Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela Mandela, anti-apartheid warrior and wife of Nelson Mandela, was born on this day in 1936 in the Transkei, South Africa.
Aloysius Leon Higginbotham, Jr., was on this day in 1962, appointed a Commissioner to the Federal Trade Commission by President John Kennedy. He was the first black to be a commissioner on a federal regulatory agency.
Serena Williams, arguably the best women’s tennis player ever, was born on this day in 1981.
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