*                   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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