This Week In Black History – December 7, 2023

December 7, 1941 – Doris (Dorie) Miller, U.S. Navy, shoot down four Japanese planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

December 8, 1925 – Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., born.

December 9, 1872 – P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana became first African American governor in U.S.

December 10, 1950 – Dr. Ralph J. Bunche became first black awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

December 11, 1938 – Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner born.

December 12, 1899 – George F. Grant patented golf tree.

December 12, 1950 – Jesse Leroy Brown became first African American naval officer to die in combat.

December 13, 1992 – President Bill Clinton’s Cabinet and White House appointments included five black men and one black woman.

December 13, 1944 – First African American servicewomen sworn into a branch of the U.S. Navy, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergancy Service –WAVES.