* 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. He will spend his last few years with the Washington
Redskins where he will break Reggie White's record for sacks.
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.
2003 - Larry Doby joins the ancestors at age 79 after a long illness.
He was a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago
White Sox and second African American player in the modern major
leagues. Jackie Robinson was the first.
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