1888

Abolitionist Frederick Douglass was the first Black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U.S. president.

1972

President Richard Nixon signed into law the Education Amendments of 1972, including Title IX, which barred discrimination on the basis of sex for “any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

1992

Mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to life in prison. He would die in prison in 2002.

2016

Britain voted to leave the European Union. 2020

The Louisville police department fired an officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor more than three months earlier.