Black Fact = 1913 (Nov. 13) – Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, educator and pioneer heart surgeon, became a member of the American College of Surgeons on this date. Born on January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Daniel Hale Williams pursued a pioneering career in medicine. An African-American doctor, in 1893 Williams opened Provident Hospital, the first medical facility to have an interracial staff. He was also one of the first physicians to successfully complete pericardial surgery on a patient. Williams later became chief surgeon of the Freedmen’s Hospital. #TheRaydioTwins
