1994 - South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth

1975 - James A. Healy, becomes first African American Roman Catholic Bishop on this date.

1949 - Wesley A. Brown becomes first African American graduate of Annapolis Naval Academy.

1991 - Baltimore Orioles Manager Frank Robinson names Assistant General Manager on this date

1973 - Doris A. Davis becomes the first African-American woman mayor of a metropolitan city in the United States.

1987 - Mae C. Jemison chosen to be an astronaut on thuis date.

1930 - New York Times adopted the captilized spelling of the term Negro

1982 - Satchel Paige, passes away on this date.

1948 - Oliver W. Hill elected to Richmond City Council on this date.

1940 - Harlem's Cotton Club Closes.

1964 - Nelson Mandela sentnced to Life imprisonment on this date.

1972 - The National Black MBA Assciation is incorporated.

1967 - Thurgood Marshall become First African American Supreme Court Justice.

1989 - Congressman William Gray elected Democratic Whip

1897 - R. A. Butler patents train alarm.

2002 - Tiger Woods wins U. S. Open Gold Tournament.

1980 - Tennis Great Venus Williams born on this date.

1968 - Housing Discrimination banned.

1953 - Albert W. Dent elected President of National Health Council.

1967 - Muhammad Ali convicted for violating Selective Service Act.

1923 - Marcus Garvey sentnced to five years in prison.

1970 - Richard Nixon signed bill extending Voting Rights

2003 - Maynard Jackson, three term mayor of Atlanta, dies.

1936 - Mary Mcleod Bethune named Director of Negro Affairs.

1935 - Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera

1959 - Prince Edward County abandons school system

1939 - Frederick Jones invents the ticket dispensing machine.

1991 - Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall anounces retirement.

1972 - NAACP Annual Report

1967 - Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr. named First African American astronaut.