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7/29/2007,
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Beatrice Murphy ~
(editor and author) born
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7/29/2007,
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Ben Vereen ~
(singer) born
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7/29/2007,
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Benjamin Banneker ~
(inventor, mathematician and one of the planners of what is now Washington DC) born
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7/29/2007,
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Benjamin Banneker ~
(along with Charles L'Enfant) commisioned to lay out Washington in the District of Columbia
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7/29/2007,
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Benjamin Banneker ~
publishes his first Almanac
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7/29/2007,
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Benjamin Banneker ~
(inventor, mathematician and one of the planners of what is now Washington DC) dies
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Posted by:
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10/9/2007,
in category "People"
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Benjamin Banneker ~
(mathematician and inventor) dies in Elliot's Mills, Maryland
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7/29/2007,
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Benjamin E Mays ~
(renowed educator and former president of Morehouse College) born
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Posted by:
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10/21/2007,
in category "People"
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Benjamin O Davis ~
becomes the first Black general in US Army
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10/21/2007,
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Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. ~
becomes the first Black General in the U.S. Air Force
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Posted by:
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8/8/2007,
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Benny Carter ~
the prominent composer, saxophonist, trumpet player, and band leader was born.
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7/29/2007,
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Bernard Harris ~
becomes the first Black astronaut to take a spacewalk, dedicating it to the achievements of all African Americans
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12/1/2007,
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Berry Gordy, Jr. ~
(founder of Motown Records) is born is Detroit, Michigan
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8/22/2007,
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Bessie Coleman ~
(first Black American woman aviator) born
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3586 times
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Posted by:
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9/23/2007,
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Bessie Smith ~
(blues singer) dies
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3169 times
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7/29/2007,
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson ~
(dancer and entertainer) born
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7/29/2007,
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Bill Cosby ~
(entertainer) born
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7/29/2007,
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Bill Russell ~
(basketball star) signs a contract to become the first Black coach in the NBA
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7/29/2007,
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Billie Holiday ~
(blues singer) born
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3087 times
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7/29/2007,
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Billy Ecktine ~
(jazz singer) born
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3684 times
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7/29/2007,
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Billy Preston ~
(singer and muscian) born
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7/29/2007,
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Bishop Daniel A Payne ~
(reformer and educator of AME Church) born
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Posted by:
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8/19/2007,
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Bishop Desmond Tutu ~
defies apartheid laws by walking alone on a South African beach
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3604 times
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7/29/2007,
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Blind Tom Bethune ~
(pianist and composer) born
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3134 times
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7/29/2007,
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Bob Beamon ~
sets world long jump record at 29 ft, 2.5 in at the Mexico City Olympics
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3123 times
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