1992 Death Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95 1990 Event Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway 1988 Event Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem 1985 Event Lynette Woodward, chosen as 1st woman on Harlem Globetrotters 1981 Event "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs 1981 Event Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway 1973 Death Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville 1967 Event Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 Death Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45 1966 Death Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 1966 Event Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1963 Birthday Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem, New York, dancer/actor, Leroy-Fame 1962 Birthday Sandra "Sweetness" Hodge, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters 1960 Event Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me" 1959 Birthday Lynette Woodard, born in Wichita, Kansas, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics, Harlem Globetrotter 1953 Birthday "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters 1951 Event Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1948 Death Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1943 Event Race riot in Harlem New York City 1942 Event Race riots in Harlem, New York 1942 Birthday Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA, Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968 1941 Birthday Michael Lerner, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 8 Men Out, Harlem Nights 1939 Birthday Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist 1939 Birthday Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier, 1981-82, 86-89, 90- 1937 Birthday Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back 1934 Birthday Arthur Mitchell, choreographer, Dance Theater of Harlem 1933 Birthday Cicely Tyson, born in Harlem, New York City, actress, Roots, Miss Jane Pittman 1933 Birthday Godfrey Cambridge, New York City, actor, Cotton comes to Harlem 1930 Birthday Raymond St. Jacques, actor and director, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr. Moses 1927 Event Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem 1927 Birthday Harry Belafonte, Harlem New York City, calypso singer, Buck and the Preacher 1927 Event Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game 1927 Event Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill) 1926 Birthday Marques Haynes, NBA hall of famer, Harlem Globetrotters 1925 Event Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York) 1922 Event Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY 1910 Birthday Dorothy Maynor, born in Norfolk, Virginia, soprano/founder, Harlem School of Arts 1908 Birthday Milton Berle, born in Harlem, New York City, comedian, Uncle Miltie, Mr. Television 1902 Birthday Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Perry, Florida, actor, Miracle in Harlem 1899 Birthday Gertrude Berg, Harlem New York City, actress, Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs 1897 Birthday Walter Winchell, born in Harlem, New York City, newscaster and columnist, Untouchables 1892 Birthday Oliver Hardy, Harlem, Georgia, comedy team member, Laurel and Hardy 1776 Event Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission 1510 Birthday Nicolaas van Nieuwland, corrupt 1st bishop of Harlem
