• 1897 - Henry Rucker appointed collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
  Henry Rucker appointed collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia, 1897
• 1984 - Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter
  Evelyn Ashford wins a gold medal in the 100-meter race and Edwin Moses wins a…
• 1965 - President Signs Voting Rights Bill
  President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Bill which authorized the suspension of literacy tests…
• 1970 - Courthouse shoot-out
  Four persons, including the presiding judge, killed in courthouse shoot-out in San Rafael, Marin County,…
• 1885 - William C. Carter patents an umbrella stand
  African-American inventor, William C. Carter, patented an umbrella stand (U.S. patent#323,397).

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