This Day In Quiztory

#OTD Artist and professor Hale Woodruff, known for his Amistad murals, was born in Cairo, Illinois.

#OTD The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, an organization devoted to breaking the color barrier in the nursing profession, was founded by Martha Minerva Franklin.

#OTD Physician John V. DeGrasse, the first African American to be formally educated as a doctor in the U.S., was admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society.

#OTD The Camp Logan riot, carried out by soldiers from the 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, occurred in Houston, TX.

#OTD Blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker was born in Tutwiler, MS.

#OTD Retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General Charles Bolden, a former astronaut who served as the first African American administrator of NASA, was born in Columbia, South Carolina.

#OTD Civil rights activist James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi after being the first African American student admitted to the institution.

#OTD Political activist Marcus Garvey, a proponent of black nationalism, was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica.

#OTD Academy Award nominated actress Angela Bassett was born in New York, NY. Today we celebrate her on her 64th birthday.

#OTD The song "Endless Love," a duet by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, began a nine week run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

#OTD Ophelia DeVore, a pioneer in the modeling industry, was born in Edgefield, South Carolina. Actor Arif S. Kinchen narrates.

#OTD Activist and composer, J. Rosamond Johnson, known for composing the hymn "Lift Every Voice And Sing," was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Actor Flex Alexander narrates.

#OTD Recording artist Patti Austin was born in Harlem, NY. We celebrate her today on her 72nd birthday.

#OTD Doug Williams, the first black starting quarterback in the NFL to win a Super Bowl, was born in Zachary, Louisiana.

#OTD Inventor Richard Spikes received a patent for a horizontally swinging barber's chair.

#OTD Theologian James Cone, known as the founder of black liberation theology, was born in Fordyce, Arkansas.

#OTD The late night talk show, The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, premiered in syndication.

#OTD Pioneering DJ Spinderella was born in Brooklyn, NY. Today we celebrate her on her 51st birthday.

#OTD The Charles R. Drew Post Graduate Medical School, now known as the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, was established in Los Angeles, CA. Actress Angell Conwell narrates.

#OTD Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first African American licensed nurse in the United States. Recording artist Taj George narrates.