In 1995..
Bernard Harris, African-American astronaut, takes space walk.
1971 – Satchel Paige Inducted to Baseball Hall of Fame
In 1952
Author Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award
1944 Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia.
In 1906..Death of poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar (33), Dayton, Ohio.
