There are four different blood types: type-O, type-A, type-B and type-AB. Type-O, the most common, is known as the universal donor because any person can receive a blood transfer of type-O blood. Type AB is known as the universal receiver because type-AB can receive a blood transfer of any type of blood.
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an immigrant from Saint-Domingue (now the Republic of Haiti), founded the first nonindigenous settlement in what is now Chicago, Illinois, the third largest city in the United States. The state of Illinois and city of Chicago declared du Sable the founder of Chicago on 26 October 1968.
First Black Congressmen: GOP or Democrat? â 1st Black Caucus. After the Civil War it became possible for Blacks to vote in the south. This was made possible by the passage of the Reconstruction Acts by Congress. Five states had a majority Black population: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.