Welcome to Today In Black History for Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

On this day in Black History ..

• 1888 - Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aur‚a" abolishing slavery
• 1890 - Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
• 1958 - French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
• 1983 - Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
• 1989 - Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
• 1991 - "Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale
• 1991 - South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
• 1993 - Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
• 1996 - OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict

Famous Birthdays for this day ..

• 1913 - William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
• 1914 - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
• 1943 - Mary Wells, Detroit, singer (My Guy)
• 1949 - Franklin Ajaye, BKln NY, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
• 1950 - Stevie Wonder, singer/songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love)
• 1956 - Darius Rucker, lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry)
• 1961 - Dennis Rodman, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)

Famous Deaths for this day ..

• 1988 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59
• 1991 - Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83
• 1995 - Cecil Marley, cricketer (WICBC pres 1971-74, Jamaican capt 1946), dies

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