#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.

#OTD Blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker was born in Tutwiler, MS.