*      Today in Black History - July 10                *

1775 - General Horatio Gates, George Washington's adjutant general issues an
        order excluding African Americans from serving in the Continental
        Army.

1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune is born in Mayesville, South Carolina. She will
        become a noted educator and founder of Daytona Normal and Industrial
        Institute in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1904 (now Bethune-Cookman
        College). In 1935, she will also found the National Council of Negro
        Women.

1927 - David Norman Dinkins is born in Trenton, New Jersey. He will move as
        a child to Harlem. He will serve as a marine during World War II and
        will attend and graduate from Howard University after the war. He
        will receive his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1956. He
        was in private practice until 1975, even though he was active in
        politics and held some office. He began full time elective office
        in New York City that year and held the offices of City Clerk and
        Manhattan Borough President. In 1989 he will be elected as the
        first African American mayor of the city of New York, defeating
        three-time mayor Ed Koch. He will serve one term, being defeated in
        1993 by Rudolph Giuliani.

1936 - Billie Holiday records "Billie's Blues" for Okeh Records in New
        York.  Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw and Cozy Cole supported Holiday,
        instrumentally, on the track.

1941 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton joins the ancestors in Los Angeles,
        California at age 56.  The innovative piano soloist, composer, and
        arranger claims to have invented jazz and makes a series of
        recordings for the Library of Congress that immortalizes his
        style.  Fifty years after his death, playwright George C. Wolfe
        will present a well-regarded play on Morton's life, "Jelly's Last
        Jam."

1943 - Arthur Ashe is born in Richmond, Virginia. He will become a
        professional tennis player winning 33 career titles.  In winning
        his titles, he will become the first African American male to win
        Wimbledon (1975) and the U.S. Open (1968) and will be the first
        African American enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of
        Fame.  He will also be the author of "A Hard Road to Glory: A
        History of the African-American Athlete," and "Days of Grace."

1945 - Ron Glass is born in Evansville, Indiana. He will graduate from the
        University of Evansville with a major in Drama and Literature. His
        acting career will begin at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis,
        Minnesota. He will move to Hollywood after four years in
        Minneapolis. He will be best known for his television role as Sgt.
        Harris on the long-running series, "Barney Miller." His other
        television credits will be roles in "The New Odd Couple," "Rhythm &
        Blues," "All in the Family," "Sanford & Sons," "Streets of San
        Francisco," "Family Matters," and "Murder, She Wrote." His feature
        film credits include "It's My Party" and "House Guest."

1949 - Frederick M. Jones patents a starter generator.

1951 - Sugar Ray Robinson is defeated for only the second time in 133
        fights as Randy Turpin takes the middleweight crown.

1960 - Roger Craig is born. He will become a professional football player,
        being drafted in the second round of the 1983 NFL Draft out of the
        University of Nebraska by the San Francisco 49ers. He will play for
        the 49ers eight years, claiming three Super Bowl titles and
        selected for the Pro Bowl four times. In 1985, he will become the
        first player to surpass 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in the
        same season. By the end of his career, he will become the 49ers'
        second leading rusher all-time with 7,064 yards. He will also
        become co-Super Bowl record holder for Most Points Per Game (18 vs.
        Miami, 1985) and Most TDs Per Game (3).

1962 - Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested during a civil rights
        demonstration in Albany, Georgia.

1966 - Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a Chicago campaign for fair housing.
        It is his first foray into a northern city for desegregation
        activities.

1972 - The Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida.  African
        Americans constitute 15 per cent of the delegates. Representative
        Shirley Chisholm receives 151.95 of 2,000-plus ballots on the first
        roll call.

1973 - The Bahamas attain full independence within the British Commonwealth
        having been a British colony almost uninterruptedly since 1718.

1984 - Dwight 'Doc' Gooden of the New York Mets becomes the youngest player
        to appear in an All-Star Game as a pitcher.  Gooden is 19 years, 7
        months and 24 days old. He leads the National League to a 3-1 win
        at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.

1993 - Kenyan runner Yobes Ondieki becomes the first human to run 10 km
        (6.25 miles) in less than 27 minutes.  Ondieki, known for his
        extremely arduous training sessions, will say after setting his
        world record, "My world-record race actually felt easier than my
        tough interval workouts."

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