1939
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The United States
January21
*Bertram Lee, the first African American to hold a majority stake in a major-league United States sports franchise (the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets), was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
January 25
January21
*Bertram Lee, the first African American to hold a majority stake in a major-league United States sports franchise (the National Basketball Association's Denver Nuggets), was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
*Joe Louis retained the world heavyweight boxing title, defeating John Henry Lewis in the first round at Madison Square Garden. The referee stopped the bout after 2 minutes and 29 seconds once Lewis had been knocked down three times. It was Lewis' last fight.
February 10
*Singer Roberta Flack was born in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Her hits would include the 1973 Grammy Record of the Year "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and the 1974 Grammy Record of the Year "Killing Me Softly with His Song."
March 17
*Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne, an early 20th blues musician best known for being a mentor to the legendary country singer Hank Williams, Sr.
March 19
*Lloyd L. Gaines, the plaintiff in Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, mysteriously disappeared and was never found.
March 21
*Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne, an early 20th blues musician best known for being a mentor to the legendary country singer Hank Williams, Sr.
March 19
*Lloyd L. Gaines, the plaintiff in Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, mysteriously disappeared and was never found.
March 21
*Tommy Davis, a Major League Baseball player who was a two-time National League batting champion, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
*In Mexico, Leonel Maciel, an African Mexican artist, was born in La Soledad de Maciel, Guerrero, Mexico.
March 25
*Toni Cade Bambara, author of the novels Gorilla and The Salt Eaters, was born in New York.
April
*A back-to-Africa bill was introduced in the United States Senate by segregationist Senator Theodore C. Bilbo from Mississippi.
April 1
*James Martin, an American photographer known for his work documenting the American Civil Rights Movement in 1965, specifically Bloody Sunday and other incidents from the Selma to Montgomery marches.
April 2
*James Martin, an American photographer known for his work documenting the American Civil Rights Movement in 1965, specifically Bloody Sunday and other incidents from the Selma to Montgomery marches.
April 2
*Marvin Gaye, a soul singer-songwriter-producer who, to a large extent, ushered in the era of artist-controlled popular music of the 1970s with his groundbreaking album What's Going On, was born in Washington, D. C.
April 4
*Hugh Masekela, a South African trumpeter best known for his number one hit Grazing in the Grass, was born in Witbank, South Africa.
April 9
*Denied permission to sing in Washington, D. C.'s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, contralto Marian Anderson performed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for 75,000 people.
April 20
*Billie Holiday recorded "Strange Fruit", the first anti-lynching song.
April 27
*Joao Vieira, the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1984, was born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea.
May 9
*Ralph Boston, the 1960 Rome Olympics long jump gold medalist, was born in Laurel, Mississippi.
May 13
*The German ocean liner MS St. Louis departed Hamburg, Germany for Cuba with 936 passengers, mostly Jewish. The Cuban government had already canceled their landing certificates, but many passengers boarded the ship anyway hoping the Cubans would honor the certificates they had already obtained.
May 19
*Sonny Fortune, a jazz alto saxophonist and flautist, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 22
*The United States Supreme Court decided the case of Lane v. Wilson.
*Paul Winfield, a film and television actor best known for his role in the 1972 film Sounder, was born in Los Angeles, California.
May 27
*The MS St. Louis reached Havana, Cuba (see May 13 above), but only 22 passengers were allowed to disembark.
June 1
*Cuban President Federico Laredo Bru ordered the MS St. Louis to leave Cuban waters and threatened to use gunboats if it did not do so.
*Cleavon Little, a stage, film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Bart in the 1974 classic comedy Blazing Saddles, was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
June 2
*The MS St. Louis left Havana.
June 4
*Thomas Ladnier, a jazz trumpeter who was a contemporary of, and peer to, Louis Armstrong, died in New York City, New York.
June 6
*Gary U.S. Bonds, a rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three", was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
*Billie Holiday recorded "Strange Fruit", the first anti-lynching song.
April 27
*Joao Vieira, the President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1984, was born in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea.
May 9
*Ralph Boston, the 1960 Rome Olympics long jump gold medalist, was born in Laurel, Mississippi.
May 13
*The German ocean liner MS St. Louis departed Hamburg, Germany for Cuba with 936 passengers, mostly Jewish. The Cuban government had already canceled their landing certificates, but many passengers boarded the ship anyway hoping the Cubans would honor the certificates they had already obtained.
May 19
*Sonny Fortune, a jazz alto saxophonist and flautist, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 22
*The United States Supreme Court decided the case of Lane v. Wilson.
*Paul Winfield, a film and television actor best known for his role in the 1972 film Sounder, was born in Los Angeles, California.
May 27
*The MS St. Louis reached Havana, Cuba (see May 13 above), but only 22 passengers were allowed to disembark.
June 1
*Cuban President Federico Laredo Bru ordered the MS St. Louis to leave Cuban waters and threatened to use gunboats if it did not do so.
*Cleavon Little, a stage, film and television actor best known for his role as Sheriff Bart in the 1974 classic comedy Blazing Saddles, was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
*The MS St. Louis left Havana.
June 4
*Thomas Ladnier, a jazz trumpeter who was a contemporary of, and peer to, Louis Armstrong, died in New York City, New York.
June 6
*Gary U.S. Bonds, a rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three", was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
*Marion Wright Edelman, an activist for the rights of children and the founder of the Children's Defense Fund, was born in Bennettsville, South Carolina.
*Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, a pianist, bandleader, songwriter, singer and record producer best known for playing piano on the Motown hits "Shop Around" and "Please Mr. Postman", was born in Detroit, Michigan.
June 16
*William Webb, a jazz and swing music drummer and band leader, died in Baltimore, Maryland.
June 18
*Lou Brock, a Major League Baseball player whose career 938 stolen bases set a record and served as the foundation for his induction into Baseball Hall of Fame, was born in El Dorado, Arkansas.
June 19
*William Webb, a jazz and swing music drummer and band leader, died in Baltimore, Maryland.
June 18
*Lou Brock, a Major League Baseball player whose career 938 stolen bases set a record and served as the foundation for his induction into Baseball Hall of Fame, was born in El Dorado, Arkansas.
June 19
*Delbert Tibbs, who was wrongfully convicted of murder but was later exonerated and became an anti-death penalty activist, was born in Shelby, Mississippi.
June 26
*Barbara Chase-Riboud, the author of Sally Hemings a novel about the slave who is believed to have had an intimate relationship with Thomas Jefferson, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (June 26).
June 28
*Joe Louis retained the world heavyweight boxing title by knocking out Tony Galento in the fourth round at Yankee Stadium.
July
*Joe Louis retained the world heavyweight boxing title by knocking out Tony Galento in the fourth round at Yankee Stadium.
July
*The Ku Klux Klan in Greenville, South Carolina, issued a statement warning: "The Klan will ride again if Greenville Negroes continue to register and vote."
July 3
*Alyce Griffin Clarke, the first African American woman member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi (July 3).
July 5
*Brooke Edgerson, a football cornerback who was named to the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame, was born in Baxter County, Arkansas).
July 10
*Mavis Staples, a gospel and soul singer best known for the rhythm and blues No. 1 hit singles "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again" while a member of the Staple Singers, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
July 12
*The Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society was founded.
July 22
*Alyce Griffin Clarke, the first African American woman member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi (July 3).
July 5
*Brooke Edgerson, a football cornerback who was named to the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame, was born in Baxter County, Arkansas).
July 10
*Mavis Staples, a gospel and soul singer best known for the rhythm and blues No. 1 hit singles "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again" while a member of the Staple Singers, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
July 12
*The Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society was founded.
July 22
*Quincy Troupe, a poet and writer best known for being the biographer of Miles Davis, was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
July 24
*Walt Bellamy, a Hall of Fame basketball player, was born in New Bern, North Carolina.
July 26
*The Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame was inaugurated, six weeks after its American counterpart.
*Joel Spingarn, the president of the NAACP, died in New York City, New York. He was succeeded by his brother Arthur.
August 8
*The historical adventure film Stanley and Livingstone starring Spencer Tracy and Cedric Hardwicke premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
August 9
*James Shaw, a singer, songwriter and record producer known as "The Mighty Hannibal", was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
August 15
*MGM's classic musical film The Wizard of Oz, based on L. Frank Baum's famous novel, and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, as Dorothy, premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
August 16
*Charlie Christian, a pioneer of the electric guitar, met with bandleader Benny Goodman for the first time.
August 17
*Luther Allison, a blues guitarist called the "Bruce Springsteen of the blues", was born in Widener, Arkansas.
August 21
*Clarence Williams III, an actor best known for his role as Linc Hayes in the television show The Mod Squad, was born in New York City, New York.
September 5
*Jan Smuts replaced J. B. M. Hertzog as Prime Minister of South Africa after Parliament rejected Hertzog's legislation advocating neutrality in the European conflict.
September 6
*South Africa declared war on Germany.
September 16
*Breyten Breytenbach, a South African writer considered to be the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans, was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, South Africa.
September 19
*The historical adventure film Stanley and Livingstone starring Spencer Tracy and Cedric Hardwicke premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
August 9
*James Shaw, a singer, songwriter and record producer known as "The Mighty Hannibal", was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
August 15
*MGM's classic musical film The Wizard of Oz, based on L. Frank Baum's famous novel, and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, as Dorothy, premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
August 16
*Charlie Christian, a pioneer of the electric guitar, met with bandleader Benny Goodman for the first time.
August 17
*Luther Allison, a blues guitarist called the "Bruce Springsteen of the blues", was born in Widener, Arkansas.
August 21
*Clarence Williams III, an actor best known for his role as Linc Hayes in the television show The Mod Squad, was born in New York City, New York.
*Jan Smuts replaced J. B. M. Hertzog as Prime Minister of South Africa after Parliament rejected Hertzog's legislation advocating neutrality in the European conflict.
September 6
*South Africa declared war on Germany.
September 16
*Breyten Breytenbach, a South African writer considered to be the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans, was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, South Africa.
September 19
*The Dixie Hummingbirds, a male gospel quartet, recorded for the first time.
September 20
*Joe Louis retained the world heavyweight boxing title with an 11th round knockout of Bob Pastor at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
September 28
*Rudolph Walker, a Trinidadian actor best known for his roles on British television, was born in San Juan, Trinidad.
October 11
*Joe Louis retained the world heavyweight boxing title with an 11th round knockout of Bob Pastor at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
September 28
*Rudolph Walker, a Trinidadian actor best known for his roles on British television, was born in San Juan, Trinidad.
October 11
*The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, pledging itself to an all-out war on discrimination, was organized. Charles H. Houston, a brilliant Amherst and Harvard-trained lawyer, spearheaded the effort to consolidate some of the nation's best legal talents in the fight against bias sanctioned by law.
October 22
*Joaquim Chissano, a Mozambican politician who became the second President of Mozambique, was born in Malehice, Portuguese East Africa [today Mozambique].
November 13
*Joaquim Chissano, a Mozambican politician who became the second President of Mozambique, was born in Malehice, Portuguese East Africa [today Mozambique].
November 13
*Idris Muhammad, a jazz drummer who played on Fats Domino's hit "Blueberry Hill", was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
November 15
*Yaphet Kotto, a Jewish Afro-American actor best known for his roles in the movies Alien and Live and Let Die, was born in New York City, New York.
November 26
*Tina Turner, a Grammy winning rhythm and blues, soul and rock singer best known for her hit "What's Love Got to Do with It?", was born in Nutbush, Tennessee. As Tina Turner, she would have a successful R&B career as lead singer in the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and, later, on her own as a solo artist.
November 27
*Laurent Kabila, the leader of a rebellion that overthrew President Mobutu Sese Seko and the subsequent President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was born in Jadotville, Belgian Congo.
December 14
*Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, was born in New Salem, Pennsylvania.
December 15
*The epic historical romance film Gone with the Wind, starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, and Hattie McDaniel premiered at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel of 1936, it is the longest American film made up to this date (at nearly four hours) and rapidly became the highest-grossing film up to that time.
December 17
*Eddie Kendricks, a lead singer for The Temptations singing group best known for his lead vocals on the hit "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me), was born in Union Springs, Alabama.
December 22
*Laurent Kabila, the leader of a rebellion that overthrew President Mobutu Sese Seko and the subsequent President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was born in Jadotville, Belgian Congo.
December 14
*Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, was born in New Salem, Pennsylvania.
December 15
*The epic historical romance film Gone with the Wind, starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, and Hattie McDaniel premiered at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta. Based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel of 1936, it is the longest American film made up to this date (at nearly four hours) and rapidly became the highest-grossing film up to that time.
December 17
*Eddie Kendricks, a lead singer for The Temptations singing group best known for his lead vocals on the hit "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me), was born in Union Springs, Alabama.
December 22
*Jerry Pinkney, a children's book illustrator and postage stamp designer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*"Ma" Rainey, the "Mother of the Blues", died in Rome, Georgia.
December 27
*John Amos, an actor best known for his role as James Evans, Sr., on the 1970s television series Good Times, was born in Newark, New Jersey.
December 29
*John Amos, an actor best known for his role as James Evans, Sr., on the 1970s television series Good Times, was born in Newark, New Jersey.
December 29
*Kelly Miller, dean of Howard University, died in Washington, D. C.
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