On this day in 1992, Illinois Democrat Carol Moseley Braun became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate. Britannica describes her earlier primary win as an upset.
John H. Johnson and Eunice Walker Johnson launched Ebony, a magazine about Black American life that ran in print until May 2019.
Lloyd, 21, took the court for the Washington Capitols in their season opener, according to HISTORY.
On October 30, 1974, Ali knocked out champion George Foreman in Zaire to win back the heavyweight title, according to Britannica, HISTORY and NPR.
