Today is Wednesday, May 17th, the 137th day of the year. There are 228
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Date Your Mate Month,
Foster Care Month, National Bike Month, National Blood
Pressure Month, National Hamburger Month, National
Barbecue Month, National Photograph Month, National
Recommitment Month, National Salad Month, Older
Americans Month, National Water Safety Awareness
Month, National Bike Week, Pack Rat Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Taj Mahal, 81, singer/guitarist
George Johnson, 70, singer/guitarist (Brothers Johnson)
Sugar Ray Leonard, 67, boxer
Hill Harper, 57, actor/author
Danny Manning, 57, basketball player/coach
Hubert Davis, 53, basketball player
Derrick Haddon, 50, singer
Kandi Burruss, 47, singer
Rochelle Aytes, 47, actress
Tony Parker, 41, basketball player
Channing Frye, 40, basketball player
Taj Mowry, 37, actor
Daniel Curtis Lee, 31, actor
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Cool Papa Bell, 120, baseball legend (d. 1991)
Pervis Jackson, 85, singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008)
Chris Henry, 39, football player (d. 2009)
DEATHS
Johnny “Guitar” Watson, 1996, singer/guitarist (b. 1935)
Donna Summer, 2012, singer (b. 1948)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1787 – English slave ship,”Sisters”, en route from Africa to Cuba,
capsizes.
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
1881 – Frederick Douglas appointed recorder of deeds for Wash. D.C.
1909 – White firemen in Georgia strike to protest against the hiring of
Blacks.
1915 – National Baptist Convention chartered.
1954 – The U.S. Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in
the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
1970 – Hank Aaron becomes the 9th player to get 3,000 hits.
1973 – Stevie Wonder releases “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life”.
1980 – A major race riot occurs in Miami, Fl., 16 killed, 300 injured.
1989 – Nelson Mandela receives a BA from the University of South
Africa.
2004 – The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed
in the state of Massachusetts.
HOROSCOPE
Your sign’s paired element is Earth and in fact, of all the zodiac signs, only the Taurus has a fixed connection with Earth. Thanks to your elemental influence, your personality is as stable and firm as the very ground you walk on. In this sense, Earth can make you stubborn, but it also makes you practical. In all of your efforts and goals, Earth keeps you grounded and realistic. Embracing earthly prudence will play a key role in your future successes. However, you must avoid the overly cautious attitude that can plague Earth zodiac signs.