Today is Tuesday, April 15th, the 105th day of the year. There are 260
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, National Pecan Month,
Stress Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, National
Poetry Month, Organize Your Files Week, Titanic Remembrance Day,
Tax Day, Rubber Eraser Day, Jackie Robinson Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Michael Cooper, 69, basketball player/coach
Evelyn Ashford, 68, Olympic track star
Benjamin Zephaniah, 67, author
Darren Smith, 55, football player
Flex Alexander, 55, actor
Milton Bradley, 47, baseball player
Damien Wayans, 45, actor
Rodney Carney, 41, basketball player
Ester Dean, 39, singer
Iyaz, 38, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
A. Phillip Randolph, 136, civil rights/labor leader (d. 1979)
Bessie Smith, 131, singer (d. 1937)
Harold Washington, 103, politician (d. 1987)
Walt Hazzard, 83, basketball player/coach
DEATHS
Abraham Lincoln, 1865, President of the United States (b. 1809)
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1783 – Preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War are
ratified.
1865 – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States,
assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1923 – Insulin becomes available for use by people with diabetes.
1947 – Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking
baseball’s color line.
1955 – McDonald’s Restaurants dates its founding to the opening of
a franchise restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1960 – At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads
a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee.
1965 – James Baldwin’s “Amen Corner” premieres in New York City.
1972 – Quincy Jones and others performs at a benefit for George
McGovern for President campaign.
1990 – “In Living Color” premieres on Fox-TV.
1991 – Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898.
2013 – Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon
killing 3 people and injuring 264 others.
HOROSCOPE
Your gifts of leadership and generosity are a rare combination and subsequently, create many career opportunities for you choose from. You may do well in humanitarian careers, such as non-profit fundraising, social work or education. While its hard to duplicate the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, who was also born on April 15th, your intellectual passions could lead you to similar philosophical heights. On the other hand, your need for adventure may draw you into the world of entertainment or film, which as the path of Emma Watson, another of your celebrity birthday twins.
