This Day in History — November 13

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This Day in History — November 13

Today is the 318th day of 2020. There are 48 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1789: American inventor Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to a friend in which he says, 'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.'ï¿½OTHER EVENTS1511: Britain's King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics.

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CANDACE EMPRESS OF ETHIOPIA

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Charles L. Reason named professor of belles-lettres and French at Central College, McGrawville, New York. William G. Allen and George B. Vashon also taught at the predominantly white college.

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16

1849

Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler declared slaves contraband of war.

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24

1861

Imhotep was the royal advisor to King Zoser during the Third Dynasty

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Andrew Brimmer appointed to Fed. Reserve Bd.

Andrew Brimmer becomes the first African-American governor of the Federal Reserve Board when he is appointed by President Johnson

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10

1966

Anna Arnold Hedgeman, first woman to serve

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5

1899

Laurent Kabilia becomes new President of Zaire and renames itthe Democratic Re

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17

1997

Death of Ralph J. Bunche

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9

1971

Suit accusing New York City Board of Education of

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16

1962

Executive Order 11246

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24

1965

NAACP report said 1946 was one of the grimmest years in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The report deplored reports of blow torch killing and eye-gouging of Negro veterans freshly returned from a war to end torture and racial extermination and said

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Jan

3

1947

Alexandre Dumas dies

The French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas died.

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27

1895

Former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Ronald H Brown was appoint

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1993

Whoopi Goldberg, nee Caryn Johnson, Academy Award winning actor,born

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1949

Martin Luther King, Jr

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12

1960

Fourth Pan-African Congress met in New York City

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Aug

21

1927

Clifton R. Wharton Sr. confirmed as minister to Rumania. Career diplomat was the first Black to head a U.S. embassy in Europe.

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Feb

5

1958

Henry Rucker appointed collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia, 1897

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Aug

4

1897

Ralph J. Bunche

Ralph J. Bunche confirmed by United Nations Security Council as acting UN mediator in Palestine.

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Sep

18

1948

Blacks in Battle

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1864

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1964

James Derham purchases his freedom from Dr. Robert Dow,a Scottish physician, f

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1783

Grenadian Prime Minister killed

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19

1983

1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of

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24

1893

France abolishes slavery.

France abolishes slavery. The nation will have a lukewarm commitment to abolition and will, under Napoleon, reestablish slavery in 1802 along with the reinstitution of the Code noir, prohibiting blacks, mulattoes and other people of color from entering French colonial territory or intermarrying

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Feb

4

1794

Scott Joplin dies

Scott Joplin dies in New York City. Joplin was one of the early developers of ragtime and the author of Maple Leaf Rag. He also created several rag-time and grand operas, the most noteworthy was Treemonisha.

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Apr

1

1917

President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mi

President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi, 1962

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Sep

29

1962

Ntozke Shange is born

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Oct

18

1948

Texas As a Slave State

President John Tyler signed the joint resolution of Congress to admit Texas as a slave state.

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Mar

5

1845

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