JANUARY

1st

1804 - General Dessalines proclaims Haiti’s independence from France.

1889 - Granville T. Woods (Inventor) awarded patent for automatic safety cut-out switch for electric circuits.

1956 - Independence Day, Sudan.

1959 - Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

1960 - Independence Day, Cameroon.

3rd

1904 - Dr. Charles Drew (creator of blood banking) born

4th

1901 - C.L.R. James (Author) born.

5th

1938 - Ngugi Wa Thiong’o (Author/Playwright) born, Kenya.

1943 - George Washington Carver (Scientist) died.

6th

- Accompong Maroons celebrate Cudjoe.

7th

1890 - W. Purvis (Inventor) awarded patent for fountain pen.

1931 - Desmond Tutu born, South Africa

1985 - Lewis Hamilton (Formula One racing driver) born

8th

1923 - Sembene Ousmane (Filmaker/Novelist) born, Senegal

9th

1922 - Sekou Toure, President of Guinea, born in Faranah.

10th

1888 - A. Blackburn (Inventor) awarded patent for a railway signal.

1949 - George Foreman (Boxer) born.

12th

1879 - The British-Zulu War began.

17th

1926 - Clyde Walcott (Cricketer) born, Barbados.

1927 - Eartha Kitt (Jazz Singer) born.

18th

1856 - Dr. Daniel Hale Williams pioneer in the field of heart surgery born.

20th

2009 - Barack Obama was sworn in as the first Black president of the U.S.A.

21st

1891 - P.D. Smith (Inventor) awarded patent for potato digger.

23rd

1930 - Derek Walcott (Novelist) born, St Lucia.

1976 - Paul Robeson (Actor/Singer) died.

26th

1903 - Norman Eustace Cameron (Playwright) born, Guyana.

1905 - The world’s largest diamond was found at the Premier Mines in Pretoria.

28th

1960 - Zora Neale Hudson (Folklorist and Writer) died

29th

1837 - Alexandra Pushkin, the father of Russian literature died.

FEBRUARY

1st

1902 - Langston Hughes (Poet/Author) born.

1990 - The 30 year ban on the African National Congress was lifted by the South African government.

2nd

1969 - Dr Edward Mondlane, leader of the Mozambique Liberation Front assassinated.

5th

1884 - W. Johnson (Inventor) awarded patent for an egg-beater.

6th

1945 - Robert Nesta Marley (Reggae Singer) born.

1993 - Arthur Ashe (Tennis Player) died.

2013 - Ashley Cole became the first Black British footballer to reach 100 caps for the England team.

7th

1974 - Independence Day, Grenada.

9th

1844 - Cetewayo, King of the Zulu nation died.

1906 - Paul Lawrence Dunbar (Novelist/Poet) died.

10th

1874 - Brown and Latimer awarded patent for water toilets for trains.

1927 - Leontyne Price (Lyric Soprano) born.

11th

1990 - Nelson Mandela was released from a South African prison after 27 years of captivity.

17th

2012 - Zambia won the African Nations Cup for the first time. They clinched the title via a penalty shoot out after the game finished 0-0. Zambia won 8-7 on penalties.

18th

1965 - Independence Day, Gambia.

19th

1869 - Sylvester Williams (Lawyer) born, Trinidad.

20th

1927 - Sidney Poitier born,

21st

1935 - Nina Simone (Blues Singer) born.

1965 - Malcolm X assassinated in New York.

22th

1979 - Independence Day, St Lucia.

23rd

1960 - F. Jones (Inventor) patented an invention for a thermostat and temperature control system.

25th

1964 - Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston to take the World Heavyweight Boxing title for the first time.

26th

1928 - Fats Domino (Rhythm & Blues Singer & Pianist) born, USA.

27th

1844 - Independence Day, Dominican Republic.

1902 - Marian Anderson (Opera Singer) born.

29th

1896 - Ras Aloula defeated the Italians at the Battle of Adowa.

Be as proud of your race today as our fathers in the days of yore. We have a beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world. Marcus Garvey

MARCH

1st

1927 - Harry Belafonte (singer) born.

2nd

1957 - Independence Day, Morocco.

1990 - Nelson Mandela elected deputy president of the African National Congress

3rd

1819 - Alexander Crummel (Educator) born, USA.

4th

1877 - Garrett A. Morgan (Inventor) born in Kentucky, USA.

1937 - Miriam Makeeba (singer) born.

5th

1933 - Juan Gualberto Gomez died.

6th

1957 - Independence Day, Ghana

1967 - Muhammad Ali is ordered to serve National Service.

7th

1952 - Vivian Richards (Cricketer) born in Antigua.

1971 - Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali on points to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

8th

1971 - Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali on points to become the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

10th

1913 - Harriet Tubman (Freedom Fighter) died.

12th

1968 - Independence Day, Mauritius

14th

1956 - Tessa Sanderson (Athlete) born in Jamaica.

15th

1959 - Ben Okri (Novelist) born.

1961 - African freedom fighters killed 150 Portuguese during a pro-independence uprising in Angola

21st

1960 - Sharpville Massacre, South Africa

18th

1963 - Vanessa Williams (Actress) born in the U.S.A.

19th

1969 - The British invaded Anguilla

20th

1883 - Jan Matzeliger awarded patent for a lasting machine (shoes).

1956 - Independence Day, Tunisia

1957 - Spike Lee (Film Director) born in the U.S.A.

21st

1940 - Solomon Burke (Soul & Gospel Singer) born.

23rd

1942 - Walter Rodney (Historian and Pan-Africanist) born.

24th

2002 - Halle Berry becomes first African-American actress to win an Oscar.

25th

1942 - Aretha Franklin (Soul singer) born.

1907 - Andrew Jeptha from South Africa, became the first African to win the British Welterweight Boxing Title.

26th

1831 - Rev. Richard Allen (Priest) died, USA.

1911 - Sylvester Williams (Lawyer) died.

30th

1827 - John Brown Russwurn (Publicist) publishes ‘Freedom’s Journal, USA

31st

1979 - Olaudah Equiano died.

APRIL

2nd

1796 - Toussaint L’Ouverture appointed Commander-in-Chief of the French forces in St. Domingo.

4th

1887 - Garrett A. Morgan (Inventor) born, U.S.A.

1960 - Martin Luther King Jnr.(Civil Rights activist) died.

1960 - Independence Day, Senegal

1918 - Ella Fitzgerald (Jazz singer) born.

5th

1937 - Colin Powell (General/Politician) born.

6th

1945 - Robert Nesta Marley (Reggae singer) born

7th

1843 - Jose T. De Sausa Martins (Medical/Sanitory expert) born, Portugal.

1885 - Granville T. Woods awarded patent for machinery for transmitting messages electronically.

10th

1833 - London acclaimed Ira Aldridge, actor in ‘Othello’.

11th

146 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus born

1899 - Dr. Percy Julian (Chemist) born.

13th

1979 - The Peoples’ Revolution in Grenada, is led by Maurice Bishop and the New Jewel Movement to establish a new government on the island.

193 - Septimus Severus declared Emperor of Rome.

16th

1895 - C. Dorticus (Inventor) patented an invention for embossing photos.

18th

1955 - Bandung Conference of the leaders of the Black African nations, and Asian leaders opened.

1958 - Malcolm Denzil Marshall (Cricketer) born – Bridgetown, Barbados

1980 - Independence Day, Zimbabwe.

19th

1925 - Malcolm X born

23rd

1856 - Granville T. Woods (Inventor) born, U.S.A.

1878 - B.H. Taylor (Inventor) awarded patent for rotary engine.

24th

1947 - Dr. Harold Moody (Political Activist) died.

25th

1892 - Sarah Boone (Inventor) patented an invention for an ironing board.

27th

1950 - The Group Area Act came into law ushering in Apartheid in South Africa

1960 - Independence Day, Sierra Leone and Togo respectively.

28th

1891 - George T Oliver (Inventor) awarded patent for ship’s propeller.

1967 - Muhammad Ali refused induction into the US army and was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing title.

29th

1899 - Duke Ellington (Jazz composer, writer and musician) born.

MAY

2nd

1494 - Christopher Columbus landed in Jamaica.

1844 - Elijah McCoy (Engineer/Inventor) born.

1969 - Brian Lara (Cricketer) born in Trinidad

3rd

1933 - James Brown (Soul Singer) born.

7th

1878 - J. Winters (Inventor) awarded patent for fire escape ladder.

9th

1925 - Malcolm X born.

2009 - Lena Horne (Actress, Singer, Civil Rights Activist) died.

10th

1919 - James Reese Europe (Musician/Soldier) died, USA.

1994 - Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first Black president of South Africa.

11th

1930 - Edward Braithwaite (Author) born, Barbados.

1981 - Robert Nesta Marley (Reggae singer) died

13th

1950 - Stevie Wonder (Soul singer) born.

1914 - Joe Louis (Boxer) born in Lexington, USA.

14th

1881 - Mary Seacole (Nursing Pioneer) died.

18th

1999 - Namibian Heroes Day.

19th

1930 - Lorraine Hansberry (Playwright) born.

20th

1923 - Samuel Selvon (Novelist) born, Trinidad.

22nd

1970 - Naomi Campbell (Model) born in London.

1894 - S. Newson (Inventor) awarded patent for oil heater.

23rd

1832 - Sam Sharpe (Slave Rebel) hanged.

25th

1963 - Organisation of African Unity established. Afrika Liberation Day.

1935 - African-American athlete Jesse Owens set six world records within 45 minutes.

26th

1966 - Independence Day, Guyana.

1799 - Alexander Pushkin born.

29th

1888 - Granville T. Woods awarded patent for overhead electric railway system.

JUNE

3rd

1904 - Charles Drew (Scientist & Inventor) born, USA.

4th

1895 - J. Lee (Inventor) awarded patent for bread crumbing machine.

5th

1894 - G. Murray (Inventor) awarded patent for a fertiliser distributor.

1950 - Horace Patterson (Author) born, Jamaica.

7th

1892 - G. Sampson (Inventor) awarded patent for clothes drier.

1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks (Author) born.

10th

1940 - Marcus Garvey died in London.

13th

1980 - Walter Rodney (Historian and Pan-Africanist) assassinated.

14th

1964 - Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Robben Island, seven miles off Cape Town, South Africa.

15th

1897 - R. Butler (Inventor) awarded patent a train alarm.

1921 - Bettie Coleman becomes first African-American woman to obtain an international flight pilot’s licence.

16th

1904 - Jacques Dessalines, a general during the Haitian Revolution, was declared Emperor of Haiti.

17th

1938 - Arthur Shomburg (Researcher/Historian) died.

1980 - Venus Williams (Tennis Player) born.

18th

1889 - W. Richardson (Inventor) awarded patent for a child’s carriage.

1942 - Thabo Mbeki (2nd Black President of South Africa) born.

21st

1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner (Painter) born.

1953 - Horace Michael Swaby (aka Augustus Pablo) born.

22nd

1938 - Joe Lewis wins Boxing’s World Heavyweight Title.

24th

1821 - Pedro Camejo (Soldier) died, Venezuela.

25th

1975 - Independence Day, Mozambique.

26th

1913 - Aimé Cesaire (Poet/Playwright/Political Leader) born, Martinique.

1955 - Azania Freedom Day

1960 - Independence Day, Madagascar.

27th

1927 - Edward R. Braithwaite (Author) born, Guyana.

1977 - Independence Day, Djbouti.

28th

1839 - Joseph Cinque, an African prince, led a successful revolt on the slave ship Armistad

29th

1939 - Ron Headley (Inventor) born, Jamaica.

1976 - Independence Day, Seychelles.

30th

1917 - Lena Horne (Actress, Singer, Civil Rights Activist) born in Brooklyn, New York.

1960 - Independence Day, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

1966 - Mike Tyson (Boxer) born

JULY

1st

1960 - Independence Day, Somalia Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated as the first President of Ghana.

1962 - Independence Day, Burundi and Rwanda, respectively

2nd

1872 - Elijah McCoy (Inventor) awarded patent for an automatic lubricator for steam engines.

3rd

1962 - Independence Day, Algeria

4th

1900 - Louis Armstrong (Jazz musician) born.

5th

1892 - A.J. Beard (Inventor) awarded patent for a rotary engine.

1975 - Independence Day, Cape Verde Islands.

6th

1964 - Independence Day, Malawi.

1971 - Louis Armstrong (Jazz Musician) died.

1975 - Independence Day, Comoros Islands.

7th

1971 - Lilian Harding Armstrong (Pianist/Composer) died.

9th

1893 - Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful open heart surgery.

1951 - Randolph Turpin knocked out Sugar Ray Robinson to become Britain’s first Black world (middleweight) boxing champion.

1975 - Independence Day, Sao Tome and Principe.

11th

1960 - Moise Tshombe, operating to further European and American neo-colonial interests, declared Katanga Province, Zaire, an independent state.

14th

1960 - The Zairean government under Patrice Lumumba broke diplomatic relations with Belgium due to Belgium’s support of the breakaway Katanga province.

16th

1847 - Independence Day, Liberia.

17th

1959 - Billie Holiday (Jazz Singer) died shortly after being arrested on her deathbed in hospital for possession of narcotics.

18th

1918 - Nelson Mandela born.

23rd

1892 - Birthday of Haile Selassie Ras Tafari Day

24th

1802 - Alexandre Dumas (Author) born.

25th

1955 - Iman (Model) born in Somalia.

26th

2006 - Louise Bennett (Pioneering Patwa Poet) died.

27th

1880 - A. Ashbourne (Inventor) awarded patent for refining coconut oil

AUGUST

1st

1960 - Emancipation Day in Jamaica. Independence Day, Niger.

4th

1931 - Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (Pioneer of Heart Surgery) died.

5th

1773 - Bill Richmond (Boxer) born.

1960 - Independence Day, Upper Volta.

6th

1962 - Independence Day, Jamaica.

7th

1867 - Ira Aldridge (Actor) died in Poland.

1960 - Independence Day, Ivory Coast.

1987 - Sylbert Bolton becomes Wolverhampton's first ever Artist-in-Residence

8th

1866 - Matthew Henson (Explorer) born.

9th

2012 - Nicola Adams became the first woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in boxing.

11th

1960 - Independence Day, Chad

13th

1960 - Independence Day, Central African Republic

14th

1883 - Wade Washington (Inventor) awarded patent for corn-husking machine.

15th

1751 - Xavier Lune de Victoria (Priest) is consecrated as the Bishop of Panama – the first Catholic archbishop in the Americas.

1960 - Independence Day, Congo

16th

2008 - Jamaica’s Usain Bolt wins the Olympic 100 metres sprint in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.

17th

1887 - Marcus Garvey born.

1983 - Michael Smith (Dub Poet) stoned to death in Kingston, Jamaica.

1960 - Independence Day, Gabon

18th

- George Jackson Memorial Day.

20th

1831 - Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in the USA.

21st

1986 - Usain Bolt (Olympic Champion) born, Jamaica.

22nd

- Marcus Garvey Celebration Day

23rd

1892 - O. Brown, (Inventor) awarded patent for the horseshore.

25th

1972 - First Pan-Caribbean arts festival (Carifesta) officially opened in Guyana.

26th

2005 - Clyde Walcott (Cricketer) died.

27th

1963 - W.E.B. DuBois (Historian) died.

1972 - Denise Lewis (Heptathlete) born

28th

1963 - Martin Luther King Jnr. made his famous ‘I have a dream...’ speech to 200,000 people in Washington DC, U.S.A.

29th

1778 - An African-American regiment repelled the forces of the British at the Battle of Rhode Island.

1920 - Charlie Parker (Jazz musician) born.

30th

1944 - Clive Lloyd (Cricketer) born.

31st

1962 - Independence Day, Trinidad & Tobago.

SEPTEMBER

1st

1912 - Samuel Coleridge Taylor (Musician/Composer) died.

2nd

1965 - Lennox Lewis (Boxer) born.

2006 - Charlie Williams, Britain’s first successful Black comedian died from Parkinson’s Disease.

4th

1848 - Lewis Latimer (Scientist & Inventor) born.

1908 - Richard Wright (Author) born.

6th

1800 - James Durham was the first recognised doctor in the U.S.A.

7th

1919 - Louise Bennett (Folklorist and Poet) born, Jamaica.

1986 - Bishop Desmond Tutu was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town, becoming the first Black head of South Africa’s Anglicans.

10th

1974 - Independence Day, Guinea Bissau

13th

1881 - Lewis Latimer and Nicholls patented invention for an electric lamp.

15th

1852 - Jan Matzeliger (Inventor) born, Suriname.

1875 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Composer) born in London.

1890 - Claude McKay (Poet) born.

1902 - Theodore Ward (Playwright) born.

16th

1925 - BB King (Blues Singer/Guitarist) born, USA.

17th

1887 - Marcus Garvey born.

1919 - Louise Bennett (Pioneering Patwa Poet) born.

19th

1983 - St Kitts-Nevis

22nd

1981 - Jan Matzeliger patented an invention for a machine for joining the upper part and sole of the shoe.

1960 - Independence Day, Mali.

23rd

1884 - J. Reed (Inventor) awarded patent for dough kneeder and roller.

1959 - George Padmore (Pan Africanist) died

24th

1925 - John Carew (Novelist/Playwright) born, Guyana.

1962 - Sonny Liston (Boxer) wins World Heavyweight Boxing Title.

25th

1911 - Eric Williams (Author) born, Trinidad.

1927 - Althea Gibson (Tennis Player) born, USA.

26th

1937 - Bessie Smith (Blues singer) died.

1981 - Serena Williams (Tennis Player) born.

27th

1953 - Diane Abbott, Britain’s first Black woman M.P. born in London.

29th

1929 - Albertina Walker (Gospel Singer) born.

OCTOBER

1st

1960 - Independence Day, Nigeria.

2nd

1958 - Independence Day, Guinea.

4th

1966 - Independence Day, Lesotho

5th

1897 - J.H. Evans patented convertible settee-bed.

1992 - Eddie Kendricks (Soul Singer) died.

7th

1890 - H. Reynolds (Inventor) awarded patent for a safety gate for bridges.

8th

1804 - Jena Jacques I proclaimed Emperor of Haiti

1882 - Dr. Harold Moody (Political Activist) born in Kingston, Jamaica.

1941 - Jesse Jackson (Politician) born, USA.

2010 - Abertina Walker (Gospel Singer) died.

9th

1869 - Morgan State College opened, USA.

1962 - Independence Day, Uganda.

10th

1899 - I. Johnson (Inventor) awarded patent for a bicycle frame.

1966 - Black Panther Party emerges in Oakland, CA (led by Huey Newton & Bobby Seale).

2010 - Solomon Burke (Soul & Gospel Singer) died.

11th

1865 - The Morant Bay Rebellion took place in Jamaica.

1964 - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

12th

2002 - Stephen Bantu Biko brutally murdered by South African government.

13th

1970 - Angela Davis captured by FBI agents in NY motel.

14th

1834 - Henry Blair (Inventor) awarded a patent for a seed-planting invention.

1974 - LeRoy T. Walker named Black Olympic coach for USA.

15th

1972 - Jackie Robinson honoured at Cincinnati Stadium.

16th

1859 - John Brown led attack on Harper’s Ferry.

1909 - Jack Johnson delivered the hardest punch ever recorded in boxing history. It occurred in a fight against middleweight Stanley Ketchel who is also credited as being one of the hardest hitters in boxing history.

7th

1956 - Dr. Mae Jemison (Chemical Engineer/Astronaut) born, U.S.A

1968 - John Carlos & Tommie Smith gave Black Power salute at medals ceremony in the 200 metres event at the Mexico City Olympics

18th

1977 - Reggie Jackson, New York, hit 3 home runs in World Series.

19th

1958 - Theophilus Albert Marryshaw (Politician) died in Grenada.

1943 - ”Othelllo” opened with Paul Robeson in title role.

20th

1946 - W.E.B. DuBois’ speech, “Behold The Lord”.

1947 - NAACP petitioned U.N. on racial injustices.

21tst

1850 - Chicago refused to enforce Fugitive Slave Act 1917 Dizzy Gillespie (Jazz musician) born.

1967 - Paul Ince (Footballer and Manager) born.

22nd

1854 - James Bland (Composer) born.

23rd

1940 - Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé) born, Brazil

24th

1865 - George William Gordon executed by the British. Paul Bogle hanged by the British in Jamaica.

1964 - Independence Day, Zambia.

1972 - Death of Jackie Robinson.

25th

1806 - Benjamin Banneker (Mathematician/Inventor) born.

1945 - Jackie Robinson signed by Branch Rickey.

26th

1911 - Mahalia Jackson (Gospel singer) born.

1921 - Solomon P. Hood named Minister to Liberia.

27th

1891 - P. Downing (Inventor) awarded patent for a post box.

1954 - Benjamin O. Davis became 1st Black general in U.S. Air Force.

1979 - Independence Day, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

28th

1972 - Jackie Robinson biography published.

29th

1974 - Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman.

30th

1962 - Courtney Walsh (Cricketer) born.

31st

1945 - Booker T. Washington entered Hall of Fame for Great Americans.

NOVEMBER

1st

1981 - Independence Day, Antigua

3rd

1896 - J. Hunter (Inventor) awarded patent for portable weighing scales

1978 - Independence Day, Dominica.

4th

1879 - T. Elkins (Inventor) awarded patent for a refrigerating equipment.

1999 - Malcolm Denzil Marshall (Cricketer) died.

5th

1965 - The European settler colonist government of Rhodesia declares a state of emergency, detaining and restricting Rhodesian nationalists.

1994 - George Foreman becomes the world’s oldest heavyweight champion at the age of 45 by defeating Michael Moorer.

6th

1888 - R. Hyde (Inventor) patented an invention for cleaning and preserving carpets.

11th

1890 - D. McCree (Inventor) patented an invention for a portable fire escape.

1975 - Independence Day, Angola.

12th

1844 - Booker T. Jones (Soul Singer) born, USA.

14th

1915 - Booker T. Washington died.

15th

1887 - Granville T. Woods (Inventor) awarded patent for a system of sending messages from moving cars.

1930 - Chinua Achebe (Novelist) born, Nigeria.

18th

1921 - Hilda Gibbs-Bynoe (Politician) born, Grenada.

19th

1934 - Oscar Dathorne (Novelist) born, Guyana.

20th

1895 - Zumbi, the Maroon leader of Brazil’s Palmares died.

23rd

1897 - J. Love (Inventor) patented an invention for a pencil sharpener.

24th

1868 - Scott Joplin (Ragtime composer and musician) born.

26th

1883 - Sojourner Truth (Slave Abolitionist) died.

27th

1942 - Jimmie Hendrix (Rock musician) born

28th

1929 - Berry Gordy (Motown Founder) born.

1950 - F. Jones patented an invention for a two-cycle petrol engine.

1960 - Independence Day, Mauritania.

30th

1897 - J. Sweeting (Inventor) received patent for an invention for rolling cigarettes.

1960 - Independence Day, Barbados.

1975 - O.S.C.A.R. founded.

DECEMBER

1st

1940 - Richard Pryor (Actor and Comdean) born in the U.S.A.

3rd

1847 - First issue of the North Star newspaper is published by Frederick Douglas.

5th

1784 - Phylis Wheatley (Poetess) died.

1932 - Richard Wayne Pennyman known as Little Richard born in the U.S.A.

6th

1522 - First slave revolt – Santo Domingo

1932 - R.B. Spikes (Inventor) awarded patent for automatic gear-shift.

7th

1855 - Jose Jiminez (Musician) born, Cuba.

1896 - Antonio Maceo died.

9th

1932 - Donald Byrd (Jazz Trumpeter) born.

1961 - Independence Day, Tanzania.

10th

1846 - Norbert Rilleux (Inventor) awarded patent for evaporating pan used in sugar refining.

12th

1899 - G. Grant (Inventor) patented an invention for a golf tee.

1963 - Independence Day, Kenya.

13th

1912 - Philip Irving Boyd (Medical Doctor) born, Dominica.

20th

1980 - Ashley Cole (Footballer) born.

23rd

1867 - Madame C.J. Walker (Inventor/Entrepreneur) born in Louisiana, USA.

24th

1951 - Independence Day, Libya.

27th

1831 - Start of the Sam Sharpe led Slave Rebellion in Jamaica.

28th

1829 - Bill Richmond (Boxer) born, New York.

29th

1790 - Thomas Fuller (Mathematician) died, USA.

- Bo Diddley (R’n’B Guitarist/Singer) born, USA.

30th

1975 - Tiger Woods (Golfer) born.

31st

1912 - Phillip Irving Boyd born in Dominica