TODAY IN OUR HISTORICITY Father Patrick Francis Healy, the first Black man to receive a Ph.D., was named President of Georgetown University, on this date in 1874. Healy became the first Black president of a predominately white institution. Whitney Moore Young, Jr., Executive Director of the National Urban League, was born in Lincoln Ridge, KY, on this date in 1921. Deval Patrick, the first African American elected governor of Massachusetts and the second in United States history born in Chicago, Illinois on this date in 1931. Stanley Jordan, jazz fusion guitarist, best known for his development of the touch technique for playing guitar born in Chicago, Illinois on this date in 1959. Elijah Muhammad called for the creation of a Black state within the boundaries of America at a meeting in New York on this date in 1960. Actor Wesley Snipes born in Orlando, Florida on this date in 1962. Arnette R. Hubbard became the first Black woman President of the National Bar Association on this date in 1981. Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 on this date in 1986. Lawrence Douglas Wilder is elected as the 66th Governor of Virginia becoming the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state on this date in 1990. Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda on this date in 1993. UN votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti on this date in 1994.
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