Ohio State running back Archie Griffin becomes the first person ever to win the Heisman Trophy twice. He will play for the Cincinnati Bengals and be elected to the National Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
ON this date in 1992, Maya Angelou is asked to compose a poem for the inauguration of President Bill Clinton
On this date in 1989, Dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey, founder 31 years earlier of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, dies.
On this date in 1989, Andre Ware of the University of Houston becomes the first African American quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy.
In 1969 Marie V. Brittan Brown designed a “Home Security System with Television Surveillance” for the homeowner to view the visitor on a television screen and the visitor also able to view a screen. The homeowner could open the door via a manual lock mechanism. Patent No. 3,482,037
On this date in 1968, Dial Press publishes Frank Yerby’s “Judas My Brother”
On this date in 1953, Dr. Rufus Clement, president of Atlanta University elected to Atlanta Board of Education.
On this date in 1923, Roland Hayes became the first Black to sing in the Symphony Hall in Boston. The 1917 concert did not attract much public attention, but another in the same venue held on this day, was triumphant.
On this date in 1922, Congressman Charles C Diggs was born.
On this date in 1912, Henry Armstrong, the only boxer to hold three boxing titles simultaneously, is born in Columbus, Ohio
On this date in 1895, Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.
On this date in 1895, Fifty-fourth Congress (1895-97) convened. One Black congressman: George W. Murray, South Carolina.
On this date in 1891, Fifty-second Congress convened. One Black congressman: Henry P. Cheatham, North Carolina.
On this date in 1891, One hundred and thirteen Blacks were reported lynched.
On this date in 1891, North Carolina A&T College, Delaware State College and West Virginia State College established.
ON this date in 1891, Historian, Charles Harris Wesley was born.
On this date in 1884, Granville T. Woods patented his first electric device, an improved telephone transmitter.
On this date in 1859, John Brown hanged at Charleston, Virginia.
