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Scooby ApdelaUide AbSdur-ARahm an BBllaacckk HHiissttoorryy 19C7C0 Darroeon Chrrirstopnnher Oleiever, Mrr ajor League Baseball [email protected] player, is born in Kansas City, MO. 1971 Lemman Rucker, actor (Tyler Perry’s Meet the LIBRA - September 23 - October 22 Browns), is born in Pittsburgh, PA. 1977 Melinda Marie Doolittle, singer (Sixth Season of LIBRA - The Harmonizer American Idol), is born in Brentwood, TN. Nice to everyone they 1981 Anwar El Sadat, third President of Egypt, dies in meet. Can’t make up Cairo, Egypt. their mind. Have own 1986 Nic Harris, National Football League player, is unique appeal. Creative, born in Alexandria, LA. energetic and very social. Hate to be 1991 Roshon Bernard Fegan, rap artist, singer and actor alone. Peaceful, generous. Very lov - (Camp Rock), is born in Los Angeles, CA. ing and beautiful. Flirtatious. Give in too easily. Pro - 2005 Ronald Ray Howard, convicted of the shooting crastinators. Very gullible. death of Department of Public Safety Trooper is ex - ecuted by lethal injection in Huntsville, TX. The Opal is the stone for the month of October Opal has been called the Cupid stone because it reflects October 7 the complexion of Eros, the Greek god of love. In the Middle You are scrupulously honest, faithful to duty, sincere and Ages, opal was thought to render the wearer invisible, thus say just what you mean. Studious and intellectual, well in - it was recommended for thieves to wear opals. Ancient Arab formed, a clear, keen thinker and a lucid talker. Do not culture believed opals fell from heaven, acquiring their play marry young; you will judge people differently and by dif - of color from flashes of lighting. To the Romans, the opal was ferent standards, as you grow older. the symbol of hope and purity. They called it “Cupid 1897 Paederos”, a child beautiful as love. The Roman senator No - (Elijah Robert Poole) Elijah Muhammad, leader of nius chose to go into exile rather than surrender an opal to the Nation of Islam, is born in Sandersville, GA. Acel Moore 1890 Mark Anthony and most opals are 50-65 million years old, H. H. Reynolds is awarded patent 437,937 for dating back to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs walked CA. safety gate, a barrier for bridges that could be opened or the earth. 1972 Marcus Haley, IFBB (International Federation of closed when the bridge was up. Body Building & Fitness) bodybuilder is born in Las 1890 Snow & Johns are awarded patent 437,728 for a liniment. October 5 Vegas, NV. 1972 Grant Hill, National Basketball Association player 1890 Isaac Watkins is awarded patent 437,849 for scrub - You are impulsive, changeable, and quick tempered, but is born in TX. bing frame. you have nevertheless a strong character, forceful and com - 1974 Heather Headley, singer and stage actor (The Lion 1891 Archibald John Motley, Jr., painter (The Jockey pelling. You love nature, especially water sports. You are King) is born in Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago. Club), is born in New Orleans, LA. fortunate in having many dear friends and will have a very 1982 Brandi Danielle Williams, singer with Blaque 1897 The Honorable Elijah Muhammad (Robert Poole) pleasant home life. Ivory (Bring It All To Me) is born in Detroit, MI. leader of the National of Islam, is born in Sandersville, GA. 1873 John C. Bowers, entrepreneur, organist, vestryman 1984 Naima Adedapo, singer (10th season of American 1911 ‘Papa’ Jo Jones, jazz drummer, is born in Chicago, and founding member of the first grand United Order of Idol) is born in Maywood, IL. IL. Odd Fellows for African Americans in dies 1984 (Kanesha Nichole Brookes) Brooke Valentine, 1912 (Charleszetta Lena Campbell) Mother Waddles, in , PA. actor and singer (Girlfight) is born in , TX. founder of Mother Waddles Perpetual Mission, Inc., is born 1875 H. H. Nash is awarded patent 168,519 for a life- 1990 Taylour Paige, actor and dancer (Hit the Floor) is in St. Louis, MO. preserving stool. born in Santa Monica, CA. 1916 Joe Evans, jazz also saxophonist, is born in Pen - 1881 (James) Tim Brymn, pianist, composer and musical 1992 Eddie Kendricks, singer with The Temptations sacola, FL. director for James Reese Europe’s Clef Club is born in Kin - (Just My Imagination) dies in Birmingham, AL. 1931 Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African ac - ston, NC. 2007 George Malone, singer with the Monotones (Book tivist and Anglican minister is born in Klersdorp Western 1886 M. Headen is awarded patent 350,363 for a foot of Love) dies. Transuaal, South Africa. power hammer. 2011 Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. first tenured African Amer - 1934 (William Dean) Willie Naulls, National Basketball 1887 J. H. Evans is awarded patent 591,095 for the con - ican Professor of Law at Harvard Law School dies in New Association player, is born in San Pedro, CA. vertible settees. York, NY. 1934 (Everett Leroi Jones) Imamu Amiri Baraka, poet, 1921 (William Karnet) Bill Willis, National Football 2012 James W. Holley, III, dental surgeon and mayor of playwright, author, critic and dramatist, is born in Newark, League player is born in Columbus, OH. Portsmouth, Virginia dies in Portsmouth, VA. NJ 1928 James Foreman, civil rights leader is born in Birthday: Jean Norris-Baylor (Zhane) singer (Hey Mr. 1940 Althea Garrison, member of the Massachusetts Chicago, IL. D.J.) is born in Philadelphia, PA. House of Representatives, is born in Hahira, GA. 1929 Autherine Juanita Lucy Foster, first African Amer - 1940 (Larry Young) Khalid Yasin Abdul Aziz jazz or - ican to enroll in the University of Alabama is born in October 6 ganist and pianist, is born in Newark, NJ. Shiloh, AL. 1941 Enrique Antonio ‘Tony’ ‘Panama’ Sylvester, singer 1932 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, first African American You are energetic and competent, and have considerable with The Main Ingredient, is born in Colon, Panama. woman congresswoman from is born in Los An - mechanical ability. You enter into things whole-heartedly 1943 Austin Stoker, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), is geles, CA. and go through with your best efforts. You are respected born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 1933 Bennie Smith, blues guitarist is born in St. Louis, and admired by all who know you. If you marry young, you 1948 Varnado Simpson, soldier in the US Army who par - MO. will be happy and have an ideal married life. ticipated in the May Lai Massacre in Vietnam, is born. 1938 (John Arlington) Dizzy Moore, Jamaican trumpet 1908 (Samuel Blythe) Sam Price, pianist and singer, is 1955 Daun Sessoms Hester, educator and member of the player is born in Kingston, Jamaica. born in Honey Grove, TX. Virginia House of Delegates, is born in Norfolk, VA. 1940 Acel Moore, journalist at The Inquirer is born in 1912 Susie King Taylor, army nurse and the only African 1956 Rudy Karl Lawn, Major League Baseball player, Philadelphia, PA. American woman to publish a memoir of the Civil War and is born in Waco, TX. 1941 Arlene Smith, singer (Maybe) with The Chantels (Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33rd United 1962 (Francis Hillman) Scrapper Blackwell, blues gui - is born in New York, NY. State Colored Troops, Laste 1st SC Volunteers) and the first tarist and singer, dies in Indianapolis, IN. 1942 Richard Street, singer with The Temptations is born to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia, 1967 Michelle Alexander, associate professor of law in Detroit, MI. dies in Roslindale, MA. (Ohio State University) and writer (The New Jim Crow: 1944 Leon Bibb, first African American primetime news 1917 Fannie Lou Hammer, founder of the Mississippi Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness), is born anchor in Ohio is born in Butler, AL. Freedom Democratic Party, is born in a sharecropper’s in Evanston, IL. 1946 James Tim Brymn, jazz musician dies in New cabin near Ruleville, MS. 1967 Toni (Michelle) Braxton, singer, is born in Severn, York, NY. 1921 Joseph Echols Lowery, a founder of the Southern MD. 1947 Linda Washington Cropp, first woman to serve as Christian Leadership Conference, is born in Huntsville, AL. 1968 Milt Cuyler, Jr., Major League Baseball player, is the elected Council Chairman of the Council of the District 1933 J.R. Clifford, West Virginia’s first African Ameri - born in Macon, GA. of Columbia is born in Atlanta, GA. can attorney, is born in Williamsport, VA. 1970 Nicole Air Parker –Kodjoe, actor (Soul Food), is 1948 (Carter Cornelius) Prince Gideon Israel, singer 1936 Julius LeVonne Chambers, educator, lawyer and born in Baltimore, MD. with Cornelius Brothers (Treat Her Like A Lady) is born author, is born in Mount Gilead. NC. 1972 Bryce Wilson, singer with Grove Theory, is born in Dania Beach, FL. 1938 Danniebelle Hall, gospel musician, is born in Pitts - in New York, NY. 1948 (Lucius) Tarl Ross, guitarist with Funkadelic is burgh, PA. 1978 Omar Benson Miller, actor (CSI: Miami), is born born in Wagram, NC. 1946 (Millicent Dolly May Small) Millie, singer (My in Detroit, MI. 1948 Delroy George Wilson, ska, rocksteady and reggae Boy Lillipop), is born in Gibraltar, Clarendon Jamaica. 1983 (Steven Ellison) Flying Lotus, rap artist (Duality), singer (I Shall Not Remove) is born in Kingston, Jamaica. 1946 (Eugene Anthony) Gene Clines, Major League is born in Los Angeles, CA. 1953 (Sandra) Puma Jones, singer with Black Uhuru is Baseball player, is born in San Pablo, CA. 1985 Larry Beavers, National Football and Arena Foot - born in Columbia, SC. 1949 Lonnie George Johnson, engineer and inventor of ball League player, is born in Annapolis, MD. 1954 Oscar McKinley Charleston, Negro League Base - the super soaker water gun, is born in Mobile, AL. 1986 Amber Dawn Stevens, actor (22 Jump Street), is ball player dies in Philadelphia, PA. 1950 Thomas McClary, guitarist for The Commodores, born in Los Angeles, CA. 1957 Clifton Anderson, jazz trombone player is born in is born. 1988 (William Boone) Billy Daniels, singer (That Old Harlem, NY. 1955 (Anthony Kevin) Tony Dungy, National Football Black Magic), dies in Los Angeles, CA. 1957 (Bernard Jeffrey McCullough) Bernie Mac, actor League player and first African American head coach to 1992 Ed Blackwell, jazz drummer, dies in Middletown, and comedian is born in Chicago, IL. win the Super Bowl, is born in Jackson, MI. CT. 1958 Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist is born in The 1958 Orlando Carl Nicks, National Basketball Associa - 2003 Bertram Lee, co-owner of the Denver Nuggets bas - Bronx, NY. tion player, is born in Chicago, IL. ketball team, dies in Washington, DC. 1959 (Roderick Bernet) Ron Allen, Major League Base - 1959 (Dennis Ray) Oil Can Boyd, Major League Base - 2011 Donald Banks, bassist with The Tymes (So Much ball player, coach and analyst is born in Los Angeles, CA. ball player, is born in Meridian, MS. In Love), dies. 1961 Booker Little, jazz trumpeter and composer dies in 1964 Lisa A. Gladden, member of the Maryland State 2012 Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, 41st Lieutenant Gov - New York, NY. Senate, is born in Baltimore, MD. ernor of California, dies in Los Angeles, CA. 1962 (Michael Alex) Mike Conley, Sr., track and field 1964 (Eldon Wade) Pokey Reddick, National Hockey 2012 Andrew Brimmer, first African American to serve athlete is born in Chicago, IL. League player, is born in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. as a governor of the Federal Reserve System, dies in Wash - 1964 Denean Elizabeth Howard-Hill, Olympic track ath - 1966 Mark Whitfield, soul and jazz guitarist, is born in ington, DC. lete competing in the 400 meters is born in San Bernardino, Lindenhurst, NY. Know your History and Cul ture. If you do not know where you come from, you cannot and will not know where you can go.