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Bill Cosby became the first African American to receive an Emmy for best actor in a dramatic series, for his role in "I Spy" on this day in 1966.
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Bill Cosby became the first African American to receive an Emmy for best actor in a dramatic series, for his role in "I Spy" on this day in 1966.
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Boxer "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler born in Newark, New Jersey on this day in 1952.
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Camilla Williams, the African American woman to sign a contract with a major American opera company appears in the title role of Madama Butterfly with the New York City Opera on this day in 1946.
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Jazz singer Al Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on this day in 1940.
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