Oprah Winfrey Born
1954 – Oprah Winfrey birthday
American television personality whose syndicated daily talk show is among the most popular was born in Kosciusko, Miss.
Violette Neatley Anderson is the first African American woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court
1981 – William R. “Cozy” Cole, jazz drummer, dies.
William R. “Cozy” Cole, jazz drummer, dies. His recording of “Topsy” became the only drum solo to sell more than one million records