print email comment close Today in History: November 9: Benjamin Banneker URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov09.html Description: Collection of resources related to "mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker [who] was born on November 9, 1731, in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. Largely self-taught, Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science." Includes links to exhibitions, digitized documents, and other images and writings. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Extra Keywords black LII Database Information: Record 24768 created by Jennifer English on 10/22/2007 Last modification on 10/23/2007 Published: 11/01/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24768