December 8, 1925 – Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., born.
December 9, 1872 – P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana becomes first African American governor in U.S.
December 10, 1950 – Dr. Ralph J. Bunche becomes first black awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
December 11, 1938 – Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner born.
December 12, 1899 – George F. Grant patents golf tree.
December 12, 1950– Jesse Leroy Brown becomes first African American naval officer to die in combat.
December 12, 1992 – President Bill Clinton’s Cabinet and White House appointments include five black men and one black woman.
December 13, 1944 – First African American servicewomen sworn into the WAVES.
December 14, 1829 – John Mercer Langston, congressman and founder of Howard University Law Department, born.
