1972 - Frank Wills and Watergate Conspiracy

On this date in 1972, Frank Wills, Washington security guard, foiled break-in at offices of Democratic National Committee in first event of the Watergate conspiracy.

Today's Other facts

1980 - Tennis Great Venus Williams born on this date.
1957 - Tuskegee Boycott began
1775 - Peter Salem
1948 - Actress Phylicia Rashad born
1937 - Journalist Robert Maynard born
1928 - Singer James Brown born
1897 - William Frank Powell named minister to Haiti
1871 - James Weldon Johnson, born
1862 - Congress authorized President Lincoln to accept blacks in Union Army.
1775 - Blacks soldiers fought in battles
1940 - Charles Drew Appointed First Director of Red Cross Blood Bank
1991 - Nelson Mandela Visits the United States for the First Time After Release
1982 - Vincent Chin Beating Highlights Anti-Asian and Anti-Black Labor Tensions
1822 – Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion Foiled in Charleston
1980 – Zimbabwe Joins the United Nations
1960 – Senegal and Mali Form Federation
1991 – South Africa Repeals Population Registration Act
1950 – Birth of James Weldon Johnson Memorial Park (Jacksonville, FL)

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