1874 - Stephen A. Swails is re-elected president pro tem of the South Carolina State Senate. 1874 - Robert B. Elliott is elected Speaker of the lower house of the South Carolina legislature. 1880 - Southern University is established in New Orleans, Louisiana. 1880 - More than 150 delegates from Baptist Churches in eleven states organize the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States at a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. The Rev. William H. McAlphine is elected president. 1883 - Edwin Bancroft Herson is born in Washington, DC. He will become a pioneering physical education instructor, coach, and organizer of the Negro Athletic Association, and the Colored Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association. Inducted into the Black Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, he will be widely considered the Father of Black Sports. 1935 - Ronald V. Dellums is born in Oakland, California. He will become a Berkeley city councilman, where he will be a vocal champion for minority and disadvantaged communities. In 1970, he will stage a successful campaign for the 9th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Among his leadership roles will be Chairman of the District of Columbia Committee. 1938 - Oscar Robertson is born in Charlotte, Tennessee. He will attend the University of Cincinnati, where he will be a two-time NCAA Player of the Year and three-time All- American. He will go on to play for fourteen years in the NBA (Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks) and earn All-NBA honors 11 times and lead the Royals and the Bucks to ten playoff berths. Robinson, along with Lew Alcinder (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), will lead the Bucks to their only NBA Championship. Robertson will conclude his career with 26,710 points (25.7 per game), 9,887 assists (9.5 per game) and 7,804 rebounds (7.5 per game). He will be voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979, following his retirement in 1974 and be voted one of The 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.
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