* 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. ______________________________________________________________ Munirah Chronicle is edited by Brother Mosi Hoj "The TRUTH shall make you free" E-mail: <[log in to unmask]> Archives: <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/Munirah.html> _____________________________________________________________ To SUBSCRIBE send E-mail to: <[log in to unmask]> In the E-mail body place: Subscribe Munirah Your FULL Name ______________________________________________________________ Munirah(TM) is a trademark of Information Man. Copyright 2003, All Rights Reserved by the Information Man in association with CODE One Communications.