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Today in Our History: 1. 1953 - President Eisenhower established Government Contract Compliance Committee to supervise anti-discrimination regulations in government contracts. 2. 1948 : Kathleen Battle, operatic soprano, winner of Grammy awards in 1987 and 1988, born 3. 1919 - Born: August 13, 1919 Died: October 21, 1994 Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri. In 1960, Charles Edward Anderson earned a Ph.D. in Meteorology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Edward Anderson the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Meteorology; born today. 5. 1911 -James B. Parsons, first African American appointed to a lifetime federal judgeship in the U.S. (1961) , born 6. 1906 -Black soldiers raided Brownsville, Texas, in retaliation for racial insults. One white man killed, two wounded. 7. 1892 - Baltimore Afro-American founded 8. 1881 - The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.
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