2000 Death Mary Jenkins Langston, cook, cooked peanut butter and banana sandwiches for Elvis, dies at 77 1990 Event Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 1989 Event Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract 1989 Event Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson 1979 Birthday Lindsay Langston, Modesto California, archer 1996 Olympics 1967 Death J Langston Hughes, U.S. author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 1967 Death Langston Hughes, American Poet 1967 Death Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday 1960 Birthday Mark Langston, born in San Diego, California, pitcher for the California Angels 1957 Death Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies 1933 Event Langston Hughes' "Mulatto," premieres in New York City 1902 Birthday Langston Hughes, poet/translator, Weary Blues 1897 Death John Mercer Langston, U.S. black jurist, dies at 67 1877 Event John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti 1829 Birthday John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office
