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1844 - The Dominican Republic gains its independence from Haiti, which 
        had occupied the whole island of Hispaniola since 1822.  Prior 
        to Haitian rule, France had administered the eastern part of 
        the island starting in 1795, when Spain ceded the territory to 
        France.  The leader of Dominican independence against Haiti 
        was Juan Pablo Duarte.

1869 - John Willis Menard, the first African American elected to
        Congress in 1868, is never seated.  When he pleads his own 
        case before the House of Representatives, he becomes the first
        African American to speak on the floor of the House.    

1872 - Charlotte Ray graduates from Howard Law School in Washington,
        DC.  She will become the first African American woman lawyer 
        in the United States and the third woman admitted to the bar
        to practice law (April 23, 1872). 

1897 - Marian Anderson is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She 
        will become the first modern African American to win
        international renown as an opera  singer and will be 
        considered one of the great operatic voices of the century.  
        Singing at a time of great social upheaval for African 
        Americans, Anderson's professional career will contain many 
        operatic and civil rights milestones and recognition, including 
        Kennedy Center Honors in 1978.  The Kennedy Center will hold 
        a gala in observance of the 100th anniversary of her birth in 
        1997.  Many sources, including the "Encyclopedia Britannica" 
        and "Africana" have her birth year as 1902 or 1900.  In a 
        Kennedy Center interview with her nephew (with whom she 
        lived until her death), he indicated that when she became the 
        first African American to sing a principal role with the 
        Metropolitan Opera, her publicist thought her age should be 
        reduced by five years.  The media therefore, establishes her 
        birth year erroneously as 1902.

1942 - Charlayne Hunter is born in Due West, South Carolina.  One of 
        the first students to integrate the University of Georgia, 
        Charlayne Hunter-Gault will become a print and broadcast 
        journalist and win two Emmy awards for her work on public 
        TV's "The MacNeil/Lehrer News-Hour."

1961 - James Worthy is born in Gastonia, North Carolina.  He will 
         become a starting forward for the Los Angeles Lakers.  He will 
         be selected as the 1988 NBA Playoff Most Valuable Player.  He 
         will play with three NBA championship Laker teams(1985, 
         1987, 1988).

1967 - Antigua & St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla become associated 
         states of the United Kingdom. 
                
1967 - Dominica gains its independence from England. 

1988 - Debi Thomas, a world-class figure skater, wins a bronze medal 
         in the Winter Olympic Games in  Calgary.  She will be the 
         first and only African American, until 2002, to win a medal in
         the Winter Games. 

1992 - Eldrick "Tiger" Woods is the youngest amateur golfer in 35 
         years to play in a PGA tournament when he tees off at the Los 
         Angeles Open at the age of 16.

1999 - The Rev. Henry Lyons, president of the National Baptist 
         Convention USA, is convicted in Largo, Florida, of swindling 
         millions of dollars from companies seeking to do business with
         his followers. 

1999 - Nigerians vote to elect Olusegun Obasanjo their new president, 
         as the country marks the final phase of its return to 
         democracy.

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