Today is Thursday, March 7th, the 66th day of the year. There are 300
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Irish American Heritage Month,
Music in Our Schools Month, National Craft Month, National Nutrition
Month, National Peanut Month, National Women’s History Month, Red
Cross Month, Social Workers Month
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Leon Frank Sylvers, 81, singer/music producer
Franco Harris, 74, Hall of Fame football player
Ernie Isley, 72, singer/guitarist (Isley Bros.)
Lynn Swann, 72, Hall of Fame football player/politician
Denyce Graves, 61, singer
Wanda Sykes, 60, actress/comedienne
Willie “Flipper” Anderson, 59, football player
Krizz Kaliko, 50, rapper
Brandon T. Jackson, 40, actor
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
James “Cool Papa” Bell, 1991, baseball player (b. 1904)
Paul Winfield, 2004, actor (b. 1941)
Gordon Parks, 2006, movie director/photographer (b. 1912)
Jimmy Ellis, 2012, singer (The Traamps) (b. 1948)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1925 – American Negro Congress organizes.
1942 – 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee.
1951 – Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight
boxing title.
1965 – Alabama state troopers attack 600 black protesters in Selma.
1987 – Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing
title.
1993 – Diff’rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant.
1994 – ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers
for separate homeland in South Africa.
1996 – Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
HOROSCOPE
As a Pisces born on March 7th, your personality is defined by sensitivity, intuition and a self-sacrificing nature. In all matter of life, you display great sensitivity. While other struggle in the realm of emotions, you may have notice a psychic-like intuition about what others are thinking or feeling. Instead of using your receptivity to gain an advantage, you display a commitment to helping others. Your friends and family would be the first to admit that you are truly selfless when it comes to helping others. You would truly do anything for anyone, regardless if they were a close friend or acquaintance.
