Carl Rowan Named Director of the U.S Information Agency
1964 – Carl T. Rowan named director of the United States Information Agency.
1906 – Willam Brown-Chappell was born
Pioneer aviator, Willam Brown-Chappell was born, 1906
Poet Phillis Wheatley, born a slave in 1754, was freed and her first book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, was published. The book of poetry is said to have been widely acclaimed in the United States and England.