2001 - Figure skating pioneer dies Mabel Fairbanks, 85, the first black women to be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame died following a long illness. Fairbanks coached Olympians Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner. 1979 - Nobel Memorial Prize In Economics Sir William Arthur Lewis, Professor of Economics Princeton University, became the first black to receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. This award represents the highest level of accomplishment for an economist. 1975 - The first Black-owned station in the US, WGPR-TV in Detriot started broadcasting . 1962 - Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson found guilty of civil contempt. 1962 - President John F Kennedy sends federal troops in integration of University of Mississippi, 1962 1942 - First Black captain of a US merchant ship, Hugh Mulzac, launches with the Booker T Washington. 1940 - The First U.S. Merchant Ship Booker T. Washington, the first U.S. merchant ship commanded by a Black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington, Delaware. 1918 - Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas. 1784 - The First African Lodge, #459, was established with Prince Hall as its Worshipful Master.
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