1952 Event Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US 1943 Event WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters 1907 Event Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Inst of Arts and Letters 1879 Birthday Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi, Maharshi Research Inst 1859 Birthday Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music
