Black History Facts & Birthdays 8/9

• Whitney Houston • Singer, Actress & Producer (d. 2012)

• Deion Sanders • Football & Baseball Legend, Football Coach

• King Von • Rapper & Songwriter (died 2020)

• Mack 10 • Rapper & Actor

• WC • Rapper & Actor

• Justice Smith • Actor

• Kurtis Blow • Rapper, Producer & Hip-Hop Pioneer

• Hoda Kotb • Television Journalist, Author & TV Host

• Derek Fisher • Former NBA Player & Basketball Coach

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• 1936🥇Jesse Owens becomes the 1st Black American to win 4 Gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

• 1949🎶In New York, Louis Jordan records "Saturday Night Fish Fry," #1 R&B hit for 12 weeks.states 

• 1978☆Muddy Waters performs at the White House invited by President Jimmy Carter

• 1987📚Reginald Lewis won the right to purchase Beatrice Foods for $985 million. It is the largest business acquisition ever by a Black American

• 1988☆Rob Base & Dj E-Z Rock released their debut album It Takes Two

• 1994🎶Gravediggaz released their debut album 6 Feet Deep

• 1994🎶The Notorious B.I.G. released his debut single, "Juicy," a sample of the 1983 "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume

• 2014📚28 days after graduation from high school Michael brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, MI