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Elijah


1981 Elijah Wood, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, Radio Flyer, Good Son

1975 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78

1970 Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos

1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali

1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state

1939 Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies

1930 Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit

1930 Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre, COSATU

1896 Elijah Muhammad, U.S., leader of Nation of Islam

1847 John Alexander Dowie, Elijah the Restorer, U.S., evangelist

1846 Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah," premieres

1844 Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents

1837 Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34

1802 Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist

1797 Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna, dies

1789 Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn by Elijah Craig, Bourbon, Kentucky


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