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December 7th

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  1. 1942
    The Rise

    Reginald F. Lewis born

    Reginald Francis Lewis is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He becomes the first Black American to build a billion-dollar company with the 1987 TLC Beatrice acquisition.

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