*		Today in Black History - October 27           *

1891 - Charles H. Garvin is born in Jacksonville, Florida.  He 
	will become the first African American physician 
	commissioned in World War I.
	
1891 - Philip B. Downing, invents the street letter box and is 
	awarded patent # 462,093.

1924 - Ruby Dee is born in Cleveland, Ohio. She will become one
	of the foremost actresses in America, beginning her 
	career on Broadway in the early 1940's. She will marry 
	actor Ossie Davis and have a strong personal career with
	 such notable stage roles as "A Raisin in the Sun", 
	"Purlie Victorious", and "The Taming of the Shrew" as 
	well as work in numerous television series and movies 
	including "Raisin", "Do the Right Thing", and "Jungle
	Fever."
  
1951 - Jayne Kennedy is born in Washington, DC.  She will become
	an actress, writer and producer.  Her movie credits will
	include "Fighting Mad," "Body and Soul," "Mysterious 
	Island of Beautiful Women," "Cover Girls," "The Muthers,"
	and "Group Marriage."  

1954 - Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African American 
	general in the history of the United States Air Force.  
	He is designated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.  

1960 - Martin Luther King Jr. is released on bond from the 
	Georgia State Prison in Reidsville.  Political observers 
	say the John F. Kennedy call for King's release increased
	the number of African American voters who ensured his 
	election.

1971 - The Republic of the Congo becomes the Republic of Zaire.

1978 - President Carter signs the Hawkins-Humphrey full 
	employment bill.

1979 - St Vincent & the Grenadines becomes independent of Great 
	Britain.

1981 - Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, is elected 
	mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.

2003 - Walter Washington, ex-mayor of Washington, DC, joins the 
	ancestors at age 88.  He was the first elected mayor of
	the nation's capital in modern times and the first 
	African American to head the government of a major U.S. 
	city.

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