Legendary Brooklyn Dodgers player Don Newcombe was the first Black pitcher to start a World Series game.
Born 1926
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John Dingell (1926–2019), longest-serving Congressman in U.S. history
by Legacy StaffMichigan Democrat was a legislative icon…
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Starred alongside Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Elvis Presley…
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Helped create “the Nashville sound”…
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First black player drafted in the NFL to play a regular season game…
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The original recipe card for the Thanksgiving favorite resides in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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Member of the Allied team that recovered valuable artwork stolen by the Nazis.
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Played Edna Garrett on the popular sitcom…
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Worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber on “Phantom of the Opera”…
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Oscar-nominated for “Blazing Saddles”…