ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1. 2001 - Bluesman John Lee Hooker dies Blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker whose, style influence leganadary rockers including the Rolling Stones, did of natureal causes. He was 83. 2. 2001 - Bluesman John Lee Hooker dies Blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker, whose style influenced leganadary rockers including the Rolling Stones, died of natureal causes. He was 83. 3. 1964 - Civil Rights workers disappear and are later found Civil Rights workers disappear and are later found murdered near Philadelphia, Miss. 4. 1945 - Col.B.O. Davis Jr. Col. B.O. Davis Jr. Named commander of Godman Field (Ky.) and became the first Black to head an Army Air Force base in the United States. 5. 1923 - Marcus Garvey sentenced to five years in prison Marcus Garvey sentenced to five years in prison after his conviction on charges of using the mail to defraud. Garvey said the charges were political. 6. 1915 - U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said "grandfather clauses" in the Oklahoma and Maryland constitutions violated the Fifteenth Amendment. 7. 1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, artist born On this date Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in Pittsburgh, PA. His most noteable painting "The Banjo Lesson" was painted in 1893. Died May 25, 1937 8. 1832 - Joseph Haynes Rainey Joseph Haynes Rainey, first African American representative in the U.S. House of Representatives where he will serve five terms, born 9. 1821 - African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church formally organized at meeting in New York City.
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