1863 - Saint Francis Xavier Church purchased

On this date in 1863, The first exclusively Black parish in the United States was Saint Francis Xavier Church in Baltimore, Maryland. It was purchased on this day and dedicated months later.

Today's Other facts

1946 - Singer, Ben Vereen, born on this date.
1917 - Jazz pianist Theolonius Monk is born in Rocky Mount North Carolina
1899 - Issac R. Johnson patents folding bicycle frame
1978 - Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe dies.
1966 - Founding of the Black Panther Party
1961 - Otis M. Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
1935 - Porgy and Bess premieres in New York City
1901 - Frederick Douglass Patterson born
1874 - South Carolina Republicans carried election with reduced margin.

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