*      Today in Black History - October 14              *

1834 - Henry Blair of Glen Ross, Maryland, receives a patent for a corn
        planting machine.

1864 - The first African American daily newspaper, the New Orleans
        Tribune, is published in both French and English.

1916 - Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the
        Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refuse
        to play against an African American. The exclusion will be
        temporary and the young Robeson will go on to be named a
        football All-American twice.

1947 - Charlie Joiner is born in Many, Louisiana.  He will become a
        professional football player after being picked in the fourth
        round of the 1969 NFL draft.  He will be a wide receiver for the
        Houston Oilers from 1969-1972, the Cincinnati Bengals from 1972-
        1975, and the San Diego Chargers from 1976-1986.  In eighteen
        seasons, he will play in 239 games (most ever for a wide receiver)
        and compile career record of 750 catches, 12,146 yards, and 65
        touchdowns. He will catch 586 passes as a Charger and was a key
        element in vaunted "Air Coryell" offense. He exceeded 50 catches
        in seven seasons, was a 100-yard receiver in 29 games, and played
        in three Pro Bowls.  In his last thirteen years, he will miss only
        one game.  He will be inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in
        1996.

1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept African
        Americans as members.

1964 - Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. is announced as the recipient of the
        Nobel Peace Prize for his civil rights activities.  King is the
        second African American to win the Peace Prize.

1969 - A racially motivated civil disturbance occurs in Springfield,
        Massachusetts.

1971 - Two people are killed in a Memphis, Tennessee racially motivated
        disturbance.

1980 - Bob Marley performs in his last concert before his untimely death
        from cancer.

1995 - Sports Illustrated places Eddie Robinson on the cover of its
        magazine.  He is the first and only coach of an Historically
        Black College or University (HBCU) to appear on the cover of
        any major sports publication in the United States.

1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, joins the ancestors
        in a London hospital at age 77.

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