1995: A Nation of Millions - Spcl Gst Terrence
Update: 2020-08-31
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Topics: Million Man March, TLC, Friday, UPN (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco)
1995 Notes
1. Snapshots
2. President: Bill Clinton
3. Jan - The WB Television Network and The United Paramount Network (UPN) launches.
4. Mar - Yahoo! was incorporated and soon became the first popular online directory and search engine on the World Wide Web.
5. Mar - Mississippi ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The amendment was nationally ratified in 1865. Until February 7, 2013, the state of Mississippi had never submitted the required documentation to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, meaning it never officially abolished slavery.
6. Mar - Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E is suddenly hospitalized, diagnosed with AIDS, and dies due to its complications.
7. Apr - Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Timothy McVeigh and one of his accomplices, Terry Nichols, set off the bomb.
8. May - In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. [See - “Superman Curse”]
9. Sep - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens.
10. Oct - The Million Man March is held in Washington, D.C. The event was conceived by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
11. Dec - The presidents of Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia sign a peace treaty in Paris, ending a three-and-a-half-year war.
12. Music Snapshots
13. #1 "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio featuring L.V.
14. #2 "Waterfalls", TLC
15. #3 "Creep", TLC
16. Record of the Year: "Kiss From a Rose", Seal
17. Album of the Year: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette
18. Song of the Year: "Kiss From a Rose", Seal
19. Best New Artist: Hootie & the Blowfish
20. Best Female R&B: Anita Baker for "I Apologize"
21. Best Male R&B: Stevie Wonder for "For Your Love"
22. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group: TLC for "Creep"
23. Best R&B Song: Stevie Wonder (songwriter) for "For Your Love"
24. Best R&B Album: TLC for CrazySexyCool
25. Best Rap Solo: "Gangsta's Paradise", Coolio
26. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
27. Best Rap Album: Poverty's Paradise, Naughty by Nature
28. Movie Snapshots
29. #1 Die Hard with a Vengeance
30. #2 Toy Story
31. #3 Apollo 13
32. Notables: Higher Learning, Major Payne, Bad Boys, New Jersey Drive, Friday, Braveheart, Batman Forever, Pocahontas, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Clueless, Waterworld, Mortal Kombat, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Usual Suspects, Seven, Dead Presidents, The American President, Casino, Money Train, Heat, Waiting to Exhale.
33. TV Snapshots
34. Top TV Shows
35. #1 ER
36. #2 Seinfeld
37. #3 Friends
38. Debuts: The Wayans Bros. (WB), The Parent 'Hood (WB), Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (still airing), In the House
39. Economic Snapshots
40. Income = 35.9k (Previously 37K)
41. House = 113.1K (119)
42. Car = 15.5k (12.5)
43. Rent = 550 (533)
44. Harvard = 26.2k (24.9)
45. Movie = 4.35 (4)
46. Gas = 1.12 (1.09)
47. Stamp .32 (.29)
48. Social Scene: Million Man March
49. A political demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995, to promote African American unity and family values. Estimates of the number of marchers, most of whom were African American men, ranged from 400,000 to nearly 1.1 million, ranking it among the largest gatherings of its kind in American history.
50. Several African American leaders did not support the march, including Mary Frances Berry, chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Rep. John Lewis, the latter of whom saw Farrakhan’s message as an effort to “resegregate America.”
51. Comments:
52. Featured Speaker: Louis Farrakhan, @62 yrs old
53. Born Louis Eugene Wolcott on May 11, 1933, in New York City, New York, to Sarah Mae Manning and Percival Clark. His parents separated even before he was born.
54. He did not know his biological father and was brought up by his stepfather Louis Wolcott. The death of his stepfather in 1936 led to the relocation of his family to Boston, Massachusetts.
55. From an early age, he received rigorous training in violin, so much so that by the time he turned 13 he had mastered the instrument and was playing along with the ‘Boston College Orchestra’ and ‘Boston Civic Symphony.’
56. In his first year as a teenager, he became one of the first black performers to appear on the ‘Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour. ‘The following year, he had two national level victories under his belt.
57. He attended the prestigious ‘Boston Latin School’ after which he was admitted to ‘English High School. ‘After graduating from ‘English High School,’ he enrolled for a three-year course at the ‘Winston-Salem Teachers College’ on a track scholarship.
58. Starting from the 1950s, he pursued a career in music. He recorded several calypso albums under the pseudonym ‘The Charmer. ‘He toured frequently since the release of his first album. In 1955, he organized a show titled ‘Calypso Follies’ in Chicago.
59. Interestingly, one of his songs remained a chartbuster and on top of the ‘Billboard Chart’ for five years in a row.
60. It was while pursuing his professional music career that he was first exposed to the teachings of ‘Nation of Islam’ through his friend and saxophonist Rodney Smith.
61. Later, Elijah Muhammad invited him to attend the Nation of Islam’s annual ‘Saviours' Day’ address. Inspired by the discourse, he resolved to be a member of ‘Nation of Islam’ (NOI) in 1955. (@22)
62. He fulfilled all the requirements to become a registered Muslim/ registered believer/ registered laborer of NOI. Subsequently, he received an approval by the NOI headquarter in July 1955.
63. Initially known by the name Louis X, his name was later changed to the ‘holy name’ Louis Farrakhan. A derivative of the Arabic word furqan, which means "The Criterion". He gave up on a music career and dedicated his life to the ‘Nation of Islam.’
64. Within a span of nine months, he worked his way up and started serving as the assistant minister to Malcolm X, who was heading the Muhammad’s Temple of Islam in Boston at that time.
65. He was soon made the minister as Malcom X was shifted to the Temple of Muhammad in Harlem, New York. Farrakhan replaced Malcom X as the minister at the Boston Temple.
66. Malcolm X was assassinated on 21 February 1965 and Farrakhan profited from it as he was appointed to two prominent positions in NOI. (@32)
67. He was appointed to the chair of the minister of the influential Harlem Mosque in 1965, a position which he held until 1975. Furthermore, he became the national spokesman and r
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