Iowa is the lowest paid state on mainland U.S.A. with an average RN salary of $52,540 â not so great if you live there! The large variation can in part be explained by simple supply and demand influences.
Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.; February 1, 1948 â August 6, 2004) was an American musician and composer. Influenced by singers such as Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson, James started singing in doo-wop and R&B groups as a teenager in his hometown of Buffalo, New York.
Henry Blair-Seed Planter. Henry Blair was the only inventor to be identified in the Patent Office records as a colored man.. Blair was born in Montgomery County, Maryland around 1807. He received a patent on October 14, 1834 for a seed planter and a patent in 1836 for a cotton planter. Henry Blair was the second black inventor to receive a patent the first was Thomas Jennings who received a patent in 1821 for a dry cleaning process. Henry Blair signed his patents with an x because he could not write. Henry Blair died in 1860.