* Today in Black History - July 9 *
1863 - Union troops enter Port Hudson. With the fall of Vicksburg
(on July 4) and Port Hudson, Union troops control the
Mississippi River and Confederacy is cut into two sections.
Eight African American regiments play important roles in the
siege of Port Hudson.
1868 - Francis L. Cardozo is installed as secretary of the state of
South Carolina and becomes the first African American cabinet
officer on the state level.
1893 - Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the world's first open-heart
surgery at Chicago's Provident Hospital (which he founded in
1891) on James Cornish, who had been stabbed in the chest and
was dying from blood accumulation around the heart. Dr.
Williams brought Mr. Cornish to surgery, where he proceeded to
open his chest, drain the blood and successfully sutured the
pericardium.
1901 - Jester Hairston is born in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Although
known for his roles in television's "Amos 'n' Andy" and "Amen,"
Hairston will excel as a musician, first with the Eva Jessye
Choir and later as assistant conductor of the Hall Johnson
Choir. He will also arrange choral music for more than 40 film
soundtracks.
1927 - Attorney William T. Francis is named minister to Liberia.
1934 - Jackie Wilson, singer (Lonely Teardrops, "Mr. Excitement"), is
born in Detroit, Michigan.
1936 - June Jordan is born in the Harlem, New York City. She will
become a poet and author of books for children and young
adults and will be nominated for the National Book Award in
1972 for "His Own Where."
1942 - Richard Roundtree, actor ( "Shaft's" John Shaft, "Roots"),
is born.
1947 - O.J. (Orenthal James) Simpson (Pro Football Hall of Famer
running back, Heisman Trophy - USC [1968], Buffalo Bills;
actor: Naked Gun series, The Towering Inferno, Roots,
Capricorn One; acquitted of murder of ex-wife, Nicole and Ron
Goldman [1995]) is born in San Francisco, California.
1951 - Dave Parker, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978),
is born.
1955 - E. Frederick Morrow is appointed an administrative aide to
President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is the first African
American to hold an executive position on a White House staff.
1971 - Clergyman and activist Leon H. Sullivan is awarded the NAACP's
Spingarn Medal for his achievements in transmitting "the
social gospel into economic progress for his people."
1978 - Larry Holmes wins a decision over Ken Norton for the WBC crown.
1979 - Dr. Walter Massey is named director of the Argonne National
Laboratory.
1987 - Percy E. Sutton, former New York State legislator, president
of the Borough of Manhattan, founder of Inner City
Broadcasting and owner of the Apollo Theatre, receives the
NAACP's Spingarn Medal.
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The source for these facts are "Encyclopedia Britannica,
"InfoBeat," "I, Too, Sing America - The African American
Book of Days," "Before the Mayflower", "Black Firsts" and
independent research by the Information Man.
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