American lawyer and politician (born 1925)

Louis Stokes

Louis Stokes was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the first African American congressman elected in the state of Ohio. He was one of the Cold War era chairmen of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, headed the Congressional Black Caucus, and was the first African American on the United States House Committee on Appropriations.

Born

1925

February 23

Died

2015

Era

1920s

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2015 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

303 Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
532 Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
628 Khosrow II, Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown.
705 Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

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The world in 1925

When Louis arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Anton Mosimann 1947– Swiss chef and author Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004) Dante Lavelli 1923– American football player (died 2009) Femke Bol 2000– Dutch hurdler and sprinter Jon Hall 1915–1979 American actor and director (born 1915) Konstantin Päts 1874–1956 Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956) Radosław Sikorski 1963– Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Régine Crespin 1927–2007 French soprano and actress (died 2007) Samuel Pepys 1633–1703 English diarist and politician (died 1703)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1925

Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Allan Blakeney 1925–2011 Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Art McNally 1925– American football referee (died 2023) Carlos Castaneda 1925–1998 Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) Carmine Infantino 1925–2013 American illustrator (born 1925) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

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