Black History - September 16th
September 16th
Your tastes are simple, but excellent. You are domestic and require only pleasant and harmonious surroundings and one to love and be loved. Demonstrative, impulsive and somewhat jealous, you are easy to please and should take care of choosing your mate.
1861 Miriam E. Benjamin, schoolteacher and inventor (Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels) was born in Charleston, SC.
1867 William Othello Wilson, recipient of the Medal of Honor was born in Hagerstown, MD.
1884 (Edward Goodwin) E.G. Tatum, actor (Within Our Gates) was born in Vidalia, LA.
1889 Claude A. Barnett founder of the Associated Negro Press was born in Sandford, FL.
1896 Lester Blackwell Granger, organizer of the Los Angeles, California chapter of the National Urban League was born in Newport News, VA.
1897 (Louis Mbarick Fall) Battling Siki, professional light heavyweight boxer was born in Saint Louis, Senegal.
1905 Mildrd Gover, actor (Brother Rat) was born in Omaha, NE.
1915 Scott Hayden, composer of ragtime music (Pear Blossoms) was born in Sedalia, MO.
1920 Charles Walter Dryden, Lieutenant Colonel with the Tuskegee Airmen was born in New York, NY.
1921 Jon Hendricks, singer with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross was born in Newark, OH.
1925 (Riley B. King) B.B. King blues guitarist, singer and composer, was born in Itta Bene, MS.
1926 Stanley ‘Doc’ Glenn, Negro League Baseball player was born in Wachapreague, VA.
1931 (Little) Willie Littlefield, boogie-woogie pianist and singer (It’s Midnight) was born in El Campo, TX.
1934 Elgin Baylor, National Basketball Association player was born in Washington, DC.
1934 Eva McPherson Clayton, one of the first two African American women in the US Congress (state of North Carolina) was born in Savannah, GA.
1936 Arnold Josiah Ford, first black rabbi in American dies in Ethiopia.
1935 (William) Billy Boy Arnold, blues harmonica player and singer was born in Chicago, IL.
1940 Hamiet Bluiett, jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer was born in Brooklyn, IL.
1942 Reuben Vincent Anderson, first African American judge on the Mississippi Supreme Court was born in Jackson, MS.
1943 Glenn Dale Cunningham, first African American mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey was born in Jersey City, NJ.
1943 James Alan McPherson, first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction (Hue and Cry and Elbow Room Stories) was born in Savannah, GA.
1944 Betty Kelly, singer with Martha & the Vandellas was born in Attalla, AL
1946 Mamie Smith vaudeville singer dies in New York, NY.
1948 Vernon Odom, journalist (6ABC) was born in Akron, OH
1949 (Osborne) Oz Scott, television and film director (Mr. Bongefy) was born in Hampton, VA.
1949 John Russell Rickford, author (Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English) was born in Georgetown, Guyana.
1949 Hallie Quinn Brown, principal of Tuskegee Institute dies in Wilburforce, OH.
1950 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. author, documentary filmmaker, essayist, professor and cultural critic was born in Keyser, WV.
1953 Earl Klugh jazz guitarist was born in Detroit. MI.
1954 Wilbert Montgomery, National Football League player was born in Greenville, MS.
1954 Frank Kevin Tchallah Reed, lead singer for The Chi-Lites (Help Wanted: Heroes Are in Short Supply) was born in Omaha, NE.
1954 Mark McEwen, weather person on the CBS morning show was born in San Antonio, TX.
1955 (Ronald Charles) Ron Brewer, National Basketball Association player was born in Fort Smith, AR.
1959 Tim Raines, Major League Baseball player was born in Sanford, FL.
1960 Daniel John-Jules, singer, dancer and actor (Death in Paradise) was born in Paddington, London, England.
1960 Allen Clark Lyda, National Football League player was born in Wichita, KS.
1960 (Melvin) Mel Hall, Jr., Major League Baseball player was born in Lyons, NY.
1960 Graham Haynes, cornetist, trumpeter and composer (Nocturne Parisian) (son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes) was born in Brooklyn, NY.
1966 Kevin C. Young, Olympic gold medalist was born in Watts, CA.
1967 (Bernard) Bernie Parmalee, National Football League coach was born in Jersey City, NJ.
1968 Carol Jenkins murdered by Ku Klux Klan member in Martinsville, IN.
1968 Lonnie Sterling Bradley, professional middleweight boxer was born in Charleston, SC.
1970 Bronswell Dante Patrick, Major League Baseball player was born in Greenville, NC.
1970 Tamron Hall, American broadcast journalist and television host was born in Luling, TX.
1973 Roger Ross Williams, first African American director to win and Academy Award in documentary shorts (Music by Prudence) was born in South Carolina.
1973 (Desmond Lamont) Desi Relaford, Major League Baseball player was born in Valdosta, GA.
1974 Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio, Texas was born in San Antonio, TX.
1976 Gregory Derayle Buckner, National Basketball Association player was born in Hopkinsville, KY.
1977 (Taalib Johnson) Musiq Soulchild, singer (Juslisen) was born in Philadelphia, PA.
1978 Ralph Davis Brown, II, National Football League player was born in Hacienda Heights, CA.
1978 (Negra Candalaria-Smith) Ebonie Smith, actor (Lethal Weapon) was born in Puerto Rico.
1978 (William Hendrick) Bill Foster, Negro Leagues Baseball player dies in Lorman, MS.
1981 (Marcus Tyrone Gray) Flame, Christian hip-hop recording artist (Our World: Fallen) was born in St. Louis, MO.
1982 Leon Leroy Knight, professional footballer was born in Hackney, England.
1982 Koby Altman, National Basketball Association player and general manager was born in Brooklyn, NY.
1983 Brandon McGowan, National Football League player was born in Jersey City, NJ.
1984 Marcus Dwayne Dixon, National Football League player was born in Rome, GA.
1984 Stanley Dewayne Burrell, Jr., professional basketball player (APOEL) was born n Fort Knox, KY.
1985 Tom Verndelkl, professional rugby union footballer was born in Ashford, England.
1985 Herb Trawick, first African American to play in the Canadian Football League dies in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1985 Merrecia James, track and field middle distance athlete was born in Portland, Jamaica.
1986 Kyla Pratt, actor (Barney & Friends) was born in Los Angeles, CA.
1987 Ricky Earl Price, National Football League player was born in Houston, TX.
1988 Deon Marshall Thompson, professional basketball player was born in Torrance, CA.
1988 Durand Bernarr, singer (alcoholharmony: The Mixt@pe) was born in Cleveland, OH.
1988 (Robert Lee) Bob Trice, Major League Baseball player was born in Newton, GA.
1992 (Jessica Kate) Jess Plummer, singer and actor (Wizard vs Aliens) was born in London, England.
1993 (Leland Tyler Wayne) Metro Boomin, record producer and DJ was born in St. Louis, MO.
1993 (Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska [Walker]) Oodgeroo Noonuccal political activist, educator and campaigner for Aboriginal rights dies in Altona Meadows, Victoria Australia.
1994 Nigel Williams-Goss, professional basketball player was born in Happy Valley, OR.
1995 Aaron Addison Gordon, National Basketball Association player was born in San Jose, CA.
1995 Abdl-Malik Abu, professional basketball player was born in Boston, MA.
2000 Joseph Clemens Howard, Jr. first African American to win an election as judge for the Baltimore City Supreme Bench dies in Pikesville, MD.
2008 Norman Jesse Whitfield, songwriter and producer at Motown dies in Los Angeles, CA.
2013 (Dorothy Mae Aiken) Kim Hamilton, first African American actor on Days of our Lives dies in Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Aaron Alexis, mass shooter at the Naval Sea Systems Command dies in the Washington, DC Navy Yard.
2018 (Cecil James) Big Jay McNeely, rhythm and blues saxophonist dies in Moreno Valley, CA.