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An American activist who created the first generation of American mental asylums.
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An American author, poet, and civil rights activist who published three books of essays, seven autobiographies, and several books of poetry.
an American blues musician, originally named McKinley Morganfield
Congress approves the U.S. flag with 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars; a star is to be added for each new state.
Los Angeles is incorporated as a city; later the same year, California is admitted to the United States.
NATO is formed by 12 western democratic nations, including the United States and Great Britain, to safeguard against Soviet aggression.
The Beatles hold the top five spots on Billboard magazine's Hot 100, setting an all-time record.
American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn.; in 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the shooting.
An American blues musician, originally named McKinley Morganfield, was born on April 4, 1913 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where he was discovered in 1940 by folk music archivists Alan Lomax and John Work, who urged him to give up farming and make a career of music. In 1943, under the name Muddy Waters, he settled in Chicago. He began to appear in clubs in the area; in 1946 he made his first recording. With his own band in the 1950s he became a staple of the rhythm and blues circuit, playing most of the major theatres that featured black performers, including the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Beginning in the late 1950s, the band also appeared at the folk and jazz festivals of Newport, Rhode Island, and Monterey, California, and similar gatherings. A songwriter as well as guitarist and singer, Waters led his band on numerous recordings, including They Call Me Muddy Waters (1971) and London Sessions (1972), both of which won Grammy Awards. A 1971 public television film documents Waters's rehearsal and performance styles.
He died on April 30, 1983, in Westmont, Illinois, United States.
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