This Day in Quiztory

#OTD Soul Train founder and longtime host, Don Cornelius, was born in Chicago, Illinois.

#OTD Whitney Houston's "Didn't We Almost Have it All" began a two week run on top of the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her fifth consecutive number one single.

#OTD Legendary singer and songwriter Ray Charles was born in Albany, Georgia. The multi-Grammy Award winning recording artist would have been 92 today.

#OTD President Abraham Lincoln announced that the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect on January 1, 1863.

#OTD The world mourned the loss of Olympic gold medalist and global fashionista Florence Griffith-Joyner. Arizona philanthropist Lloyd Hopkins celebrates her life and legacy.

#OTD A group of free black men in Philadelphia gathered and organized a boycott of products made by slaves. This gathering is considered to be the first meeting of the Colored Conventions Movement.

#OTD Iota Phi Theta Fraternity was founded on the campus of Morgan State.

#OTD Debbye Turner, now known as an author and motivational speaker, was thrust into the national spotlight by being crowned Miss America, the third African American to hold the title.

#OTD A bomb exploded near the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama killing four little girls and injuring many others. Basketball player and author Juaquin Hawkins narrates.

#OTD Opera singer Leontyne Price received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Lyndon B. Johnson. Actress Shondrella Avery narrates.

#OTD Recording artist and actor Tupac Shakur died in a Las Vegas, Nevada hospital. Today we remember his life and legacy on the 26th anniversary of his passing.

#OTD R&B singer Barry White was born in Galveston, Texas.

#OTD Poet and activist Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Today we celebrate her life and work on her 88th birthday.

#OTD The entertainment world lost singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge. Today we celebrate her career and legacy.

#OTD Painter Jacob Lawrence, known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Atlantic City, NJ.

#OTD Track and field champion Rafer Johnson won gold in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games.

#OTD Judge Joseph W. Hatchett was sworn in as the first black justice on Florida's Supreme Court.

#OTD Track and field athlete George Poage won two bronze medals becoming the first African American to medal in an Olympic Games.

#OTD Pioneering bank founder William Hudgins, the first president of Freedom National Bank, passed away at the age of 100.

#OTD Astronaut Guion Bluford launched aboard his first mission for NASA becoming the first African American in space. Comedian Rodney Perry narrates.

Today we celebrate the King of Pop on what would be his 64th birthday. Happy heavenly birthday, Michael Jackson!

#OTD Artist and professor Hale Woodruff, known for his Amistad murals, was born in Cairo, Illinois.

#OTD The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, an organization devoted to breaking the color barrier in the nursing profession, was founded by Martha Minerva Franklin.

#OTD Physician John V. DeGrasse, the first African American to be formally educated as a doctor in the U.S., was admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society.

#OTD The Camp Logan riot, carried out by soldiers from the 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, occurred in Houston, TX.