*                 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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