February 1, 1998

Lillian Eliane Fishburne became the first black woman promoted to Rear Admiral (RDML) in the United States Navy.

Lillian Fishburne – Rear Admiral – Associated Links:

Lillian Fishburne | The Black Past Organization: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/fishburne-lillian-e-1949
Rear Admiral Lillian Fishburne – War History | Black History in America: http://www.myblackhistory.net/Lillian_Fishburne.htm
Rear Admiral Lillian Fishburne | The History Makers: http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/radm-lillian-fishburne
Rear Admiral Lillian Fishburne | Military.com: https://www.military.com/navy/rear-adm-lillian-fishburne.html

September 30, 1920

Eileen Chang 張愛玲 Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter was born.

Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica is born

Erika James became the first black dean of Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

María Félix Mexican Film Actress is born.

Hattie McDaniel American Actress becomes first black person to win an Oscar.

Tulsi Gabbard U.S. Representative and first Hindu member of Congress is born.

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."