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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 05:42:01 -0500
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Subject: 0228 - Today in Black History - February 28
1943 - "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan
in starring roles.
1968 - Frankie Lymon, a Rock and Roll singer who became a star with his
teenage group, "The Teenagers," joins the ancestors at the age of
25 after a drug overdose.
1984 - Singer Michael Jackson wins eight Grammy Awards in Los Angeles,
breaking the previous record of six awards won by a single artist
in 1965. Jackson's awards stem from his album "Thriller," which
became the biggest selling record of all time with 35 million
copies sold since its release in 1982.
1998 - Todd Duncan joins the ancestors at his home in Washington, DC, at
the age 95. His ascension is on the fifty-fifth anniversary of
his starring role in the Broadway opening of "Porgy and Bess."
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