Today is Friday, March 21st, the 80th day of the year. There are 285
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Irish American Heritage Month,
Music in Our Schools Month, National Craft Month, Red Cross Month,
National Nutrition Month, National Peanut Month, National Women’s
History Month, Social Worker’s Month, Fragrance Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Rosemary Stone, 80, singer/pianist (Sly & Family Stone)
Russell Thompkins Jr., 74, singer (Stylistics)
Sabrina Le Beauf, 68, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show)
Scott Williams, 58, basketball player
Yandy Smith, 42, reality star
Adrian Peterson, 40, football player
Soniqua Martin-Green, 40, actress
Diggy Simmons, 30, rapper
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Henry O. Flipper, 169, first African American West Point grad (d. 1940)
Drew Bundini Brown, 99, boxing coach (d. 1987)
Al Freeman Jr., 90, actor (d. 2012)
Solomon Burke, 85, singer (d. 2010)
Richard “Dimples” Fields, 83, singer (d. 2000)
DEATHS
Loleatta Holloway, 2011, singer (b. 1946)
Chinua Acheba, 2013, poet/novelist (b. 1931)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1492 – Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus.
1788 – Olaudah Equiano, a freed slave, petitions King George III and
Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans.
1941 – Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title.
1946 – Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933.
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama.
1980 – On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot.
1985 – Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame.
2006 – Twitter makes its first tweet.
HOROSCOPE
As an Aries born on March 21st, your personality is defined by your energy and passion. In all matters of life that you feel to be worthwhile, you display a great amount of enthusiasm. This quality allows you to realize that there are few things capable of derailing your success. Your friends and family admire your passion, which probably explains why they seem to openly follow your lead.
