* 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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