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<tr><th>Museum</th><th>Founded</th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/142/000140719/">Jazz Museum in Harlem</a></td><td><center>1999</center></td></tr></table> BIRTHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000022597/">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NBA records for most minutes, most points</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000173747/">Patti Austin</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Baby Come to Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/969/000047828/">James Baldwin</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1987</tt></td> <td>Go Tell It on the Mountain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/262/000401056/">Azealia Banks</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1991</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Broke with Expensive Taste</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000023005/">Harry Belafonte</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Calypso singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/387/000173865/">Gertrude Berg</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1966</tt></td> <td>The Goldbergs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/714/000022648/">Milton Berle</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Mr. Television</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000129488/">Mario Biaggi</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-2015</tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 1969-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/545/000024473/">Kurtis Blow</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Breaks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000027388/">Willie Bosket</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/624/000089357/">Rob Brown</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1984</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Finding Forrester</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/113/000350060/">Adolph Caesar</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1986</tt></td> <td>A Soldier's Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/539/000109212/">Cam'ron</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Diplomats</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/849/000054687/">Richard H. Carmona</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Surgeon General, 2002-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000059241/">Keith David</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>DCI in Agent Cody Banks</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000022468/">Sammy Davis, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1990</tt></td> <td>Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/757/000161274/">Anthony John Denison</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Det. Andy Flynn on The Closer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000402652/">Julius Eastman</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1990</tt></td> <td>Crazy Nigger</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000023893/">Hector Elizondo</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Neven Bell on Monk</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/749/000402540/">Arthur Gelb</a></td> <td><center>Editor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-2014</tt></td> <td>Editor, The New York Times, 1986-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000044162/">Joan Hackett</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1983</tt></td> <td>Only When I Laugh</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000113170/">Lorenz Hart</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1943</tt></td> <td>Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/822/000160342/">Anna Maria Horsford</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dee on The Wayans Bros.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000109901/">Freddie Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rock Me Tonight</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000028164/">Kelis</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Caught Out There</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000109536/">Frankie Lymon</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1968</tt></td> <td>Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/730/000026652/">Biz Markie</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Nobody Beats The Biz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/917/000159440/">Carmen McRae</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1994</tt></td> <td>Jazz vocalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/880/000115535/">Agnes de Mille</a></td> <td><center>Choreographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1993</tt></td> <td>Influential American choreographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/432/000026354/">Moby</a></td> <td><center>Electronic Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Play</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/204/000098907/">Tom Morello</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1964</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Rage Against the Machine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/169/000109839/">Allen Payne</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>House of Payne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/757/000036649/">Mekhi Phifer</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dr. Greg Pratt on E.R.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000080632/">Alvin F. Poussaint</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Child-rearing expert</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/871/000048727/">Bud Powell</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1966</tt></td> <td>Seminal bop pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/516/000024444/">Puff Daddy</a></td> <td><center>Music Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Can't Nobody Hold Me Down</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/755/000080515/">Teddy Riley</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Oct-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The King of New Jack Swing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000026513/">Vanessa del Rio</a></td> <td><center>Pornstar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Deep Inside Vanessa del Rio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000047484/">Sonny Rollins</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Tenor sax master</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/538/000109211/">Juelz Santana</a></td> <td><center>Rapper</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1982</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Diplomats</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/778/000044646/">Keith Sweat</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Make It Last Forever</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/709/000023640/">Cicely Tyson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Sounder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000024031/">Clarence Williams III</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Linc in The Mod Squad</td> </tr> </table> DEATHS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/499/000135094/">Clarence 13X</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1969</tt></td> <td>Nation of Gods and Earths</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000088669/">Ralph Cooper</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1992</tt></td> <td>The Dark Gable</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000205690/">J. 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