Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama won the 2008 presidential election over Republican John McCain with 52.9% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes, making him the United States’ first African American President.
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On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic by a female, five years to day after Charles Lindbergh first made the same trip.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut.
The best-selling record artist of the 20th century, Bing Crosby, was born Harry Lillis Crosby Jr. in Tacoma, Washington, on May 3, 1903.
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale’s Ford, Virginia.
Author Washington Irving was born on April 3, 1783, in New York City.
On March 25, 1931, Civil Rights leader, journalist, and suffragette Ida B. Wells died at the age of 68.
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award.