2015 Event At the 67th Annual Emmy Awards, Viola Davis is the first black woman to win outstanding lead drama actress; Jon Hamm wins outstanding lead drama actor, Peter Dinklage wins best supporting actor, and 'Game of Thrones' wins for outstanding drama 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an 'occupied force' 2015 Event Divers have retrieved one of two black boxes from Air Asia Flight 8501, which crashed on December 28th during its flight from Indonesia to Singapore; the second black box has been found nearby, but debris must first be moved in order to access it 2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2014 Event Thousands of protesters march in Washington, D.C., to protest recent killings of unarmed black men by policemen; the marchers called for an end to police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S. legal system 2013 Event A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 Event Attracting NATO criticism, Russia conducts unscheduled military exercises in the Black Sea 2013 Event Officials at the Kremlin announce that the 2014 G8 summit will be held at Sochi, its southern Black Sea resort 2012 Event Outgoing U.S. Senator Jim DeMint is replaced by GOP Congressman Tim Scott, the first black senator from the South since 1881 2012 Event The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors 2011 Event With an unbeaten run of 14 wins, Australian mare Black Caviar ties the horse racing record for consecutive victories set by Phar Lap 2010 Event A Japanese salmon subspecies, the black kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae) is discovered after being declared extinct in 1940 2010 Event The first black mayor of a town in the former Eastern Bloc of Europe, Peter Bossman, becomes Mayor of Piran, Slovenia 2004 Death Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies 2004 Event Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Cara Black and Rennae Stubbs beat Ai Sugiyama and Liezel Huber 2004 Event Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Cara Black and her brother Wayne Black beat Todd Woodbridge and Alicia Molik 2003 Death Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76 2003 Death Maynard Jackson, lawyer/mayor, first black mayor of Atlanta, dies at 65 2002 Death "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89 2000 Death Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first black American to win a Pulitzer Prize, dies at 83 1998 Death Kwame Ture, activist, "born as Stokely Carmichael, he led a number of black organizations", dies at 57 1998 Death Tom Bradley, mayor, first black mayor of LA, dies at 80 1997 Death Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city (Detroit) 1997 Event Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000 1997 Event At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a black out 1996 Event Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex 1996 Death Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83 1996 Death Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies 1995 Event Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 Death Fischer S Black, Jr., financial Theorist, dies at 57 1995 Death Lovelace Watkins, born in New Jersey, nicknamed, 'The Black Sinatra', singer, considered the greatest male soul singer of his time, dies of leukemia at 57 1995 Death Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash 1995 Death Peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82 1994 Death Woodrow "Woody" Strode, U.S. rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies 1994 Death Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60 1994 Event Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa 1994 Death Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90 1994 Event Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president 1994 Event 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1994 Event Robert F Kennedy, Jr. divorces Emily Black 1994 Death Danny Barker, U.S. banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St. Black), dies at 85 1993 Event Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 Event "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion New York City after 38 performances 1993 Death Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales), dies 1993 Event "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion New York City for 38 performances 1993 Death Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61 1993 Death Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 1993 Event Pilar Fort, crowned 25th Miss Black America 1993 Death Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65 1993 Event South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Death John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83 1993 Death Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84 1992 Event New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season 1992 Death Audre Lorde, St. Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies 1992 Event Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in U.S. Senate 1992 Event Tipper Gore (wife of future Vice President) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink 1992 Event Ebony P. Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America 1992 Death Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64 1991 Death Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44 1991 Death Headman Tshabalala, South Afr singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies 1991 Event Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV 1991 Death Diane Brewster, actress (Courage of Black Beauty), dies at 60 1991 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou 1991 Event Singer Clint Black (34) weds actress Lisa Hartman (29) 1991 Event Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black 1991 Death Roy Black, German singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr. Froehlich), dies 1991 Death Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies 1991 Event Sharmell Sullivan (Gary, Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America 1991 Event Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant 1991 Event Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants 1991 Death Joy Finzi, Joyce A Black, British painter, dies at 84 1991 Event Willy T. Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500 1991 Event "Black and Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 829 performances 1991 Death Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 1990 Death Jean Paige, actress (Captain Blood, Black Beauty), dies 1990 Event Rosie Jones, (St. Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America 1990 Event 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win 1990 Event Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA 1990 Event Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1990 Event 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) 1990 Event David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Event -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Event David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of New York City 1989 Event Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (Virginia) 1989 Event Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (D-Va) 1989 Event New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) 1989 Event 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m 1989 Event 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1989 Death Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black 1989 Event Paula Gwynn, 22, crowned 21st Miss Black America 1989 Death Huey Newton, U.S., Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47 1989 Event Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major U.S. party (Democrats) 1989 Event Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff 1989 Event Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1989 Event NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1989 Event "Black and Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 829 performances 1988 Death Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49 1988 Event Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis 1988 Event Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) 1988 Event Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop 1988 Event Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington 1988 Event Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes 1987 Event 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 Death Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65 1987 Event Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America 1987 Event "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record 1987 Death Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 1986 Event Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America 1986 Death Lorenzo Tucker, actor (Black King), dies 1986 Death John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84 1986 Event 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1986 Event Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg 1985 Event Noraly Beyer becomes Netherlands 1st black TV newscaster 1985 Death Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Penny, 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 1985 Death Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs 1985 Death Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67 1985 Death Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77 1985 Event Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America 1985 Death Roger Huntington Sessions, U.S. composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 1985 Event "Black and Blue," premieres in Paris 1984 Event Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on New York City subway train 1984 Event Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize 1984 Event August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," premieres in New York City 1984 Event Vanessa Williams, 1st black Miss America, resigns due to posing nude 1984 Death Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77 1984 Event Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America 1984 Event Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Philadelphia's 1st black mayor 1983 Death George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI captain), dies 1983 Event W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia 1983 Event Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) 1983 Event Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black 1983 Death Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 1983 Event Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America 1983 Event Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor 1983 Event Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago 1983 Event Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor 1982 Birthday Lucas Black, born in Decatur, Alabama, actor, appeared in film, 'Sling Blade', 'Jarhead', 'Friday Night Lights' and television series, 'American Gothic' 1982 Event "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf 1982 Event "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin New York City for 5 performances 1982 Event Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut 1981 Event Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia 1981 Event Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City 1981 Event American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel 1981 Event Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 1981 Event Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America 1981 Death Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC 1981 Event "Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 14 performances 1981 Event "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 14 performances 1981 Event U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1980 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1980 Event National Black Independent Party forms 1980 Event Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath 1980 Event BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms 1979 Event New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1979 Event Khomeini frees most black and female U.S. hostages 1979 Event Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1979 Event 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young 1979 Event Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America 1979 Event Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1979 Event Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM 1979 Event Frank Peterson, Jr. named 1st black general in Marine Corps 1978 Birthday Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1978 Event Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1978 Event Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1978 Event 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 1978 Event Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp 1977 Event New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial 1977 Death Steven Biko, South African black student leader, dies in police custody 1976 Death Mordecai Johnson, 1st black president of Howard U, dies at 86 1976 Birthday Henry Olonga, cricketer, 1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer vs. Pak 1995 1976 Event Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of U.S. Conference of Mayors 1976 Death Johnny Mercer, U.S. songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 1976 Event Clifford Alexander, Jr. confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army 1975 Death Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83 1975 Death Howard Wendell, actor 'Black Dakotas', dies at 81 1975 Death Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, U.S., jazz musician, Black Messiah, dies at 46 from a stroke 1975 Event James A. Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine) 1975 Event Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3) 1975 Death Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77 1974 Death James Morrison, actor (Don't, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday 1974 Birthday Joanne Black, Miss Universe-Ireland 1996 1974 Event Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager with the Cleveland Indians 1974 Event Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat 1974 Death Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57 1974 Death [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, Black U.S. advocate in Virg, dies at 83 1973 Event Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta 1973 Event Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens 1973 Event Nation Black Network begins operation on radio 1973 Event Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected 1973 Event Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles, California 1973 Event Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager 1973 Event "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum 1973 Event Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out 1972 Death Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers, dies at 53 1972 Birthday Claudia Black, Australian Actress 1972 Event Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 1972 Event 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) 1972 Birthday Tatsuhito Takaiwa, born in Kyoto, professional wrestler, ring name, Black Tiger V 1972 Birthday Claire Forlani, born in Twickenham, London, actress, appeared in 'Meet Joe Black', 'Boys and Girls', 'The Pentagon Papers' 1972 Event Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in Dem convention 1972 Event Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard 1972 Event Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1972 Event 1st black U.S. political convention opens in Gary, Indiana 1972 Event Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame 1971 Death Wasfi Tal, Jordan's PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo 1971 Event William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan 1971 Death Ralph J Bunche, 1st black U.S. diplomat (Nobel 1950), dies at 67 1971 Event New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music 1971 Death Hugo Black, American Judge 1971 Death Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss 1971 Event President Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus 1971 Event Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy 1971 Birthday John Buchanan, actor, Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man 1971 Event Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees) 1971 Event Congressional Black Caucus organizes 1971 Event Congressional Black Caucus organizes 1970 Death B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago 1970 Event Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted 1970 Event Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed) 1970 Death James McClain, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Death Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Death William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Event U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail 1970 Death Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70 1969 Birthday Chris Robinson, Atlanta, rocker, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker 1969 Birthday Todd Black, Kenton Ohio, 800m runner 1969 Birthday Byron Black, born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe, professional tennis player, double-handed forehand player, played for Zimbabwe, singles ranking 22nd in the World, June, 1996 1969 Death Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85 1969 Birthday Cece Peniston, born in Phoenix, Arizona, Miss Black AZ/singer, Finally 1969 Event Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America 1969 Birthday James Black, Regina, NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks 1969 Birthday Rich Robinson, rocker, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker 1969 Birthday Jack Black, American Actor 1969 Event Black Academy of Arts and Letters forms in Boston 1969 Birthday Patton Oswalt, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, comedian, employs observational comedy, black comedy, surreal humor in his acts, wrote for MADtv, played Spence Olchin on 'The King of Queens' television show, voice of Remy in 'Ratatouille' 1969 Event Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted and Black," premieres in New York City 1968 Event Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis 1968 Event U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony 1968 Event During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute 1968 Birthday Will Smith, actor/rapper, Men In Black, Indepedence Day, Fresh Prince 1968 Event Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant 1968 Death William E B Dubois, U.S. founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 1968 Event Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win U.S. singles championship 1968 Event Marine James Anderson, Jr. is 1st black Medal of Honor winner 1968 Death Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death 1967 Death Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84 1967 Event Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1967 Event U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1967 Event Naomi Sims is 1st black model on U.S. cover (Fashion of the Times) 1967 Birthday Vin Diesel, born in New York City, New York, actor, director, producer, appeared in 'The Fast and the Furious', 'Pitch Black', founder of One Race Films production company 1967 Event Major Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut 1967 Birthday Jeff Cease, born in Nashville, guitarist, Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker 1967 Event Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 1967 Event Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University 1967 Event 1st black government installed in Bahamas 1967 Event Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent 1966 Birthday Chris Robinson, singer, Black Crowes 1966 Death Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79 1966 Event "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 1966 Event Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement 1966 Event Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black" 1966 Event 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer) 1966 Birthday Johnny Colt, Cherry Point, North Carolina, rock bassist, Black Crowes 1966 Event Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1966 Event Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire 1966 Death Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62 1966 Event 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) 1966 Event Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board 1966 Event Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD) 1966 Event Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US 1966 Event 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) 1965 Death Bill Black, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, dies at 39 1965 Death George Black, Canadian Public Servant 1965 Birthday Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, rock drummer, Black Crowes 1965 Event Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights 1965 Event Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama 1965 Event Patricia R. Harris named 1st U.S. black female ambassador (Luxembourg) 1965 Event 1st U.S. Senate black page, Lawrence W. Bradford, Jr., 16, appointed by New York Senator Jacob Javits 1965 Birthday Frank Black, born in Boston, Massachusetts, guitarist, singer, songwriter, albums include, 'Bossanova', 'Trompe le Monde', released two albums with band, Pixies 1965 Birthday Black Francis, Charles Thompson, U.S. singer and songwriter, Pixies 1965 Birthday Rodney King, born in Sacramento, California, black motorist beaten by LA cops 1965 Event Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma 1965 Death Malcolm X, Little, black Moslem leader, assassinated in New York City at 39 1965 Event Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters 1964 Birthday David Spade, comedian, SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep 1964 Event Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano 1964 Event Prince A. Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop, New Jersey 1964 Birthday Nancy Sorel, actress, Generations, Black Foix 1964 Event 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools 1964 Death Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 1964 Event Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement 1964 Event Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools 1963 Event New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP 1963 Event 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham 1963 Event 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama 1963 Event Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools 1963 Event James Meredith becomes 1st black graduate from University of Mississippi 1963 Birthday Vanessa L. Williams, born in Millwood, New York, 1st black Miss America 1983 and singer 1963 Event G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank 1962 Event Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge 1962 Event Black Saturday - Russian nuclear missile crisis in Cuba 1962 Event James Meredith became 1st black at University of Mississippi 1962 Event Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia 1962 Event Governor R. Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Universe (James Meredith) 1962 Event Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1962 Birthday Clint Black, born in Long Branch, New Jersey, country vocalist, A Better Man 1962 Event Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1962 Birthday Patrica Morrison, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet 1961 Event Ernest Davis is 1st black to win Heisman Trophy 1961 Event Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami 1961 Event James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court 1961 Event 1st black light is sold 1961 Birthday Jeb Adams, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep 1961 Event Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender 1961 Event Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each) 1961 Event Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black 1960 Event Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die 1960 Birthday Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas 1960 Birthday Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 Event Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 1960 Death George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74 1959 Event Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green) 1959 Event 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright 1959 Birthday Cathryn Harrison, born in London, England, actress, Old Woman in Black Moon 1959 Event Benjamin O Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black General-major in USAF 1959 Birthday Andrew Eldritch, rocker, Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet 1959 Event "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens 1958 Event Ozzie Virgil is 1st black to play as a Tiger 1958 Event 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York 1958 Event Clifton R. Wharton confirmed as 1st U.S. black foreign minister (Romania) 1958 Birthday Werner Schwab, born in Austria, writer, playwright, visual artist, studied sculpture at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1990, wrote sixteen plays, produced eight, controversial works in the Austrian Black comedy tradition 1958 Event 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) 1957 Birthday Frank Boeoen, Dutch singer, Frank Boeoen Group, Black and White 1957 Event 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark 1957 Event White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1957 Event Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1957 Death Helen Haye, actress (Girl in the Taxi, Spy in Black), dies at 83 1957 Death "Black Jack" Bouvier, father of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies of cancer 1957 Birthday Dirk Blocker, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Ryan's Four 1957 Event 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 Birthday Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive 1957 Death Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies 1957 Event All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies 1957 Birthday Theresa Russell, Paup, San Diego, California, actress, Black Widow, Razor's Edge 1957 Event 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a U.S. scheduled passenger airline 1956 Death Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles 1956 Birthday Peter Frechette, Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Paint it Black, George-Profiler 1956 Event 1st International conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne) 1956 Event Black students enter Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Event Black students enter and are barred from Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Birthday Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer and actress, Tabitha, Knots Landing 1956 Event Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1956 Event Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled 1956 Event University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) 1956 Event Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville 1955 Event Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus 1955 Event 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow 1955 Event Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) 1955 Event Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform 1955 Event Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) 1954 Event Charles C. Diggs, Jr. elected Michigan's 1st black congressman 1954 Event B. O. Davis, Jr. becomes 1st black general in USAF 1954 Birthday Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler, AAA/NJPW, Black Cat 1954 Event James E. Wilkins is 1st black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting 1954 Event Charles Mahoney becomes 1st U.S. black to serve as a full United Nations delegate 1954 Event 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) 1954 Birthday Greg Ginn, born in America, guitarist, singer, songwriter, leader, Black Flag, hardcore punk, Rolling Stone's, 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 1954 Event Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit 1954 Birthday James Henderson, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas 1954 Birthday Chris Difford, born in Greenwich, London, primary member of band Squeeze, lyricist, singer, record producer, known for songs 'Tempted', 'Black Coffee in Bed' 1954 Event J. E. Wilkins, appointed 1st Black U.S. sub-cabinet member 1953 Event FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1953 Event U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games 1953 Event Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times 1953 Birthday Roland Butcher, cricketer, 1st black to play for England 1981 1953 Birthday Sandra "Puma" Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru 1953 Event Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player 1953 Event Pitcher Bob Trice is 1st black to play on Philadelphia A's 1953 Event Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 1952 Event Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year 1952 Birthday Gloria Jean Watkins, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, born Gloria Jean Watkins, author, feminist, focus on race, class, gender, wrote, 'Ain't I a Woman? : Black Women and Feminism' 1952 Birthday Glenn Hughes, born in Cannock, England, bassist, vocalist, member of Black Sabbath, also played with Trapeze, Deep Purple 1952 Event King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] 1952 Death Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in New York City at 45 1952 Event St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan 1952 Event Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1952 Event 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford) 1952 Event 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York) 1952 Event PGA approves allowing black participants 1952 Event University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student 1951 Death "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies 1951 Birthday Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st Black dancer with Opera Co, Aida 1951 Birthday Larry Black, born in Miami, Florida, 4x100 runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1951 Event Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox 1950 Event Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize 1950 Event Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League 1950 Birthday Alexa Canady, 1st black woman neuro-surgeon/educator 1950 Event 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) 1950 Event Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner) 1950 Event Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N. 1950 Event Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition 1950 Birthday Thomas Aldrich, country drummer, Black Oak Arkansas 1950 Event New York Yankees obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes 1950 Birthday Derrick Simpson, born in Kingston Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru 1950 Event Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry 1950 Event Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA 1950 Event Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1950 Death Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74 1949 Birthday Geezer Butler, born in Birmingham, rocker, Black Sabbath 1949 Birthday Terry "Geezer" Butler, born in Birmingham, rock bassist, Black Sabbath 1949 Birthday Ronnie James Dio, rocker, Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath 1949 Birthday Stanley Knight, country artist, Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog 1949 Event New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith 1949 Event Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1948 Birthday Ozzy Osbourne, England, rock vocalist, Black Sabbath-Bark at the Moon 1948 Birthday Ricki Lee Reynolds, country singer, Black Oak Arkansas 1948 Birthday Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, U.S., sci-fi author, Black Flame 1948 Birthday Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber 1948 Birthday Lewis Black, American Comedian 1948 Birthday Jet Black, rocker, Stranglers-Dreamtime 1948 Event 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show 1948 Death John J Pershing, Black Jack, U.S. general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 1948 Birthday Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1948 Birthday Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist, Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy 1948 Event Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open 1948 Birthday Tony Iommi, rock guitarist, Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Iron Man 1948 Event 1st Lt. Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps 1947 Birthday Pat "Dirty" Daugherty, rocker, Black Oak Arkansas 1947 Event 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat) 1947 Birthday Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader, On Your Own 1947 Event Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0 1947 Event Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL 1947 Event Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL 1947 Death Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 1947 Event Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball 1947 Event Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) 1947 Event John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy 1947 Event 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) 1947 Event William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee 1946 Event University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game 1946 Event Charles S. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University 1946 Event Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist 1946 Death Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident 1946 Event William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands 1946 Event Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933 1946 Event 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum 1946 Death Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 1945 Birthday Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, national coaltion of 100 black women 1945 Birthday Alton Maddox, New York black activist/attorney, Tawana Brawley case 1945 Birthday John Carlos, track star, Olympic bronze 1968, ; gave black power salute 1945 Event British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine 1945 Event Phyllis M. Daley is 1st black nurse sworn-in as U.S. Navy ensign 1944 Event Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market 1944 Birthday Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1944 Event Navy says black women can join WAVES 1944 Birthday Conrad Black, British Businessman 1944 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East 1944 Birthday Sherry Lansing, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, China Syndrome, Black Rain 1944 Event South Carolina rejects black suffrage 1944 Birthday Colin Nutley, director and writer, Such is Life, Black Jack 1944 Event 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin 1943 Event WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters 1943 Birthday Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete 1943 Event 1st warship named for a Black person, USS Leonard Roy Harmon, launched 1943 Event Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 1943 Event WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters 1943 Birthday Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist, You're My World 1943 Event 1st president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia) 1943 Event Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers 1943 Birthday Gordon Black, English industrialist 1943 Birthday Ral Donner, Ralph Stuart, Black Mountain, North Carolina, singer, Starfires 1943 Death George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81 1942 Birthday Madeline Bell, U.S. singer, Black Nativity 1942 Birthday Karen Black, Ziegler, Park Ridge, Illinois, 5 Easy Pieces, Pyx 1942 Event U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve 1942 Event 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1942 Birthday Huey Newton, Black Panther leader 1942 Birthday Stephen Hawking, English physicist, Black Holes and Baby Universes 1941 Event 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated 1941 Death Marcus Garvey, U.S. black leader (Back to Africa Movement), dies at 52 1941 Birthday John Hancock, born in Hazen, Arkansas, actor, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights 1941 Event War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets 1940 Event 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington and AC Seagulls 1940 Event Benjamin O. Davis became 1st Black general in U.S. Army 1940 Event U.S. Army General Benjamin Davis becomes 1st black general 1940 Event Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army 1940 Event 1st U.S. merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware 1940 Event Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces 1940 Birthday Bruce Chatwin, England, writer, On the Black Hill 1940 Event Booker T. Washington, 1st black to appear on U.S. stamp 1940 Event Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st black woman to win an Oscar 1939 Birthday Ernest Davis, 1st black to win Heisman Trophy, 1961 1939 Event Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes" 1939 Event Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest 1939 Event 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc) 1939 Event 1st black woman judge, Jane Matilda Bolin, New York City 1939 Birthday Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News 1939 Birthday John D Hancock, actor and director, Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights 1938 Birthday Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector 1938 Event 1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Philadelphia 1938 Birthday Pleuni Touw, Dutch actress, Black Rider 1938 Death James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67 1938 Birthday Hoyt Axton, born in Duncan, Oklahoma, actor, Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters 1938 Birthday Lovelace Watkins, born in New Jersey, nicknamed, 'The Black Sinatra', singer, considered the greatest male soul singer of his time 1938 Birthday Jimmy Carl Black, rocker, Mothers Of Invention 1938 Event Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing 1938 Birthday Fischer S Black, Jr., financial theorist 1937 Event Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money 1937 Birthday Varbara Ann Teer, U.S. actress/director, National Black Theatre Company 1937 Event William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) 1936 Event NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers 1936 Birthday Bekim Fehmiu, actor, Black Sunday, Permission to Kill, Cagliostro 1935 Event Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray 1935 Birthday Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican 1935 Birthday Diana Van Der Vlis, actress, Lovespell, Girl in Black Stockings 1935 Birthday Richard Brautigan, born in Tacoma, Washington, writer, novelist, wrote Trout Fishing in America, known for black comedy, parody, satire, and Zen Buddhism 1934 Death Maggis Lena Walker, 1st U.S. (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 1934 Event Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill) 1934 Birthday Norman Beaton, actor, Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn 1934 Birthday [Everett] LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka, U.S. writer, Black Music 1934 Birthday Sophia Loren, born in Rome, actress, Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid 1933 Event Joe Lilliard quarterbacks Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946 1933 Event "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains 1933 Event Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic 1933 Death Sissieretta Joyner Jones, "Black Patti", U.S. singer, dies at about 64 1933 Birthday Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1933 Birthday Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi 1932 Birthday Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria 1932 Birthday Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa 1932 Birthday Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992 1932 Birthday Mara Corday, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Foxfire, Black Scorpion 1931 Birthday Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT 1931 Death Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78 1930 Birthday Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer, Black Venus 1930 Birthday Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists 1930 Birthday Sorrell Booke, Buffalo, New York, actor, Bye Bye Braverman, Black Like Me 1929 Event Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression 1929 Event "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1929 Birthday Autherine Lucy, 1st black to enroll in University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 1929 Birthday Peter Breck, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji 1929 Event Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game 1929 Birthday Elston Howard, Yankee catcher, 1st black New York Yankee/1963 AL MVP 1928 Birthday Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, born in Tampa, Florida, jazz musician, Black Messiah 1928 Event Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms 1928 Birthday Shirley Temple Black, California, actress, Heidi, ambassador, UN 1928 Birthday Norma Merrick Sklarek, 1st black woman architect in New York and California 1927 Birthday Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist, Black Country Suite 1927 Birthday Althea Gibson, born in Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Birthday Robert Shaw, born in England, actor, Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday 1927 Birthday David Norman Dinkins, 1st black Mayor-D-NYC, 1990-93 1927 Event "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange 1926 Event NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St. Pats 4-1 1926 Event NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings 1926 Birthday Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1926 Event Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history 1926 Event DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry 1926 Birthday Mona Freeman, born in Baltimore, actress, Black Beauty, Dear Wife, Heiress 1926 Event Belgium's "black monday," franc falls 1926 Birthday Michael Higgins, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 1918, Wanda, Black Stallion 1925 Birthday Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam 1925 Birthday Malcolm X, Little, Detroit Red, Omaha NB, founder, Black Muslims 1924 Birthday Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL, Cleveland Indians 1924 Birthday Shirley Chisholm, D-Rep-NY, 1st black congresswoman/president candidate 1924 Birthday James W. Black, Scottish Scientist 1924 Event 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2 1924 Birthday Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st U.S. black woman cabinet member 1924 Birthday Joe Black, baseball player 1923 Event 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary 1923 Death Josephine B Willson Bruce, U.S. black theorist, dies at 69 1923 Event 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes 1922 Event Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY 1922 Birthday Sheila Burrell, actress, Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark 1922 Birthday Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago, D, 1983-87 1922 Death Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in New York City 1922 Event Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement 1921 Event Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1921 Event Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox 1921 Event Black Sox trial begins in Chicago 1921 Event Bessie Coleman reaches France as U.S. 1st black pilot 1921 Event "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in New York City 1921 Event Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails 1920 Event Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 1920 Event 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) 1920 Birthday John Howard Griffin, U.S., photographer/author, Black Like Me 1920 Birthday Leontine Tg Kelly, 1st black female bishop, Methodist 1919 Event Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series 1919 Event World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal) 1919 Birthday Jackie Robinson, born in Georgia, 1st black major league baseball player, Dodgers 1918 Event Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) 1917 Birthday Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold 1917 Event 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot 1917 Birthday Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen 1917 Event Russian Black Sea fleet mutiny at Sebastopol 1917 Birthday Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor, Black Lash, Lash of the West 1917 Event Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 1916 Event German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey 1915 Event Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion 1915 Event Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA 1915 Death Henry McNeal Turner, 1 U.S. black army chaplain, dies at 82 1914 Birthday Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic 1914 Birthday Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi 1914 Event Turkish warships storm Black Sea 1914 Event German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1913 Birthday Peter Black, TV critic 1913 Event Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" 1913 Birthday Douglas Black, physician 1912 Birthday Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic 1912 Birthday Preston Lockwood, actor, House of Windsor, Black Candle 1911 Birthday Ethel Lois Payne, journalist, Chicago Defender, 1st Lady of Black Press 1911 Birthday John Archibald Wheeler, born in Florida, American theoretical physicist, coined terms black hole, wormhole 1910 Event 1st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt) 1910 Birthday Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests 1910 Birthday Signe Hasso, actress, QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis 1909 Birthday Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1909 Birthday Max Black, Dutch/British/U.S. philosopher, analytical philosophy 1908 Birthday Louis JHCA de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet, Black Banners 1908 Event Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes 1st black heavyweight champ 1908 Birthday Anthony Warde, Pennsylvania, actor, Black Widow 1908 Birthday Thurgood Marshall, born in Maryland, 1st black Supreme Court justice, 1967-91 1907 Birthday Joy Finzi, Joyce A. Black, British painter 1907 Birthday Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1907 Birthday Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature 1906 Event Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms 1906 Event Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas 1906 Birthday Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ 1906 Event John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College 1906 Birthday Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov, Hong Kong 1906 Event Black evangelist William J. Seymour arrives in Los Angeles California 1906 Death Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio 1906 Birthday Willa B Brown, Coffey, U.S. black air pioneer, NAAA 1905 Event Black intellectuals and activists organize Niagara movement 1905 Birthday Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front 1904 Event Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football 1904 Birthday Iron Eyes Cody, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, actor, Black Gold, Ernest Goes to Camp 1903 Birthday Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress, Black and Tan 1903 Event In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game 1903 Birthday Countee Cullen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, poet, Black Christ and Other Poems 1903 Birthday Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist, Black Byzantium 1903 Birthday Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer, Snow Was Black 1903 Event President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1902 Birthday Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer, New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half 1901 Event Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant 1900 Death James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 1900 Birthday Billie Dove, Lilian Bohny, New York City, actress, Black Pirate, Stolen Bride 1899 Event British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa 1899 Event 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal 1899 Birthday Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer, Rose, Black King 1899 Birthday Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney, NY 1899 Event Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings 1899 Birthday Edith Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer, Black Beech and Honeydew 1899 Birthday Dwight Frye, Salina, Kansas, actor, Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein 1898 Birthday Ivan Triesault, born in Estonia, actor, Cry of the Werewolf, Black Parachute 1898 Birthday Hattie McDaniel, born in Wichita, 1st Black to win Oscar, 'Gone With The Wind' 1898 Event Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1898 Birthday Eugene R. Black, U.S., President of World Bank, 1953-62 1898 Birthday Joyce Carey, English actress, Black Windmill 1897 Death John Mercer Langston, U.S. black jurist, dies at 67 1897 Event 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0 1896 Birthday Roger Huntington Sessions, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, Black Masks 1895 Birthday Benjamin E Mays, South Carolina, black educator, Morehouse, Howard University 1895 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" 1894 Event Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man 1894 Birthday Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star, 1920-26 1893 Birthday Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot 1892 Event Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal 1892 Event N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game 1892 Event U.S. black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore 1892 Event Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo 1892 Birthday Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book 1892 Birthday Edmund Lowe, actor in Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper 1891 Birthday Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist, Black Snow 1890 Birthday J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City, Pennsylvania, actress, Courage of Black Beauty 1890 Birthday [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, black U.S. advocate in Virginia 1890 Event George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight) 1889 Birthday Moroni Olsen, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White 1889 Birthday Cyril Delevanti, England, actor, Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye 1887 Birthday Hobart Cavanaugh, U.S., actor, Border Town, Black Angel 1887 Birthday Joe Jackson, black sox player, Say it aint so, Joe 1886 Birthday Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971 1886 Birthday Hugo Black, American Judge 1885 Event Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st U.S. black bishop 1885 Birthday Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist, Black Wings 1885 Death Martin R Delany, politician and black nationalist, dies at 72 1884 Birthday Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man 1884 Event John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention 1884 Event John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party national convention chair 1884 Event Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1884 Event National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta 1883 Event National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1880 Birthday Gertrude E Durden Rush, U.S. composer/playwright, Black Girls Burden 1879 Event W. H. Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage 1879 Birthday Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer, Shelby, Ohio 1878 Event Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title 1878 Birthday Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight boxing champ, 1908 - 1915 1878 Birthday Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer, Black Dogs and Other Stories 1877 Event Henry O. Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point 1876 Event Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1876 Event U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find 1876 Event Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina 1876 Event White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1875 Birthday Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies 1875 Event James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 1873 Event Black Friday: Jay Cooke and Co fails, causing a securities panic 1873 Event Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point 1873 Birthday George Black, Canadian Public Servant 1872 Event 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1872 Event John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes 1st black student at Annapolis 1872 Event 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans 1872 Event Charlotte Ray, 1st Black woman lawyer, graduated Harvard University 1871 Birthday James Weldon Johnson, lawyer, 1st black admitted to Florida Bar 1871 Event Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates) 1871 Event Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman 1870 Event Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1870 Event Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC) 1870 Event White conservatives suppresed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature 1870 Event James W Smith of South Carolina is 1st black to enter West Point 1870 Event 1st black to vote in U.S. (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy New Jersey) 1870 Event Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress, Senator-R-Mississippi 1870 - 1871 1870 Event 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed 1869 Event Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold 1869 Death A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated 1869 Event Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated 1869 Event Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 1869 Event John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress 1869 Event Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention 1869 Event National convention of black leaders meets in Washington D.C. 1868 Death Black Kettle, Motavato, Cheyenne chief, dies 1868 Event 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana) 1868 Event John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress 1868 Event 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 1868 Birthday W. E. B. Du Bois, born in Massachusetts, civil rights writer, Souls of Black Folk 1868 Event South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority 1867 Birthday Maggie L Walker, black business and civic leader 1867 Event Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School 1867 Event Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration 1867 Event Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars 1867 Event Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1866 Birthday Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie, Pennsylvania, black composer, Springarn Medal 1866 Event Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention 1866 Birthday Matthew A. Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole, Jun 4 1909 1865 Event Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 1865 Event U.S. Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1865 Event Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865 1865 Event Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in U.S. House of Reps 1865 Event 1st black major in U.S. Army, Martin Robinson Delany 1865 Event J. S. Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Court, admitted to bar 1865 Birthday Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, Black Haired Whore 1864 Event National black convention meets (Syracuse New York) 1864 Event New Orleans Tribune, 1st black daily newspaper, forms 1864 Event Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor 1864 Event Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers 1864 Event Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay 1864 Event Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree 1864 Birthday Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree 1864 Event Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1863 Birthday Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress, Black Griet 1863 Event President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 1863 Event 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War 1863 Event Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1863 Event Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers 1863 Event 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1863 Event 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms 1863 Event War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1861 Event Battle of Black Water 1861 Event Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1860 Birthday Lorado Taft, U.S., sculptor, Black Hawk 1860 Birthday Nancy Jones, U.S. black missionary in Africa 1858 Birthday Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature 1858 Event William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" 1856 Birthday Booker Taliaferro Washington, pioneer educator, 1st black on U.S. stamp 1854 Event Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts 1854 Event Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) 1853 Event National Black convention meets, Rochester New York 1853 Event William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American 1852 Event San Francisco Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist 1851 Event Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave 1851 Event Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) 1850 Event U.S. population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) 1849 Death George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies 1848 Event National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) 1848 Death William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF 1847 Event George B. Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar 1845 Event 1st black lawyer (Macon B. Allen) admitted to bar 1844 Birthday Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents 1843 Event National black convention meets (Buffalo New York) 1839 Birthday Robert Smalls, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, black congressman 1875-87, Rep-SC 1839 Event Seminoles and black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West 1838 Birthday Meyer E van Beem, actor, Black Venus 1836 Birthday Fannie M Jackson, pioneer and educator, 1st U.S. Black woman college grad 1835 Event 6th national black convention in Philadelphia 1834 Event 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter 1834 Event 5th national black convention meet, New York City 1833 Event Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1833 Event 4th national black convention meets in Philadelphia 1833 Birthday Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop 1832 Event Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1832 Event 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sac and Fox indians, end Black Hawk War 1832 Event Black Hawk defeated in Iowa 1832 Event 3rd national black convention meets, Philadelphia 1831 Event 2nd national black convention, Philadelphia 1830 Birthday James A. Healy, 1st black bishop in America 1830 Birthday James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop 1829 Birthday John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office 1827 Event 1st U.S. black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York City), begins publishing 1827 Event Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes 1827 Event Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing 1823 Birthday Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1st black U.S. newspaper publishers 1817 Birthday Hiram R Revels, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1st black U.S. senator 1817 Event Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College 1812 Birthday Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1810 Event U.S. Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%) 1810 Birthday Charles Lenox Remond, born in Salem Massachusetts, famous black 1807 Birthday Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor, Othello 1800 Event U.S. population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%) 1800 Event Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave 1799 Death Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 1787 Event Black Masons form 1st lodge 1787 Event 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston 1784 Death Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston 1784 Birthday Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher 1770 Event Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1760 Birthday Richard Allen, Philadelphia, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church 1759 Birthday Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist 1758 Event Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems 1753 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Burlington, New Jersey, black who served with Washington 1731 Birthday Benjamin Banneker, Ellicott, Maryland, black mathematician/surveyor, Washington D.C. 1711 Birthday Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works 1664 Event Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1654 Event Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1652 Event John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va 1651 Event Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va 1624 Birthday William, Jamestown, Virginia, 1st black child born in English America 1624 Birthday William Tucker, 1st Black child born in America 1619 Event 1st Black slaves brought by Dutch to colony of Jamestown Virginia 1619 Event 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1567 Birthday Black Box, Catherine Quinol, Guadeloupe, vocalist, Love Sensation 1524 Event Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1492 Event In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic 1444 Event Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 1376 Death "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 1349 Event 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots 1349 Event Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 1349 Event 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany 1330 Birthday Edward, the black prince, prince of Wales, 1343-1376 1132 Death Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered 1126 Death Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies 695 Death "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
