*                  Today in Black History - June 18                      *

1889 - William H. Richardson receives a patent for a baby carriage whose
        body can be raised from its frame.

1939 - Louis Clark "Lou" Brock is born in El Dorado, Arkansas.  He will
        become a professional baseball player with the Chicago Cubs in
        1961.  Three years later, in 1964, he will be traded to the St.
        Louis Cardinals.  Brock will have an immediate impact with the
        Cardinals entering the starting lineup. He will record 12 homeruns,
        44 RBI, an amazing .348 batting average, and blister the baselines
        stealing 44 bases in his first season with St. Louis.  During his
        19-year career, the outfielder will steal an unprecedented 938 bases
        and break several World Series records, including hitting .391 in
        over 20 World Series games. Exemplifying the spirit of baseball on
        and off the field, Brock will earn the Roberto Clemente and the
        Jackie Robinson Awards, among many others.  A Cardinal for the
        remainder of his career, Lou Brock will enter the Baseball Hall of
        Fame on the first ballot in 1985.

1941 - President Roosevelt confers with A. Philip Randolph and other leaders
        of a "March on Washington" movement and urges them to call off a
        scheduled demonstration. Randolph refuses.

1942 - Bernard W. Robinson, of Harvard Medical School, becomes a Naval
        Reserve ensign.  He is the first African American to earn a U.S.
        Navy commission.

1953 - Egypt becomes a republic after the forced abdication of King Farouk
        I.  General Neguib becomes president.

1963 - Bruce Smith is born.  He will become a defensive end for the NFL
        Buffalo Bills.

1963 - 3,000 African Americans boycott Boston public schools as a protest
        against defacto segregation.

1968 - The U.S. Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in the sale and
        rental of housing.

1966 - Samuel Nabrit becomes the first African American scientist to serve
        on the Atomic Energy Commission.

1982 - The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is extended for an additional twenty-
        five years by Senate vote of 85-8.  The Voting Rights Act protects
        citizens' ability to vote, not the right to vote.  All U.S.
        citizens have the right to vote, but state and local jurisdictions
        are prevented from interfering with the voters' ability to vote.
        It outlaws such practices as poll taxes, reciting the preamble to
        the U.S. Constitution, etc. as a condition to vote.

1985 - Patrick Ewing becomes one of 11 basketball centers to be chosen in
        the first round of the National Basketball Association draft of
        college players.  Ewing is picked by -- and will become a major
        star for -- the New York Knicks.

1991 - City Auditor, Wellington Webb is elected mayor of Denver, Colorado.
        He becomes the first African American to hold the post.

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