Guion ‘Guy’ S. Bluford was born on this day in 1942. He would become the first Black Man to go to space. He received a PhD in aerospace engineering and was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force.


On this day in 1963, at 12:30 Central time, the 35th President of the United States John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza in Dallas while riding in a motorcade.
Elijah Muhammad founded the Nation of Islam (NOI) on this day in 1930 in Detroit.
On this day in 1989, Colonel Frederick Gregory became the first African American to lead a space mission.
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