On today, December 10

in 1982,
   Dr Pamela McAllister Johnson, Ph.D.  became the first Black woman publisher of a mainstream paper, the Ithaca Journal. Interesting article about her- click here.

in 1967,   
Otis Redding's career came to a tragic end when the twin engine plane carrying him to a concert date in Wisconsin crashed in Lake Monona, Wisconsin.

in 1964, 
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr

in 1854, 
Edwin C. Berry was born on this day in Oberlin, Ohio. He errected a 22-room hotel, Hotel Berry, in Athens, Ohio; at the time of his retirement in 1921, he had a reputation as the most successful black small-city hotel operator in the U.S.(1892).

1965,
Sugar Ray Robinson permanently retired from boxing on this day with six victories in title bouts to his credit -- more than any other fighter in history.

in 1950,
 Ralph J Bunche becomes the first Black person awarded a Nobel Peace Prize

1n 1846, 
Norbert Rillieux is most noted for his invention of the multiple-effect evaporator, an energy-efficient means of evaporating water. This invention was an important development in the growth of the sugar industry.

                                                   --courtesy blackfacts.com & wikipedia