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7/29/2007,
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Jan Matzeliger ~
invents the first machine to manufacture an entire shoe
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4162 times
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12/10/2007,
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Jane Edna Hunter ~
(reformer and activist) is born in Pendleton, South Carolina
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3483 times
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7/29/2007,
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Janet Collins ~
(ballerina) becomes the first Black dancer to appear with the Metropolitan Opera Company
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3144 times
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7/29/2007,
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Jefferson Franklin Long ~
(congressman) born
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3013 times
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7/29/2007,
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Jefferson Franklin Long ~
takes oath of office as first Black Congressman from Georgia
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3249 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
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Jefferson Franklin Long ~
becomes first Black person to speak in the House of Representatives as a congressman
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4763 times
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Posted by:
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12/1/2007,
in category "People"
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Jennifer Josephine Hosten ~
(native of Grenada) becomes the first Black woman to win the title of "Miss World"
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3139 times
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4/11/2011,
in category "People"
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Jerry Lawson ~
(inventor of the video game cartridge) dies at the age of 70 from a heart attack and complications from diabetes.
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3561 times
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Posted by:
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12/16/2007,
in category "People"
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Jerry Pinckney ~
(postage stamp designer and children's book illustrator) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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3745 times
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Posted by:
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10/7/2007,
in category "People"
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Jesse Leroy Brown ~
(first Black naval aviator) born
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2915 times
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Posted by:
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8/5/2007,
in category "People"
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Jesse Owens ~
wins four Olympic gold medals in Berlin
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3210 times
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Posted by:
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9/9/2007,
in category "People"
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Jesse Owens ~
(track star) born in Danville, Alabama
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3049 times
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Posted by:
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11/13/2007,
in category "People"
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Jesse Stone ~
(band leader, song writer, and music producer) is born in Atchison, Kansas
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3141 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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JF Pickering ~
patents his airship invention
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14044 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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JH Hunter ~
patents the portable weighing scales
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3222 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Jimi Hendrix ~
(rock musician) born
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2802 times
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Posted by:
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9/15/2007,
in category "People"
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Jimi Hendrix ~
(rock musician) dies in London
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2775 times
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Posted by:
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1/4/2011,
in category "People"
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Jimmie Lee Jackson ~
(civil rights activist) dies of shots inflicted by the police after a voting-rights meeting in Marion, Alabama
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3808 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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JL Love ~
patents the pencil sharpener
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3298 times
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Posted by:
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9/7/2007,
in category "People"
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Jocelyn Minnie Elders ~
became the first Black and the first woman U.S. Surgeon General
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3489 times
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Posted by:
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2/16/2012,
in category "People"
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Joe Frazier ~
knocks out Jimmy Ellis to become world heavyweight champion
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3676 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Joe Gans ~
becomes the first American-born Black American to win a world crown in boxing (namely, the lightweight)
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2674 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Joe Louis ~
(World Heavyweight Champion) born
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2600 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
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Joe Louis ~
(World Heavyweight Champion) dies
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3045 times
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Posted by:
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7/29/2007,
in category "People"
On this date:
Joe Louis ~
crowned World Heavyweight Champion
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3069 times
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