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1986: Dr. Patricia Bath invents device for laser cataract surgery. She invented the laserphaco probe to use in her new procedure for removing cataracts and was awarded a patent for the laserphaco probe, making her the first Black woman to earn a U.S. patent for a medical invention.

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Mid-1970s – '80s: Gladys West lays the groundwork for GPS technology. In 1956, West was hired as a mathematician by the U.S. Naval Proving Ground. She would eventually program a computer to accurately model the Earth, which become the foundation for the Global Positioning System (GPS).

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1969: U.S. puts the first man on the moon using calculations by Katherine Johnson. After graduating from college at the age of 18, Johnson began working in aeronautics. Following the formation of NASA, she performed the calculations that sent astronauts into orbit and to the moon in 1969.

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1916: The chemist Alice Ball invents the first successful treatment for leprosy. After becoming the very first African American and the first woman to graduate with a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, Ball went on to invent a treatment for Hansen’s disease (otherwise known as leprosy).

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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

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Early 20th century: George Washington Carver creates 300+ new uses for peanuts. Born into slavery in Missouri during the Civil War, Carver went on to study botany at Iowa State University and later led the agriculture department at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School in Alabama.

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1893: Daniel Hale Williams performs the first successful heart surgery. The patient, Chicagoan James Cornish, lived for 20 years after Williams performed the life-saving emergency surgery.

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2021: Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. The first National Youth Poet Laureate, Gorman struck a chord with the American people and the world when she performed her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of President Joe Biden.

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968: Sidney Poitier is the No. 1 box office star in the U.S. The first Black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category and, later, the first to win it for his role in 1963's Lilies of the Fields.

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1953: Designer Ann Lowe's wedding dress for Jackie Kennedy is admired nationwide. Born in Alabama in 1898, Lowe is considered the first Black American fashion designer to gain widespread renown.

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Gordon Parks is hired as the first Black staff photographer at Life magazine. The legendary American photographer got his break when Life magazine hired him after publishing his acclaimed photo essay on the life of a Harlem gang leader.

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1940: Hattie McDaniel is the first Black actor to win an Oscar. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1940.

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Beautiful but scary....

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1939: Ethel Waters is the first Black performer to appear on an American TV show. The Ethel Waters Show, her one-night variety special, aired on NBC.

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1890: George Washington Johnson is the first Black recording artist in the U.S. Born a slave in Virginia, Johnson was discovered as a street performer. In 2014, the Library of Congress added his recording of "The Laughing Song" to the National Recording Registry.

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1878: Marie Selika Williams is the first Black musician to sing at the White House. A legendary soprano born in Natchez, Mississippi, Williams sang for President Rutherford Hayes and First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes in the Green Room.

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1773: Phillis Wheatley is first Black American poet to publish a book of verse.

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I seriously needed this today.

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The Universe does beautiful work.

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Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference open.substack.com/pub/theconce...

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Right?????

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ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY

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More than almost anything else, I will miss having a President who is capable of compassion, decency and empathy in times of crisis.

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Okay, who made this? 😂😂

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Well, that's just depressing...

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Time zones are fascinating. Australia is already in 2025, Europe is still 2024, and the USA is currently in 1939.

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After midnight, I kept hearing what I thought was a horse whinnying repeatedly. Because I am in a city, I thought it might be a bird. Turns out that screech owls make a horse whinny sound. It's an amazing planet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCVD...

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Now tell us how to explain it to the stupid people...

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It's worked astoundingly well.

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I like it!

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Of course. How do we convince the stupid people?

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-zL... Has the revolution started yet? Have you figured out that it's not right and left? Bring back progressive taxation or kiss your country goodbye.

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Funny, but painfully true. "Whited sepulchers," all of them. A plague on all their houses.

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This is so true. One argument with my sister changed my view of her forever. I can't ever see her the same way again.

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