Agriculture
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January 5, 1943
George Washington Carver Dies
Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver passed away at Tuskegee Institute.
1521
Juan Garrido Participates in Conquest of Tenochtitlan
Juan Garrido, a free Black conquistador from West Africa, participated in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital and later became one of the first people to grow wheat in the Americas.