1988 Death Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92 1987 Death Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81 1976 Event Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN 1971 Death Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in New York City 1968 Event Reverend Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC 1954 Event Charles Mahoney becomes 1st U.S. black to serve as a full United Nations delegate 1950 Event Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N. 1923 Death Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated 1895 Birthday Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, 1925-32 1866 Event Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention 1865 Event Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws
