Holiday Seasoning is the third studio album by American entertainer Jimmy Fallon, released through St. James Place and Republic Records on November 1, 2024.
John H. Johnson published first issue of Negro Digest.
First free school in New York City, the African Free School opened / First free School opens: 1787
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1798 Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness was born. He was the son of Arthur Guinness, and joined the family brewing business. When his father died, he became sole owner and built up the business. He was also elected Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1851.
1865 John Lindley died (born Feb 5, 1799). British botanist and horticulturist. Wrote 'The Theory and Practice of Horticulture' (1840) and 'The Vegetable Kingdom' (1846).
1884 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was universally adopted at the International Meridian Conference in Washington, DC, and the International Date Line was drawn up with 24 time zones created.
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1897 The Waldorf-Astoria opened (the combined Waldorf and Astoria hotels). It was the largest in the world at the time with 1,300 rooms (see also March 13, 1893 and May 3, 1929).
1944 Pulitzer Prize winning play 'Harvey' by Mary Chase, opened on Broadway. About Elwood P. Dowd and his friend, a 6 foot rabbit (‘pooka’) others cannot see.
1951 The musical comedy 'Top Banana' opened on Broadway.
1962 Antony Kiedis of the music group 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' was born.
1980 Victor Sen Yung died (born Oct 18, 1915). American character actor, he played the cook Hop Sing on the TV show 'Bonanza'. He also played Charlie Chan's son, Jimmy Chan in numerous Charlie Chan movies.
1981 U.S. first class postage rates were raised to 20 cents and post cards to 13 cents.
1993 The Maastricht Treaty became effective, creating the new European Union.
1997 Victor Mills died. He was a chemical engineer who worked for Proctor & Gamble. Among his many accomplishments, he improved Duncan Hines cake mix, and Jif peanut butter, and invented Pampers disposable diapers.
2009 The November 2009 issue of Gourmet magazine was the last issue published (the issue was actually distributed in mid-October). The first issue was published in 1941.
Allen, C. W. Self_leveling table Nov. 1, 1898 Patent No.613,436
As African Americans increasingly realized that Reconstruction would not usher in permanent citizenship rights and in fact did not protect them from violence, some black leaders began to call for alternative approaches. Not surprisingly a some again urged African American colonization in Africa. In October, 1877 journalist John Edward Bruce added his voice to the colonization movement in a speech outlining why African Americans should return to the ancestral homeland. The speech which was first published in the Christian Recorder on November 1, 1877, appears below.
I shall endeavor to show tonight why the colored American should emigrate to Africa first, because Africa is his fatherland; secondly, because, before the war, in the South he was a slave, and in the North, a victim of prejudice and ostracism; and thirdly, because, since the close of the war, although he has been freed by emancipation and invested with enfranchisement, he is only nominally free; and lastly, because he is still a victim of prejudice, and practically proscribed socially, religiously, politically, educationally, and in the various industrial pursuits.
First, then, he should emigrate to Africa because it is his fatherland. Africa is a country rich in its productions, offering untold treasures to the adventurer who may go there. It has a peculiar claim upon the colored American in this country, and that claim is as just and as equitable as any could be. One hundred and fifty millions of our people are on the other side of the broad Atlantic, groveling in darkness and superstition; five millions are on this side surrounded by all the advantages that could be desired in the march toward civilization. It is our duty to carry to those benighted, darkened minds a light to guide them in the march toward civilization. For centuries the colored race has not been highly educated. This has not always been the fact, and history, which shows what has been done, proves what may yet be. The Africans held possession of southern Egypt when Isaiah wrote,
Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony magazine.