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Weaver became an adviser to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes in 1933, and in 1937Events January January 1 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, he joined the Housing Authority as a special assistant. He worked with the Housing Authority until 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F, when he joined the National Defense Advisory Commission. He held a number of positions dealing with black labor during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough. After the war, Weaver held a number of teaching assignments and also worked with the John Hay Whitney Foundation. Weaver served as New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col state rent commissioner under Governor W. Averell HarrimanWilliam Averell Harriman ( November 15 1891 July 26 1986) was a Governor of New York. Harriman was born in New York City, son of Edward Henry Harriman and Mary Williamson Averell. He first married Kitty Lanier Lawrence, she died in 1936 and he married aga from 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal to 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, making him the first black state Cabinet member in New York. He then became administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency in 1961.
In 1966, the Department of Housing and Urban Development was created, and President Lyndon B. Johnson chose Weaver to become the first secretary of the new department. In addition, Weaver also became the first black to ever hold a cabinet post.