Ann Williams is confirmed as1991"> President Bill Clinton’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She would be the first African American ever appointed to that position.

College basketball coaching pioneer John B. McLendon, Jr. died on this date.

Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith receives the Award for Distinction in Service to Community from Yale University Divinity School.

Daisy Bates died on this date. She acted as an advisor to the1991"> Little Rock Nine who integrated the all-White Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.