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TWO POLITICAL FIRSTS ON THIS DAY IN 1989

In Memoriam  Black ThenLawrence Douglas Wilder: First African American Elected Governor in the United States ...
David N. Dinkins (1927 – 2020)             Douglas D. Wilder   
                        

On November 7, 1989, in New York, former Manhattan borough
president David Dinkins, a Democrat, was elected
New York
City’s first African American mayor
, while in Virginia,
Lieutenant Governor
Douglas Wilder, also a Democrat,
becomes the
first elected African American state governor
in American history.

African American Firsts in Government Books – The Kulture Kidz

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FIRST HISPANIC WOMAN IN SPACE IN 1993

Hispanic life in America

On April 8, 1993, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off from
the Kennedy Space Center. On board was astronaut
Ellen
Ochoa
, soon to become the first Hispanic woman in space.

Ochoa started at NASA in 1988 after receiving a doctorate
in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Two
years later, she was selected as an astronaut.

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Ellen Ochoa – The Cardinal

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