This Day In Quiztory

#OTD Boxer Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title with a TKO in round nine against Tony Musto.

#OTD Singer Billie Holiday was born Philadelphia, PA.

#OTD Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, filed separate lawsuits for their freedom in a St. Louis Circuit Court. The case was eventually brought before the U.S. Supreme Court.

#OTD Writer and activist Chandler Owen, co-founder of the magazine, The Messenger, with A. Philip Randolph, was born in Warrenton, NC.

#OTD Civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Director Nzinga Stewart pays tribute.

#OTD Clara Hale, known affectionately as Mother Hale, founder of the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children, was born in Elizabeth City, NC.

#OTD A statue honoring baseball player Ernie Banks was unveiled outside of Wrigley Field.

#OTD Novelist Nella Larsen, a writer during the Harlem Renaissance, passed away at the age of 72.

#OTD The Tuskegee Airmen were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. Actress Tiffany Boone narrates.

#OTD Award winning sculptor Ed Wilson was born in Baltimore, MD. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates.

#OTD The Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers, were falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama.

#OTD Twenty years ago, Halle Berry won an Academy Award for Best Actress becoming the first African American to win in that category.

#OTD A bronze statue honoring hall of fame basketball player Karl Malone was unveiled at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

#OTD Arthur Winston, a Los Angeles Metro employee for over 76 years best known for being named the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee of the Century, was born in rural Oklahoma. Radio personality Tyrone DuBose narrates.

#OTD Oscar and Grammy Award winning singer and actress Irene Cara was born in Bronx, NY.

#OTD Educator William Stuart Nelson became president of Dillard University, the institution's first black leader. Author Melvin Bray narrates.

#OTD Hall of fame basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, the first coach to take three different schools to the Final Four, was born in Edenborn, PA.

#OTD Author Harriet E. Wilson, the first African American to have a novel published in the U.S., was born in Milford, New Hampshire. Actor Malik Yoba narrates.

Happy 89th birthday, Quincy Jones! The legendary producer was born #OTD in Chicago, IL. Actress DeWanda Wise celebrates him.

#OTD Playwright Vinnette Carroll, the first African American female to direct on Broadway, was born in New York, NY.