* Today in Black History - October 18 *
1905 - Felix Houphouet-Boigny is born in the Ivory Coast when it
was part of French colonial West Africa. In 1960, after
the Ivory Coast (Cote' d'Ivoire) gains independence from
France, he will become President, and hold that office
until he joins the ancestors on December 7, 1993.
1926 - Charles Edward Berry is born in St. Louis, Missouri. He
will become one of the foremost legends in rock and roll
and known as "Chuck" Berry. In the early Fifties, Berry
will lead a popular blues trio by night and work as a
beautician by day. After befriending Muddy Waters, he
will be introduced to Leonard Chess of Chess Records, who
signs him to a recording contract. Chuck Berry will also
be successful in crossing over to the largely white pop
market. His hits will include "Maybellene," "Rock and
Roll Music," "School Days," "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet
Little Sixteen," "No Particular Place to Go," "You Never
Can Tell," "Promised Land," and "My Ding-a-Ling." He
will inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1986. He will join the ancestors on March 18, 2017.
1942 - Willie Wattison Horton is born in Arno, Virginia. He will
become a left fielder and designated hitter in Major League
Baseball playing for six American League teams, primarily
the Detroit Tigers. He will hit 20 or more home runs seven
times, and his 325 career home runs will rank sixth among AL
right-handed hitters when he retires. He will enjoy his best
season in 1968 with the world champion Tigers, finishing
second in the AL with 36 homers, a .543 slugging average and
278 total bases. In the later years of his career, he will be
twice named the AL's top designated hitter. On July 15, 2000,
he will become just the sixth former player given the ultimate
honor by the Detroit Tigers; his statue is placed in Comerica
Park and his number 23 is retired, joining a select group that
includes former Tigers players Ty Cobb (who did not wear a
number), Charlie Gehringer (number 2), Hank Greenberg (number 5),
Al Kaline (number 6), and Hal Newhouser (number 16).
1945 - Paul Robeson, actor, singer, athlete and activist, receives the
NAACP's Spingarn Medal.
1953 - Willie Thrower becomes the first African American NFL quarterback
in modern times.
1961 - Wynton Learson Marsalis is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A jazz
trumpeter from the famous Marsalis family, which includes father
Ellis and brothers Branford and Delfayo, he will at 19, become a
member of Art Blakely's Jazz Messengers and in 1984 be the first
musician to win Grammys for jazz and classical music recordings
simultaneously. In 1987, he will co-found a jazz program at
Lincoln Center. In July 1996, Jazz at Lincoln Center will be
installed as a new constituent of Lincoln Center. In October,
2004, he will open Frederick P. Rose Hall, the world's first
institution for jazz containing three performance spaces
(including the first concert hall designed specifically for
jazz), along with recording, broadcast, rehearsal and educational
facilities. He will serve as Artistic Director for Jazz at
Lincoln Center and Music Director for the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra. One of his releases will be a 2011 collaboration with
blues-rock guitarist Eric Clapton, a Jazz at Lincoln Center
concert that will produce the live album "Wynton Marsalis & Eric
Clapton Play the Blues." In December 2011, he will be named
cultural correspondent for the new "CBS This Morning." He will be
a member of the CuriosityStream Advisory Board.
1968 - Bob Beamon of the United States, wins an Olympic gold medal in the
Mexico City Summer Games. His long jump of 29'-2.5" betters the
world record by over 21".
1968 - United States Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos
for giving a "Black Power" salute as a protest during a victory
ceremony in Mexico City on October 16.
1973 - "Raisin", a musical adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play, "A
Raisin in the Sun", opens on Broadway. It marks the debut of Debbie
Allen in the role of Beneatha Younger and will act as the catalyst
for her further success in television and choreography.
1974 - The Chicago Bull's Nate Thurmond, becomes first player - in the NBA
to complete a quadruple double - 22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists &
12 blocks.
1977 - Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive home runs, tying Babe Ruth's World
Series record. The Yankees beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 for 21st
world championship, the first in 15 years.
1990 - Filmmaker Charles Burnett's 1977 movie "Killer of Sheep" is declared a
"national treasure" by the Library of Congress. It is among the first
50 films placed in the National Film Registry because of its
significance. Burnett's film joins other significant films such as
"All About Eve", "The Godfather", and "Top Hat."
2015 - Eddie Murphy is awarded the "Mark Twain Prize", the nation's top prize
for humor, by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The
humor prize honors those who influence society in the tradition of
Samuel Clemens, the writer, satirist and social commentator, better
known as Mark Twain.
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