1915 US President Woodrow Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates
Date: January 28
1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
Date: January 16
1983 Benjamin Ward appointed 1st African American NY City Police Commissioner by Mayor Ed Koch
Date: December 31
2015 Boat carrying approx. 850 migrants is shipwrecked in the Mediterranean between Italian and Libya, with only 27 migrants rescued.
Date: April 19