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• In 1977, the city of New Orleans elected its first black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial, the winner of a runoff.
• In 1982, Yuri V. Andropov (ahn-DROH'-pawf) was elected to succeed the late Leonid I. Brezhnev as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee.
• In 1987, the American Medical Association issued a policy statement saying it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-positive.
• In 1990, Japanese Emperor Akihito formally assumed the Chrysanthemum Throne. Actress Eve Arden died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 82.
• In 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 headed to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.
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• Ten years ago: President Bush and his top foreign advisers reviewed new strategies to speed the transfer of political power in Iraq. A suicide truck bomber attacked the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in Nasiriyah, Iraq, killing more than 30 people. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat swore in a new Palestinian Cabinet. Actress Penny Singleton died in Sherman Oaks, Calif., at age 95. Actor Jonathan Brandis died in Los Angeles at age 27.
• Five years ago: Same-sex marriages began in Connecticut, a month after the state Supreme Court ruled that gays had the right to wed. Kenny Chesney took home his fourth entertainer of the year trophy at the CMA Awards. Mitch Mitchell, the England-born drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was found dead in his hotel room in Portland, Ore.; he was 61.
• One year ago: Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, more than 70,000 customers of the Long Island Power Authority in New York were still without electricity. The utility said more than half of those in the dark had water damage to electrical panels and wiring, and their service could not be restored without an inspection and possibly repairs.
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• Today's Birthdays: Rhythm-and-blues singer Jimmy Hayes (Persuasions) is 70. Singer Brian Hyland is 70. Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 70. Rock musician Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the MGs) is 69. Sportscaster Al Michaels is 69. Singer-songwriter Neil Young is 68. Rock musician Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (Blue Oyster Cult) is 66. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., is 64. Country/gospel singer Barbara Fairchild is 63. Actress Megan Mullally is 55. Actor Vincent Irizarry is 54. Olym

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