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