*                       Today in Black History - October 3            *

 

1856 - T. Thomas Fortune is born in Marianna, Florida.  An 

            advocate of full equality for African Americans, he will

            found the Afro-American League in 1887, serve as editor

            of the weekly New York Globe, and founder of the New 

            York Freeman (later the New York Age) and the Washington

            Sun. 

 

1904 - The Daytona Normal and Industrial School opens in Daytona

            Beach, Florida.   In 1923, the school merges with Cookman

            Institute and becomes Bethune-Cookman College.  One of 

            the leading institutions for training teachers, founder 

            Mary McLeod Bethune will later say the college was 

            started on "faith and a dollar and a half." 

 

1926 - Marques Haynes is born.  He will become a professional 

            basketball player, and become "The World's Greatest 

            Dribbler," and Harlem Globetrotters' ace.

 

1935 - Ethiopia is invaded by Italy, despite Emperor Haile 

            Selasse's pleas for help to the League of Nations. 

 

1941 - Ernest Evans is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later

            adopting the name "Chubby Checker" after the renowned 

            Fats Domino, his best-known recording will be the 

            1960's "The Twist," which will spark the biggest dance 

            craze since the Charleston in the 1920's. 

 

1949 - The first African American owned radio station, WERD-AM 

            in Atlanta, Georgia, is founded by Jesse Blanton, Sr. 

 

1950 - Ethel Waters becomes the first African American star in 

            a TV series, when "Beulah" is aired.

 

1951 - Dave Winfield is born in St. Paul, Minnesota.   He will 

            be selected in four major sports league drafts in 1973 

            - NFL, NBA, ABA, and MLB.  He will choose baseball and 

            play in 12 All-Star Games over a 20-year career with 

            the San Diego Padres, the New York Yankees, and the 

            California Angels.

 

1974 - Frank Robinson is named manager of the Cleveland Indians.

            He becomes the first African American manager in major 

            league baseball.

 

1979 - Artist Charles White, joins the ancestors at the age of 

            61 in Los Angeles, California.

 

1989 - Art Shell is named head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders.

            He is the first African American coach named in the 

            National Football League in over 60 years.

 

1994 - U.S. soldiers in Haiti raid the headquarters of a pro-

            army militia that is despised by the general Haitian 

            population.

 

1994 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy announces his 

            resignation because of questions about gifts he had 

            received. 

 

1994 - South African President Nelson Mandela addresses the 

            United Nations, urging the world to support his 

            country's economy.


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