Black Fact of the Day: Nov. 4 , 2019- Brought to you by Black365
November 4, 2019
Frederick D. Gregory became the first African American to command a spaceflight, 1989.
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November 3, 2019
Carol Moseley Braun became the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Senate, 1992.
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November 2, 2019
A bill creating a national holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. was signed into law, 1984.
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November 1, 2019
Vada Somerville D.D.S, the first African American woman to be a licensed dentist in CA was born in Pomona, CA in 1885.
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October 31, 2019
Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game, 1997.
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October 28, 2019
Aesop, known for his fables like “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Fly in the Honey,” was born, 620 B.C.E
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October 26, 2019
“To Be Young, Gifted and Black” a song by Nina Simone was recorded on this day in 1969.
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October 25, 2019
Benjamin Davis Sr. was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, 1940.
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October 23, 2019
Soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka Pelé was born in Brazil, 1940.
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October 22, 2019
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was born, 1936.
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October 21, 2019
Physicist and NASA astronaut Ronald McNair was born in Lake City, SC, 1950.
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October 20, 2019
The Atlanta City Council voted to rename the airport Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, to honor Maynard Jackson, 2003.
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October 19, 2019
Child rights activist and nurse, Dr. Josephine Kulea, was born in Kenya, 1984.
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October 18, 2019
Pearl Primus, anthropologist, dancer, and choreographer who impacted the world of dance, passed away, 1994.
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October 11, 2019
The elevator was patented by African American inventor Alexander Miles on this day in 1887.
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