Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 3 Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, is an American rapper, dancer and record… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 4 Independence Day Sojourner Truth (born Isabella (Belle) Baumfree; c.?1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 5 Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya, Kenyan politician, was assassinated. Mboya was born August 15, 1930 in Kilima Mbogo, Kenya. In 1950,… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 6 Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin was a top-seller, propelled by the hit song “In… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 7 Joseph William “Pinetop” Perkins was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 8 In 1777 The Commonwealth of Vermont abolished slavery in their constitution. The constitution declared that all men are born equally… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 9 The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the… Read More
Fact A Day June 24, 2017 0 July 10 Mavis Staples, gospel and R&B singer and civil rights activist, was born in Chicago, Illinois. Staples began singing with her… Read More
