This Day in Quiztory

#OTD Oscar and Grammy Award winning singer and actress Irene Cara was born in Bronx, NY.

#OTD Educator William Stuart Nelson became president of Dillard University, the institution's first black leader. Author Melvin Bray narrates.

#OTD Hall of fame basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, the first coach to take three different schools to the Final Four, was born in Edenborn, PA.

#OTD Author Harriet E. Wilson, the first African American to have a novel published in the U.S., was born in Milford, New Hampshire. Actor Malik Yoba narrates.

Happy 89th birthday, Quincy Jones! The legendary producer was born #OTD in Chicago, IL. Actress DeWanda Wise celebrates him.

#OTD Playwright Vinnette Carroll, the first African American female to direct on Broadway, was born in New York, NY.

#OTD The film Georgia, Georgia was released making Maya Angelou the first black female screenwriter to have a film produced. Recording artist Money B narrates.

#OTD It's the 25th anniversary of a giant loss in hip hop. The Notorious B.I.G. was killed in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 24.

#OTD Surgeon Alexander Thomas Augusta, the first black professor of medicine in the U.S., was born in Norfolk, VA.

#OTD Mezzo-soprano singer Denyce Graves was born in Washington, DC.

#OTD Garrett A. Morgan, prolific inventor of the three position traffic signal, was born in Paris, Kentucky.

#OTD Inventor Thomas L. Jennings became the first African American to receive a patent. Tune in to hear more about his groundbreaking invention. Radio personality Dyana Williams narrates.

#OTD Diplomat and the ninth president of Hampton University, Jerome H. Holland, became the first African American elected to the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange.

Today we celebrate legendary actor and singer Harry Belafonte on his 95th birthday. Born on this day in Harlem, NY. Recording artist Howard Hewett narrates.

#OTD Michael Jackson had a record night at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards with eight wins, a record that still stands.

#OTD The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam for four decades, passed away at the age of 77.

#OTD Recording artist Lauryn Hill won five Grammy Awards for her debut album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."

#OTD We lost recording artist Melvin Franklin, bass singer for The Temptations, at the age of 52. Community leader Lloyd Hopkins narrates.

#OTD Hall of fame forward Julius Erving, one of the 50 Greatest Players In NBA History, was born in Roosevelt, New York. Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway celebrates Dr. J.

#OTD Politician Barbara Jordan, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973-1979, was born in Houston, TX. Recording artist Dave Hollister narrates.

#OTD Activist and writer Audre Lorde, a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” was born in Harlem, NY.

#OTD Activist Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party For Self-Defense, was born in Monroe, Louisiana. Recording artist Vivian Green narrates.

#OTD The home of prominent Atlanta businessman Alonzo Herndon was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Actor Charles Michael Davis narrates.

#OTD We remember singer Nat King Cole who succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 45.

#OTD Music teacher Mary Cardwell Dawson, founder of the National Negro Opera Company, was born in Madison, North Carolina. Actor Joe Morton narrates.