Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States (November 4th, 2008)

Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Jazz pioneer Charles Mingus Born (1922 - 1979)

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Bob Marley's famous One Love concert (1978)

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Rwanda genocide begins (1994)