* 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.
1947 - Joseph Thomas Morton Jr. is born in Harlem, New York City. He will
become a stage, television, and film actor. He will work with film
director John Sayles in "The Brother from Another Planet" (1984),
"City of Hope" (1991) and "Lone Star" (1996). Other films that he
will appear in include "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991), "Of
Mice and Men" (1992), "Speed" (1994), "Apt Pupil" (1998), "What
Lies Beneath" (2000), "Ali" (2001), "Paycheck" (2003), "Stealth"
(2005), and "American Gangster" (2007). In 2014, he will win "The
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series"
for his role as Eli Pope, Olivia Pope's father, in Scandal, and is
known for playing the role of Henry Deacon on the popular TV series
"Eureka."
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.
1974 - Joy Bryant is born in The Bronx, New York. She will become an
actress and fashion model. She will appear in numerous films and
television since beginning her acting career in 2001. Her accolades
will include two NAACP Image Award nominations, and one Screen
Actors Guild Award nomination. She will be a gifted student and
will earn a scholarship to Yale University after high school. She
will begin modeling in the mid-1990s, appearing in advertisements
for Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Gap, and Victoria's Secret. She
will make her film debut in 2001's "Carmen: A Hip Hopera." She
will have her breakthrough after being cast by Denzel Washington
in his biographical drama film "Antwone Fisher" (2002), in which
she plays a U.S. Navy sailor. This will be followed by a recurring
guest role on the NBC series "ER." Her subsequent film credits
will include the horror film "The Skeleton Key" and the drama "Get
Rich or Die Tryin'" (both 2005), and the historical drama "Bobby"
(2006). In 2010, she will be cast in the role of Jasmine Trussell
in the NBC family drama "Parenthood," a role she will portray for
the series' entire six seasons before its finale in 2015. She will
also appear on television in guest roles on the series "Girls"
(2017) and "Ballers" (2018).
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.
1978 - Wesley Jonathan Waples is born in Los Angeles, California. He will
become an actor (using only his first and middle names, Wesley
Jonathan} best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the
NBC Saturday morning comedy-drama series, "City Guys" (1997-2001),
Gary Thorpe in the comedy sitcom, "What I Like About You" (2002-
2006), Sweetness in the film, "Roll Bounce" (2005), Noah Cruise in
the film, "Crossover" (2006) and Burrell "Stamps" Ballentine on TV
Land's, "The Soul Man" (2012-2016).
1979 - Shaffer Chimere Smith is born in Camden, Arkansas. He will become a
singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer better known
by his stage name Ne-Yo. He will gain fame for his songwriting
abilities when he pens his 2004 hit "Let Me Love You" for singer
Mario. The single's successful release in the United States will
prompt an informal meeting between Ne-Yo and Def Jam's label head
and the signing of a recording contract. Ne-Yo's debut solo single,
"Stay", will be released in 2005 to moderate success. His debut
studio album, "In My Own Words" (2006), will be critically and
commercially successful, reaching number one on the Billboard 200
chart in the United States. It will be certified platinum in the
United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Australia and will see
the success of the single "So Sick", which will top the Billboard
Hot 100 chart in the United States. "Because of You" (2007),
Ne-Yo's second studio album, will be the second number one
platinum-selling album that debuts on the Billboard 200 and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, and receives the Grammy Award for Best
Contemporary R&B Album at the 50th Grammy Awards. His third
studio album, "Year of the Gentleman" (2008), will see continued
success and further Grammy Award nominations for Best Contemporary
R&B Album as well as Album of the Year. Its singles "Closer" and
"Miss Independent" will be also nominated for the Grammy Award for
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
and Best R&B Song. "Year of the Gentleman" will be certified
platinum twice in the US, selling two million copies, also
platinum three times in the UK and once in Japan. "Libra Scale"
(2010), his fourth studio album, will reach number one in the UK
R&B Singles and Albums Charts and number nine on the US Billboard
200, seeing a decline in overall sales. His fifth studio album,
"R.E.D." (2012), will see the international success of its lead
single "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)",
which will be certified platinum in the United States and sell
over two million copies. His sixth studio album, "Non-Fiction,"
will follow in 2015. His seventh studio album, "Good Man," will
be released on June 8, 2018. In addition to music, he will serve
as judge for the reality competition series "World of Dance"
alongside Jennifer Lopez and Derek Hough.
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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