On This Day in History

(AURN News) — On Oct. 5, 1872, James Henry Conyers made history as the first Black midshipman to enter the U.S. Naval…

(AURN News) — On Sept. 16, 1925, legendary blues musician Riley “B.B.” King was born on a cotton plantation near Itta Bena,…

(AURN News) — On this day 25 years ago, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks devastated the United States. On Sept. 11, 2001,…

(AURN News) — On Sept. 10, 1968, Antonio Hardy, better known as Big Daddy Kane, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Today,…

(AURN News) — On Sept. 9, 1739, the Stono Rebellion began near the Stono River in South Carolina. Led by an enslaved…

(AURN News) — On Sept. 8, 1965, the world lost Dorothy Dandridge, a groundbreaking actress, singer and dancer who helped change the…

(AURN News) — On Sept. 4, 1981, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was born in Houston, Texas. Today, the global superstar celebrates her 45th…

(AURN News) — On Aug. 27, 2008, Barack Obama made history at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, becoming the first…

(AURN News) — On this day 25 years ago, the music world lost Aaliyah, one of R&B’s most influential young stars. On…

(AURN News) — On Aug. 13, 1948, Kathleen Battle was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. Today, she turns 78. Battle became one of…

(AURN News) — On this day, Aug. 12, 2002, Frederick D. Gregory was sworn in as NASA’s first Black Deputy Administrator. Born…

(AURN News) — On this day 45 years ago, Aug. 10, 1981, a boycott of Coca-Cola led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson‘s…