Today is Thursday, April 11th, the 102nd day of the year. There are 264
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month, National Humor Month, Lawn
and Garden Month, International Guitar Month, Keep America Beautiful
Month, National Poetry Month, National Pecan Month, Stress Awareness
Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Garden Week, Eight Track Tape
Day, Barber Shop Quartet Day, National Submarine Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Tony Brown, 91, journalist
Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson, 85, musician
Michael Ray Richardson, 69, basketball player
Mark Higgs, 58, football player
David Banner, 50, rapper
Donald Brown, 37, football player
HISTORICAL BIRTHDAYS
Septimius Severus,(b. 145 A.D.), Roman Emperor (d. 211)
Meshach Taylor, 77, actor (d. 2014)
DEATHS
June Pointer, 2006, singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
Roscoe Lee Brown, 2007, actor (b. 1925)
Don Blackman, 2013, singer (b. 1953)
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous reconciliation during
Reconstruction.
1881 – Spellman College is founded in Atlanta, Ga. as the Atlanta Baptist
Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African American
women.
1956 – Singer, Nat King Cole is attacked on stage by whites at the Birmingham Theater.
1966 – Emmett Ashford becomes the 1st Black major league umpire.
1967 – Harlem voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
1968 – Pres. Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting
discrimination in sale, rental and financing of housing.
1970 – Apollo 13 is launched to the Moon; unable to land, it returns in 6
days.
1972 – Benjamin Hooks is named to the FCC.
1976 – The Apple I is created.
1981 – Larry Holmes beats Trevor Berbick in 15 rounds for the heavyweight
boxing title.
1993 – 450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility and
continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions,
as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners for tuberculosis
against their religious beliefs. It was Easter Sunday.
HOROSCOPE
The Aries is under the planetary rule of Mars, but as you were born in the third Decan, or part, of the sign, you also receive a generous helping of Jupiter’s planetary power. While it is the power of Mars that is responsible for your assertiveness, action and vigor, it is the special influence of Jupiter that contributes to your optimism, generosity and desire for truth. More so than any of the Aries Decans, your planetary influence makes you interested in learning. Throughout life you may delve into many topics, such as philosophy or religion. Although you may have the mind of the dreamer, you also have a passion for the finer things in life. Your greatest challenge will be overcoming the unrealistic sides of your optimism, so take time to consider the realistic consequences of your actions. In love, find a partner that does not take advantage of your optimistic and generous nature, but shares in your passion for life.
