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1984 Event - August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City

1968 Birthday - Meredith Rainey, born in Brooklyn, New York, 800m runner

1939 Death - Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer/composer, dies at 53

1936 Death - Rainey Bethea, hanged, last U.S. public execution

1928 Event - Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made

1907 Birthday - Froelich Rainey, born in Wisconsin, quiz moderator, What in the World

1904 Event - U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey

1886 Birthday - Ma Rainey, Gertrude Pridgett, "Mother of the Blues", U.S. blues singer

1870 Event - Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps

1870 Event - Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC)









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