#FreshRadio Black History on this day x #TDIF This Day In Freshness Feb 06, 2013

6 February 2013 TDIF

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1.	1993 – Arthur Ashe dies Tennis player Arthur Ashe dies. Ashe was the first African American to win at Wimbledon.
2.	1972 – Robert Lewis Douglas founder and coach of the Rens Robert Lewis Douglas founder and coach of the Rens, is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
3.	1961 – Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C., when Jail-in movement started in Rock Hill, S.C., when students refused to pay fines and requested jail sentences. Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee urged south-wide “Jail, No Bail” campaign.
4.	1945 – Bob Marley Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae star is born.
5.	1933 – Walter E. Fauntroy born Walter E. Fauntroy was born in Washington, D.C. He went on to become a District of Columbia delegate to the House of Representatives.
6.	1898 – Melvin B. Tolson, author, educator, poet, born Melvin B. Tolson, author, educator, poet, born
7.	1870 – Jonathan Jasper Wright On this day, Jonathan Jasper Wright was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
8.	1867 – Peabody Fund established The Peabody Fund for Black education in the South established.
9.	1820 – United States population: 9,638,453 United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). “Mayflower of Liberia” sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.
10.	1820 – U.S. Blacks emigrate back to Sierra Leone First organized emigration of U.S. Blacks back to Africa, from New York to Sierra Leone, 1820

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#TDIF Today In Freshness

February 6th – 50 Cent releases his classic chart topping, multi-platinum selling and Grammy nominated sophomore album, “Get Rich Or Die Tryin’”, in a joint release on Shady Records and Aftermath Records, on this day in 2003.

Falco in 1998 died in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic.

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