Today is Wednesday, May 3rd, the 123rd day of the year. There are 242
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Date Your Mate Month,
Foster Care Month, National Barbecue Month, National Bike
Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Hamburger
Month, National Photograph Month, National Recommitment
Month, National Salad Month, Older Americans Month, World
Press Freedom Day, Lumpy Rug Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Greg Gumbel, 77, sportscaster
Ron Canada, 73, actor
Angela Bofill, 69, singer
Damon Dash, 52, record executive
Dule Hile, 47, actor
Tyronn Lue, 46, basketball player
Genevieve Nnaji, 43, actress
Farah Franklin, 42, singer (Destiny’s Child)
Joseph Adai, 40, football player
Megan Tandy, 37, actress
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Sugar Ray Robinson, 102, boxer (d. 1989)
James Brown, 90, singer (d. 2006)
DEATHS
Henry O. Flipper, 1940, first black Westpointe grad (b. 1857)
Ernie Nevers, 1976, football player (b. 1904)
Earl Woods, 2006, father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1802 – Washington D.C. is incorporated as a city.
1845 – 1st Black lawyer, Macon B. Allen, admitted to the bar (Mass.)
1937 – Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind”.
1948 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that covenants prohibiting
the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally
unenforceable.
1963 – Birmingham, Ala. police respond with violent force to stop the
“Birmingham Campaign” protesters. Images of the violent suppression
are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the Civil
Rights Movement.
1967 – Black students seize finance building at Northwestern Univ.
1978 – The first SPAM e-mail is sent by Digital Equipment Corporation.
1979 – Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run and becomes only the 2nd
player with 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases.
1980 – Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final home
run.
HOROSCOPE
The Taurus is under the planetary rulership of Venus, but as you were born in the second Decan, or part, of the sign, you receive a generous helping of Mercury’s mysterious power as well. While the power of Venus can be credited with your warm, social and art-loving qualities, it is the influence of Mercury that powers your gifts for communication and mental agility. Your unique combination of planetary powers makes you the most socially thoughtful and charismatic of all the Taurus Decans. While others are quick to speak their mind, you prefer to think things through and address all sides of a situation. In love, you are honest and faithful, which are qualities that you value greatly.
