📚History & Birthday Facts 10/21
Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) – Legendary jazz trumpeter, composer, and bebop pioneer.
Celia Cruz (1925–2003) – Grammy-winning singer known as the Queen of Salsa.
Yella Beezy (1991) – Dallas rapper known for “That's On Me” and “Bacc At It Again.”
Doja Cat (1995) – Grammy-winning rapper and singer known for “Say So,” “Woman,” and “Paint the Town Red.”
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1972🎶Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly soundtrack hits #1 in America, for 4 weeks
1980■Valerie Thomas invented the Illusion Transmitter (3D) Used by NASA, hospitals & television studios
1986■George E. Alcorn (Reston, VA); Andre S. Burgess (Forestville, MD) patents method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer. An x-ray creates an image & a x-ray spectrometer analyzes the materials composition of tissues & organs
1989🏀Bertram M. Lee & Peter C.B. Bynoe sign an agreement to purchase the Denver Nuggets NBA team. The 1st Black owners of a professional basketball team with a 37.5% ownership
1997🎶The Firm released their 1st and only album The Firm The Album
Happy Black Poetry Day
All of your black history facts come from the book:
"The Uneraseable Black Book: We Can't Be Erased" By K.D. Garricks on Amazon
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