ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1. 1991 - Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson Baltimore Orioles manager Frank Robinson is named assistant general manager of the club, the third African American to become as assistant GM. 2. 1989 - Four African Americans win Tony Awards Four African Americans win Tony Awards for Black and Blue 3. 1973 - Death of Arna Bontemps Death of Arna Bontemps (72), writer and educator, in Nashville, Tennessee. 4. 1972 - Angela Davis acquitted by white jury in San Jose Angela Davis acquitted by white jury in San Jose, Calif., of charges stemming from a 1970 courtroom shoot-out. 5. 1946 - Mississippi Valley State University Mississippi Valley State University is founded in Itta Bena, Miss. 6. 1922 - Samuel Gravely Samuel Gravely, first African American admiral in the U.S. Navy, and first African American to command a U.S. warship, born 7. 1922 - Samuel L. Gravely is born Samuel Gravely was appointed captain of the Navy Destroyer Escort, U.S.S. Falgout, the first African American to command a United States warship. He later received the rand of Rear Admiral, a first for an African American navyman. 8. 1832 - Third national Black convention met Third national Black convention met in Philadelphia with twenty-nine delegates from eight states. Henry Sipkins of New York was elected president.
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