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‘No person has the right to rain on your dreams’: Civil rights icon MLK Jr. born on this day in 1929
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
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Civil rights activist the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan. 15, 1929.
Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day – a federal holiday to celebrate and honor the work of King who was assassinated in 1968 as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn.
When he was born, King was named Michael just as his father was. His father, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga., changed his name to Martin in honor of the German Protestant religious leader Martin Luther, according to biography.com. Michael Jr. later also changed his named.
Dec. 10, 1891: Readers of The Comet learned âMajor F.W. Earnest, who has been confined to his room for some time with a severe case of la grippe, we are sad to note, is able to be out again. Major says he suffered very much.â We now usually call âla grippeâ influenza.
Dec. 10, 1903: The Comet reported, âThe Johnson City Traction Company will receive two large vestibule cars about the 20th of this month and will put them into service immediately. They are the latest model, about 30 feet long and thorough modern in equipment.â
Dec. 10, 1917: The Nashville Banner, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported, âArthur Carry, a Jonesboro soldier at home on a furlough, this morning cut his foot off while chopping wood. He was brought to the local hospital for treatment.â