November 4, 1804 — Sacajawea joins the Lewis and Clark expedition
Probably the most famous member of Shoshone tribe of North American Indians, Sacajawea (or Sacagawea, depending on your translation) is...
May 4, 2021
Black Man
October 19, 1806 — Benjamin Banneker dies
Benjamin Banneker was born a free black man in Virginia in 1731 – his mother was also a free black,...
April 24, 2021
January 1, 1863 — Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Although a legendary milestone in the long fight for racial equality in the United States of America, the Emancipation Proclamation...
October 19, 2020
July 10, 1893 — Daniel Hale Williams performs the second successful pericardium surgery
Daniel Hale Williams was one of the first Afro-American men to achieve prominence as a surgeon. He served as the...
April 9, 2020
April 6, 1909 — Matthew Henson becomes the first explorer to reach the North Pole
The most trusted of Robert Peary’s fellow polar explorers, Henson was a member of Peary’s party when they became the...
January 14, 2020
November 20, 1923 — Garrett Morgan patents a traffic signal
Garrett Morgan was not the first to invent or patent a traffic signal, but he was the first to invent...
August 9, 2019
April 12, 1937 — Dennis Banks born
The co-founder of the American Indian Movement – a major ‘Red Power’ group in the civil rights struggles of native...
April 14, 2019
November 10, 1942 — Dr Charles Drew patents a method of preserving blood plasma
Born in 1904, Dr Charles Drew was one of the first black surgeons in the United States – although that...
December 9, 2018
September 30, 1962 — César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers
César Chávez is perhaps the most famous Latino or Mexican-American civil rights activist in history. He was a very astute...
September 9, 2017
February 27, 1992 — S.I. Hayakawa dies
A noted populariser of the ideas of Alfred Korzybski, especially general semantics, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Japanese-American academic. He...
June 14, 2014
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