Did you know these were the first blacks in Military

Did you know these African-American were the Firsts: Military

Combat pilot: Georgia-born Eugene Jacques Bullard, 1917, denied entry into the U.S. Army Air Corps because of his race, served throughout World War I in the French Flying Corps. He received the Legion of Honor, France's highest honor, among many other decorations.

First Congressional Medal of Honor winner: Sgt. William H. Carney for bravery during the Civil War. He received his Congressional Medal of Honor in 1900.

General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., 1940–1948.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Colin Powell, 1989–1993

Did you know they police killed another black man?

Did you know that the police killed another black man? Did you know that he had a stick in his hand and thats why he received two bullets in his chest? There are many whites that are totally infuriated that blacks make claims of injustice. Whites think how can blacks have the nerve to say they(whites) are bias against black people... They are proud to tell everyone that blacks should not play the race card? Did you know when these crimes happen to an innocent black man, it was an accident... Why not once be infuriated that this crime of murder happened an understand that it happens too often? Did you know that if you were to count the number of black accidents that happen with police killing blacks, it is not really an oddity? Did you know that if you had a shooting accident one every ten years that would be too many! So now lets look at it from the prospective, what if you had over 10 shootings a year? The key is not that it happens but letting them get off with a slap on the wrist. Now, is that really a good example to set?

Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 29

Did you know who was born today?

1971 Winona Ryder - actress

1970 Toby Smith - keyboardist (Jamiroquai)

1970 S.A. Martinez - DJ, vocals (311)

1965 Peter Timmins - rock drummer (Cowboy Junkies)

1961 Randy Jackson - singer (The Jackson Five)

1955 Kevin Dubrow - singer (Quiet Riot)

1948 Kate Jackson - actress

1947 Richard Dreyfuss - actor (Oscar® winner, 1977)

1946 Peter Green - guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, solo)

1945 Melba Moore - singer

1944 Denny Laine - guitarist, singer (The Moody Blues, Wings)

1942 Lee Clayton - country singer

1922 Neal Hefti - composer (Batman theme)

1899 Akim Tamiroff - actor

1891 Fanny Brice - actress

1795 John Keats - poet

Did you know these trival facts?

There are between 100,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000,000 stars in a normal galaxy.

Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.

Scientists have discovered that copper pollution of the atmosphere occurred about 2500 years ago. This was discovered by analyzing ice cores from Greenland. The pollution was attributed to the Romans who used copper for military purposes and to produce coins.

Hydrofluoric acid will dissolve glass.

In a full grown rye plant, the total length of roots may reach 380 miles (613 km).

In a full grown rye plant, the total length of fine root hairs may reach 6600 miles (10,645 km).

A large sunspot can last for about a week.

If you could throw a snowball fast enough, it would totally vaporize when it hit a brick wall.

Boron nitride (BN) is the second hardest substance known to man.

The female Tarantula Hawk wasp paralyzes a large spider with her sting. She then lays her eggs on the motionless body so that her developing young have a fresh supply of spider meat to feed on.

Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 28

Did you know who was Born today?

1974 Joaquin Phoenix - actor

1967 Julia Roberts - actress

1962 Daphne Zuniga - actress

1961 Bob Melvin - Seattle Mariners manager (2003, 2004 seasons)

1955 Bill Gates - Microsoft founder and CEO

1952 Annie Potts - actress

1949 Bruce Jenner - 1976 Olympic gold medalist, sportscaster

1948 Rick Reynolds - guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)

1948 Telma Hopkins - actress, singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)

1945 Wayne Fontana - singer (The Mindbenders)

1944 Dennis Franz - actor

1941 Hank Marvin - lead guitarist (The Shadows)

1939 Jane Alexander - actress

1937 Lenny Wilkens - basketball player, coach

1937 Charlie Daniels - singer, guitarist, fiddler

1934 Jim Beatty - first to break the 4-minute mile

1929 Joan Plowright - actress, wife of actor Lawrence Olivier

1926 Bowie Kuhn - baseball commissioner

1914 Jonas Salk - polio vaccine discoverer

1907 Edith Head - costume designer

1902 Elsa Lanchester - actress, wife of actor Charles Laughton

1896 Howard Hanson - composer

1846 Georges Escoffier - gourmet chef

1842 Anna Dickinson - women's rights advocate

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Did you know who was the first black player to play NHL hockey?

Did you know the first African-American to break the color barrier in Sports?




Major league baseball player: Jackie Robinson, 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers.














Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Jackie Robinson, 1962















NFL quarterback: Willie Thrower, 1953.


















NFL football coach: Fritz Pollard, 1922–1937.


















Golf champion: Tiger Woods, 1997, won the Masters golf tournament.

















NHL hockey player: Willie O'Ree, 1958, Boston


















World cycling champion: Marshall W. "Major" Taylor, 1899.












Tennis champion: Althea Gibson became the first black person to play in and win Wimbledon and the United States national tennis championship. She won both tournaments twice, in 1957and 1958. In all, Gibson won 56 tournaments, including five Grand Slam singles events. The first black male champion was Arthur Ashe who won the 1968 U.S. Open, the 1970 Australian Open, and the 1975 Wimbledon championship.












Heavyweight boxing champion: Jack Johnson, 1908.

















Olympic medalist (Summer games): George Poage, 1904, won two bronze medals in the 200 m hurdles and 400 m hurdles.













Olympic gold medalist (Summer games): John Baxter "Doc" Taylor, 1908, won a gold medal as part of the 4 x 400 m relay team.











Olympic gold medalist (Summer games; individual): DeHart Hubbard, 1924, for the long jump;













The first woman was Alice Coachman, who won the high jump in 1948.














Olympic medalist (Winter games): Debi Thomas, 1988, won the bronze in figure skating.
















Olympic gold medalist (Winter games): Vonetta Flowers, 2002, bobsled.











Olympic gold medalist (Winter games; individual): Shani Davis, 2006, 1,000 m speedskating.

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