August 6, 1965 David Maurice “The Admiral” Robinson, hall of fame basketball player, was born in Key West, Florida. Robinson played college basketball for the United States Naval Academy where he was an All-American in 1986 and 1987 and won the Naismith and Wooden Awards as the College Basketball Player of the Year in 1987. […]
Archive | August 6, 2011
August 6th in African American History – William Alexander Clarke Bustamante
August 6, 1977 William Alexander Clarke Bustamante, the first Prime Minister of Jamaica, died. Born William Alexander Clarke on February 24, 1884 in Hanover, Jamaica, he took the name Bustamante to honor an Iberian sea captain who befriended him in his youth. After traveling the world, Bustamante returned to Jamaica in 1932 and became a […]