1991 Death Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 1963 Death W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana 1963 Death William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies 1949 Birthday Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer and producer 1943 Event WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters 1936 Birthday Wies Andersen, Alois de Bois, Belgian actor/producer, Maigret 1934 Event W. E. B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP 1919 Event Pan-African Congress, organized by W. E. B. Du Bois (Paris) 1916 Event French troops occupy Bois de Caillette 1916 Event German troops overtake Bois de Caillette 1910 Event 1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois 1899 Death Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 1868 Birthday W. E. B. Du Bois, born in Massachusetts, civil rights writer, Souls of Black Folk
