1994 Event Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg" 1963 Birthday Ed Pinckney, NBA forward for the Philadelphia 76ers 1917 Event Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I 1872 Event 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1837 Birthday Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt Governor, Louisiana 1825 Death Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman 1795 Event Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi 1746 Birthday Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman
