This Day In Quiztory

#OTD Scientist and inventor Dr. George Carruthers received a patent for a device used to detect electromagnetic radiation at short wave lengths.

#OTD Andrew Hatcher was named Associate Press Secretary becoming the first African American to serve in the White House Press Office.

#OTD The Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to integrate Little Rock's Central High School, was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. Basketball player Juaquin Hawkins narrates.

#OTD Recording artist Minnie Riperton was born in Chicago, Illinois.

#OTD Walter E. Washington was elected mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first African American to lead the nation's capital and the city's first elected mayor of the 20th century.

#OTD New York Renaissance founder Bob Douglas, often referred to as the "father of black professional basketball," was born in Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis. Actress Caryn Ward Ross narrates.

#OTD Hal Jackson, a true trailblazer for African Americans in radio broadcasting, was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Music executive Cappriccieo Scates narrates.

#OTD President Ronald Reagan signed legislation marking the third Monday in January as a national holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recording artist Nicci Gilbert narrates.

#OTD Publisher and entrepreneur Nancy Maynard, a ten year co-owner of the Oakland Tribune, was born in Harlem, New York.

#OTD The Supreme Court ordered the immediate desegregation of schools in the state of Mississippi as part of the ruling in the case Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education.

#OTD Abolitionist Levi Coffin, an active leader in the Underground Railroad in his region, was born in Guilford County, North Carolina.

#OTD Politician Andrew Young was elected the 55th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.

Happy 70th birthday, Bootsy Collins! The legendary bassist was born #OTD in Cincinnati, OH.

#OTD Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was promoted to brigadier general becoming the first African American general officer in the regular army and the U.S. armed forces.

#OTD North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, the first African American owned insurance company, was founded in Durham, North Carolina.

#OTD Jazz musician and bandleader Dizzy Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. Recording artist Nicci Gilbert narrates.

#OTD The United States Air Force Officers Training School added the historical account of the Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilots to their curriculum.

#OTD The United States Navy began admitting African American women to serve via the WAVES program (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), more than two years after the program was created.

#OTD Sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith were suspended by the United States Olympic Committee for their silent protest on the medal stand at the games in Mexico City.

#OTD The Black Panther Party For Self-Defense was founded 55 years ago by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, CA.