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TRT-BLACKFACT = (1914) Garrett A. Morgan
Black Fact = 1914- Garrett A. Morgan patented the Gas Mask on this date in 1914. Patent # 1,113,675. This ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1999) Wilt Chamberlain
Black Fact = 1999 – Basketball legend, Wilt Chamberlain, died today at age 63. He was born on August 21, ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1901) Bert Williams & George Walker
Black Fact = 1901 (October 11) – Bert Williams and George Walker, believed to be the first black recording artists, ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1917) Theolonius Monk
Black Fact = 1917 – Jazz pianist Theolonius Monk is born in Rocky Mount, NC. He was only one of ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1823) Mary Ann Shadd
Black Fact=1823 (October 9) -Mary Ann Shadd, publisher of the Provincial Freeman, was born in Wilmington, DE, on this date ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1941) Jesse Jackson
Black Fact = 1941 – Activist and 1988 candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Rev Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1993)Toni Morrison
Black Fact = 1993 – Writer, Toni Morrison, awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. Born on February 18, 1931, in ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1984)Walter Payton
Black Fact = 1984 -Walter Payton, super-star running back who played for the Chicago Bears, broke Jim Brown’s career rushing ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1983)Wilma Rudolph
Black Fact= 1983- Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track and field in ... -
TRT-BLACKFACT = (1878)George Boyer Vashon
Black Fact = 1878- George Boyer Vashon, the first black person to receive a Bachelor’s Degree from Oberlin College, died ...