1967,In Washington, the Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Years later, Marshall tells students at his alma mater Howard University not to rest upon past civil rights achievements. “You can't stand still. You must move, and if you don't move, they will run over you.”

1983,Guion Bluford, Junior becomes the first black astronaut in space, blasting off aboard Space Shuttle Challenger.

1797,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley --- the novelist who created the horror story “Frankenstein” --- is born in London.

1905,Baseball's Ty Cobb makes his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers. He hits a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. The Tigers win, five to three.

And, 1993If you think about it, all I really did is take the summer offCompleting his move from NBC, talk show host David Letterman debuts on CBS with his 'Late Show.'

Today in History, August 30th, Camile Bohannon, the Associated Press.