1825*
Alexander Thomas Augusta, first African American faculty member of an American medical school, Howard University, is born free
1876*
U.S. Senate refuses to seat P.B.S. Pinchback, elected Senator from Louisiana in 1873, after three years of controversy.
1945*
Phyllis Mae Daley, first of four African American Navy nurses to serve active duty in WW II receives her commission as an ensign in the Navy Nurse Corps.
1977*
Henry L. Marsh III elected 1st Black mayor of Richmond.
*1993
Singer Billy Eckstine died in Pittsburgh at age 78
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