Friday, November 9, 1731: On this day, two hundred and ninety-five years ago today, Benjamin Banneker was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. “The words ‘all men are created’ had potent meaning. A free black and descendent of former slaves, Banneker had been limited to a few scattered months of education at a one-room Quaker school. But from an early ag…
Today in Johnson City History, Monday, November 9, 2026
Profane language!
