174. 1922 The home of Frederick Douglass made4 a national Shrine.
175. 1989 Ronald H. Brown is elected Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
176. 1990 Nelson Mandela is relased from Prison after 27 years.
177.1883 William A. Hinton, first African American on Harvard Medical School faculty and developer of the Hinton test to detect syphilis, born.
178.1994 Ruth J. Simmons named president of Smith College
179.1976 Andrew Young nominated by President Jimmy Carter to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
180.1869 Madam C.J. Walker, businesswoman and first African American woman millionaire, born.
181.1760 Jupiter Hammon becomes first published Black Poet with his Poem, "An Evening Thought".
182.1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. calls for non-violent protests if Alabama Blacks are not allowed to register and vote.
183.1624 William Tucker first African American Child born in America.,
184. 1943 George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist,died.
185.1950 Dr. Ralph J. Bunche becomes first Black Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
186.1944 First African American service woman sworn into the WAVES.
187.1976 Andrew Young nominated by President Jimmy Carter to be U.S. Ambassador to The United Nations.
- 1924 James Baldwin, author of Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Fire Next Time, and Another Country, born.
190.1810 Abolitionist Robert Purvis was born.
191.1731 Mathematician, urban Planner and inventor Benjamin Banneker born.
192.1983 Wilson Goode elected, becoming Philadelphia's first African American Mayor.
193.1989 Civil Rights Memorial dedicated in Montgomery
194.1941 Madame Lilliam Evanto founds the National Negro Opera Company
195.1991 Judge Clarence Thomas is formally seated at the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
196.1954 Charles C. Diggs elected Michigan's first African American congressman.
197.1981 Thirman L. Milner elected Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, becoming first Black mayor in New England.
198.1879 Thomas Elkins patents refrigeration apparatus.
167.1921 Shuffle Along, a musical featuring a score by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, opens on Broadway.
