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Today is Friday, June 20th, the 171st day of the year.  There are 194

days remaining until the end of the year.

HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES  Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month,

National Candy Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Dairy Month, Ice

Cream Soda Day!  National Bald Eagle Day!

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

Bobby Nunn, 89, singer (Coasters)

Lionel Richie, 76, singer/songwriter

Koko B. Ware, 58, wrestler

Malivai Washington, 56, tennis player

Rodney Rodgers, 54, basketball player

LaVar Arrington, 48, football player

Quinton Jackson, 47, mixed martial artist/ actor

Tika Sumpter, 45, actress

Josh Childress, 42, basketball player

Darren Sproles, 42, football player

Terrelle Pryor, 35, football player

HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS

Billy Guy, 89, singer (Coasters) (d. 2002)

Larry Riley, 73, actor (d. 1992)

DEATHS

Claydes Charles Smith, 2006, guitarist (Kool and the Gang) (b. 1948)

ON THIS DATE IN…

1871 – Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Miss.

1901 – Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from

a US college.

1911 – NAACP incorporates in New York.

1926 – Mordecai W Johnson becomes 1st black president of

Howard University.

1936 – Jesse Owens sets 100 meter record at 10.2.

1940 – Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight

boxing title.

1943 – Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded.

1960 – Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for

heavyweight boxing title.

1967 – Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction

into armed services.

1968 – Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters

in under 10 seconds.

1969 – 150,000 attend Newport ’69, Jimi Hendrix gets

$120,000 to appear.

1980 – Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title

from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by

unanimous decision.

1988 – Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for

private clubs to discriminate against women & minorities.

1990 – Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US.

1994 – OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson

& Ronald Goldman.

2013 – LeBron James is named NBA finals MVP for the second

straight year.

HOROSCOPE

As a Gemini born on June 20th, you are no stranger to being called talkative. You embrace the outside world and are constantly striving to understand it. Your interests are wide and varied, as you take any given opportunity to pick up new pieces of information. As a communicator you are skilled and insightful. While others sometimes struggle to find the right words, you rarely encounter this issue. Your charm and sociability make you a valued friend and highly sought after companion.