This Day in Quiztory

#OTD Inventor Sarah Boone received a patent for her improvements to the ironing board. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates.

#OTD Basketball player Chuck Cooper became the first African American to be drafted by an NBA team. Recording artist Howard Hewett narrates.

#OTD Boxer Joe Frazier knocked out opponent Dave Zyglewicz in the first round to retain his share of the world heavyweight title.

#OTD Singer and songwriter Nina Simone passed away at the age of 70.

#OTD Dancer George Faison won a Tony Award for Best Choreographer for his work on "The Wiz." He was the first African American to win a Tony in that category.

#OTD Members of the Afro American Society staged a protest on the Ivy League campus of Cornell University.

#OTD Grammy Award winning singer Etta James received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recording artist Dave Hollister narrates.

#OTD Coast guardsman Joseph Jenkins became the first recognized African American officer in the United States Coast Guard.

Happy 76th birthday, Al Green! The Grammy award winning soul singer was born #OTD in Forrest City, AR.

#OTD Thoroughbred jockey Jimmy Winkfield, the last African American to ride a winner in the Kentucky Derby, was born in Chilesburg, KY.

#OTD Emmy award winning actor Roscoe Lee Browne passed away at the age of 84.

#OTD Boxer Joe Louis defended his heavyweight title with a TKO in round nine against Tony Musto.

#OTD Singer Billie Holiday was born Philadelphia, PA.

#OTD Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, filed separate lawsuits for their freedom in a St. Louis Circuit Court. The case was eventually brought before the U.S. Supreme Court.

#OTD Writer and activist Chandler Owen, co-founder of the magazine, The Messenger, with A. Philip Randolph, was born in Warrenton, NC.

#OTD Civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Director Nzinga Stewart pays tribute.

#OTD Clara Hale, known affectionately as Mother Hale, founder of the Hale House Center, a home for unwanted children, was born in Elizabeth City, NC.

#OTD A statue honoring baseball player Ernie Banks was unveiled outside of Wrigley Field.

#OTD Novelist Nella Larsen, a writer during the Harlem Renaissance, passed away at the age of 72.

#OTD The Tuskegee Airmen were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. Actress Tiffany Boone narrates.

#OTD Award winning sculptor Ed Wilson was born in Baltimore, MD. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph narrates.

#OTD The Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers, were falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama.

#OTD Twenty years ago, Halle Berry won an Academy Award for Best Actress becoming the first African American to win in that category.

#OTD A bronze statue honoring hall of fame basketball player Karl Malone was unveiled at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

#OTD Arthur Winston, a Los Angeles Metro employee for over 76 years best known for being named the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee of the Century, was born in rural Oklahoma. Radio personality Tyrone DuBose narrates.