION LED BY PAUL BOGLE, BEGINS IN 1865 !