Indisputable, though, is this: Paige reached the major leagues at an age when most pitchers have long stopped stressing their rotator cuffs. Also inarguable: the 6-foot-3, 180-pound right-hander is remembered as much for his witticisms as his extraordinary pitching talent and longevity.
Only four black men and women were elected to the United States Senate in all of American history â former Sens. Edward William Brooke (R-MA) and Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) join Booker in this very exclusive group, along with President Barack Obama.
History: First black senator elected. February 23, 1870: Hiram Revels became the first African American elected as U.S. Senator, taking the Mississippi seat once held by Jefferson Davis, the former President of the Confederacy. He served only one year. February 23, 1929: Baseball catcher Elston Gene Howard was born in St. Louis, Mo.