Businessman Lester McKeever is elected as Managing Partner of his accounting firm changing the name to Washington, Pittman & McKeever.

Political activist and famed actor Paul Robeson passes away on this date.

The Supreme Court declared that racial discrimination by private schools was a violation of the 1866 Civil Rights Act on this date.

The United Nations General Assembly passes ten resolutions against South Africa. These resolutions condemn the practice of apartheid and declare the white-only government as "illegitimate."

President Jimmy Carter nominated Andrew Young to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on this date.