On this day in Black History

1965 Chris Rock ~ (comedian, actor, and TV host) is born in Andrews, South Carolina

1883 Eubie Blake ~ (pianist) born in Baltimore

1974 Grenada ~ gains independence from the United Kingdom

1945 Irwin C Mollison ~ appointed judge of the US Customs Court by President Truman

1872 William Monroe Trotter ~ (militant civil rights activist) is born in Boston, Massachusetts