Today is Saturday, April 6th, the 96th day of the year. There are 269
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Autism Awareness Month,
National Humor Month, International Guitar Month, Keep
America Beautiful Month, Lawn and Garden Month, National
Poetry Month, National Pecan Month, Stress Awareness Month,
Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Garden Week, Sorry Charlie Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Billy Dee Williams, 87, actor
Blind Mississippi Morris, 69, singer/harmonica player
Sterling Sharpe, 59, football player
Oliver Miller, 54, basketball player
Randall Godfrey, 52, football player
Donnie Edwards, 52, football player
HISTORICAL BIRTHDAYS
Dr. W. Warrick Cardozo, 119, sickle cell disease pioneer researcher
Ivan Dixon, 93, actor/director (d. 2008)
DEATHS
Maurice Stokes, 1970, basketball player (b. 1933)
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1712 – The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 begins near Broadway.
1909 – Matthew Henson and Robert Peary reach the North Pole.
1917 – The U.S. declares war on Germany and enters World War I.
1931 – 1st Scotsboro Boys trial begins-9 blacks accused of rape.
1954 – TV Dinners are first put on sale by Swanson and Sons.
1973 – The American League of Major League Baseball begins
using the designated hitter.
1987 – Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler for
the middleweight boxing title.
1988 – Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not
be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking racial
controversy.
1988 – Black North Pole explorer Mathew Henson buried next
to Robert Peary in Arlington Cemetery.
HOROSCOPE
Fire is the paired element of the Aries and in fact, your sign has the only cardinal connection with the element of all the zodiac signs. Your special connection with fire gives your personality the self-starting qualities of a spontaneous flame. More so, it is fire’s influence that can be credited with the sparks of leadership that you often witness. As you embrace fire’s positive qualities, your inner passion will continue to burn with strength. Take care to avoid the impatience that most fire zodiac signs fall victim to and success will be within your grasp.
