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February 17, 1973 | The Navy frigate USS Jesse L. Brown was commissioned. The ship was named for Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American naval aviator killed in combat over Korea | Delete |
November 17, 1980 | WHHM-TV in Washington, DC becomes first African American broadcasting television station | Delete |
September 17, 1983 | Vanessa Williams becoomes First Black Miss America | Delete |
December 17, 1991 | Michael Jordan named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated | Delete |
August 17, 1993 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins 17th consecutive heptathlon in Stuttgart, Germany | Delete |
January 18, 1856 | Birth of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams | Delete |
April 18, 1861 | Nicholas Biddle becomes the first African American in uniform to be wounded in the Civil War | Delete |
July 18, 1863 | The Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Colored Regiment launched its assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina. Sgt. William H. Carney won Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery in the charge and became the first Black soldier to receive the coveted award. | Delete |
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