Fireworks Safety Month (June 1-July 4)

July 1, 1889:
Frederick Douglass named U.S. Minister to Haiti.

July 8, 2000:
Venus Williams wins women's singles championship at Wimbledon.

July 12, 1937:
Actor, comedian Bill Cosby born.

July 18, 1998:
African American Civil War Soldiers Memorial dedicated, Washington, D.C.

July 25, 1972:
U.S. health officials concede that African American men had been used as guinea pigs in a 40-year syphilis experiment.