American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006)

Timmie Rogers

Timmie Rogers was an American comedian, singer-songwriter, bandleader and actor who appeared on many national TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Rogers was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a white audience when he worked. Before Rogers, African-American funny men had to either work in pairs or groups, only conversing with each other, and they had to play a character, while popular white comedians, such as Bob Hope and Jack Benny got to play themselves. Rogers worked by himself, always dressed well, often wearing a tuxedo, and never wore blackface.

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1915

July 4

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1915 Born

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-362 Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
414 Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
836 Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed.
993 Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.

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The world in 1915

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april 18 World War I: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines.
april 22 World War I: The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
april 24 The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
april 25 World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

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Al Davis 1929–1945 American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Emerson Boozer 1943– American football player and sportscaster George Steinbrenner 1930–2010 American businessman (born 1930) Gloria Stuart 1910–2010 American actress (died 2010) Hal Lanier 1942– American baseball player, coach, and manager Jean-Pierre Blanchard 1753–1809 French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809) Jeremy Spencer 1948– English singer-songwriter and guitarist Mitch Miller 1911– American singer and producer (died 2010)

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Claudia Jones 1915–1964 Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915) Ethel Rosenberg 1915–1953 American spy (born 1915) Germán Valdés 1915– Mexican actor, singer, and producer (died 1973) Jon Hall 1915–1979 American actor and director (born 1915) Joseph Ransohoff 1915–2001 American surgeon and educator (born 1915) Kiyosi Itô 1915–2008 Japanese mathematician and academic (born 1915) Leonard Goodwin 1915–2008 British protozoologist (died 2008) Les Paul 1915–2009 American guitarist, songwriter, and inventor (born 1915) M. F. Husain 1915–2011 Indian painter and director (born 1915)

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