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Otis Boykin patents the Electrical Resistor

  • Feb 21, 1961
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Otis Boykin, Inventor, patented the Electrical Resistor. U.S. 2,972,726 He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker). He began his career as a laboratory assistant testing automatic controls for aircraft. One of Boykin's first achievements was a type of resistor used in computers, radios, television sets, and a variety of electronic devices. Some of his other inventions included a variable resistor used in guided missiles, small component thick-film resistors for computers. The innovations in resistor design reduced the cost of producing electronic controls for radio and television, for both military and commercial applications. Other inventions by Otis Boykin also included a burglarproof cash register and chemical air filter.

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David Owens
David Owens retired from Edison Electric Institute (EEI) where he served as an Executive Vice President and previously served as Chief Engineer for the Division of Rates and Corporate Regulation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
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Portal:African American
African Americans, also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are citizens of the United States who have total or partial antebellum ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] Specifically, most African Americans are of West and Central African descent and are
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Conrad L. Mallett
Conrad L. Mallett, Jr. is Chief Administrative Officer of the Detroit Medical Center. In this role, Mallet is leading hospital’s operational re-design with a particular focus on population health management, physician and patient satisfaction, cost containment, medical safety and clinical
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Egypt
Confidence in the militarys leadership began to erode in the fall and hit a low in October 2011 in response to the militarys heavy-handed approach to a peaceful protest by Coptic Chrisians, who were demonstrating against religious intolerance and the burning of a church. About 25 Copts were killed
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James C. Johnson
James C. Johnson was General Counsel for Loop Capital Market, LLC. Johnson has extensive experience in executive management in numerous leadership positions during his career that encompasses a number of industries including aerospace, defense and financial services. Johnson has expertise in a wide
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Inventor, WB Purvis, patents the electric railway switch, 1897
Inventor, WB Purvis, patents the electric railway switch, 1897
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Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark
Kenneth Gibson, mayor of Newark, became the first Black president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
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1976
Kenya
On October 16, 2011, Kenyan sent several hundred troops into battle against the Shabab militant group. Armored trucks, tanks and helicopters were also sent. Helicopters bombed Shabab bases. More Kenyan troops were sent in later with the goal to clear the Shabab out. It was a rare aggressive act by
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Oct
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2011
Kenya: Isiolo Opens Regional COVID-19 Testing Centre
Upper Eastern counties will no longer take samples from suspected Covid-19 patients to Nairobi following the approval of Isiolo Referral Hospital's laboratory as a testing
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Bradley T. Sheares
Bradley T. Sheares was Chief Executive Officer of Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sheares has over 25 years of experience in science, business and the pharmaceutical
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Angola: New State of Emergency in Force
Luanda — A new 15-day state of emergency period going until May 25 has taken effect as from 00:00 am on Monday, as part of the measures put in place to contain the expansion of the covid-19 pandemic in the
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Vice Admiral Samuel L. Garvely Jr.
Vice Admiral Samuel L. Garvely Jr. assumed command of the U.S. Third Fleet.
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Lloyd G. Trotter
Lloyd G. Trotter is founder and Managing Partner of GenNx360 Capital Partners. Previously, Trotter was the Vice Chairman of General Electric and served as President and Chief
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Mississippi to Drop Charge of White Ex-Cop in Man’s Death | Afro
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Teresa Wynn Roseborough
Secretary for Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer with 2,269
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Nigeria
On Oct. 1, 1960, Nigeria gained independence, becoming a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and joining the United Nations. Organized as a loose federation of self-governing states, the independent nation faced the overwhelming task of unifying a country with 250 ethnic and linguistic
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Viro "Black Sam" Small makes his wrestling debutat Owney's Bastile in New York
Viro Black Sam Small makes his wrestling debut at Owneys Bastile in New York; he is the first known black wrestler in the U.S.
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DaMarcus Beasley
DaMarcus Beasley is the American soccer player nicknamed Jitterbug for his quickness and elusive qualities with the ball. Like his fellow American phenom Landon Donovan, Beasley began playing internationally as a teen; he was named player of the tournament at the 1999 Under-17 World Cup in New
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South Africa: Swazi Editor Flees to South Africa, Wanted in False News Investigation
In the early morning of February 25, 2020, police in the Manzini region of Swaziland raided the home of Zweli Martin Dlamini, the editor of the privately owned news website Swaziland News, and arrested him, according to media reports and the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via messaging
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Brazil
Around three thousand soldiers and police officers moved into Rocinha, one of the largest slums in Rio de Janeiro, on November 13, 2011. It was part of an operation by the government to gain control over troubled areas in the city before the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2014 World Cup. The
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Colin Powell
Name at birth: Colin Luther Powell
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James H. Wooten
James H. Wooten, Jr., was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (ITW). Wooten began his career at ITW as a Senior Attorney providing legal counsel to the company’s decentralized business units around the
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Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on
Ellen Holly becomes the first African American on daytime television as Carla on One Life to Live.
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War of 1812
War of 1812: Although the U.S. Army did not enlist African Americans after the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Navy continued to use African Americans as seamen because of the perennial shortage of white sailors. The African American presence in the navy placed them at the center of the naval incident
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Otis Boykin - Birthday
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Chris Rock
Chris Rock is an American comedian, actor, writer, director and producer who shot to fame with the hit television show “Saturday Night Live”. He was born on February 7, 1965 to Rosalie Rock, a school teacher and social worker, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper delivery
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1996
First Black Secretary of State: Colin L. Powell
Colin Luther Powell is sworn in by President George W. Bush as Secretary of State. He is the first black secretary of state in U.S. history.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshal
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Congratulations! Nick Cannon Graduates From Howard University And Speaks At Virtual Ceremony
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Adams, Samuel Clifford, Jr. (1920-2001)
Samuel Clifford Adams, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Niger was born in Waco, Texas on August 15, 1920, to Samuel Clifford Adams and Sarah Catherine (née Roberts) Adams. He grew up in the Fourth Ward section of
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