Today is Monday, May 22nd, the 142nd day of the year. There are 223
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 Photograph
Month, National Recommitment, National Salad Month, Older
Americans Month, National Water Safety Month, National
Hamburger Month, Buy a Musical Instrument Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Roscoe Robinson, 95, gospel singer
Calvin Simon, 81, singer (Parliament/Funkadellic)
Donald Royal, 57, basketball player
Johnny Gill, 57, singer
Randy Brown, 55, basketball player
Naomi Campbell, 53, model/actress
Donell Jones, 50, singer
Vivian Green, 44, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Paul Winfield, 84, actor (d. 2004)
Bernard Shaw, 83, news correspondent (d. 2022)
DEATHS
Langston Hughes, 1967, author/poet/playwright (b. 1902)
Wesley Brown, 2012, 1st Black Naval Academy graduate (b. 1927)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1849 – Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying
device, making him the only U.S. President to hold a patent.
1856 – Con. Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Sen. Charles Sumner
with a cane in the hall of the U.S. Senate for a speech Sumner made
attacking Southerners who sympathized with pro-slavery violence
in Kansas (“Bleeding Kansas”).
1906 – The Wright Bros. are granted a U.S. patent for their “Flying
Machine”.
1959 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the 1st Black major general
in the U.S. Air Force.
1964 – Pres. Lyndon Johnson announces the goals of his “Great
Society” social reforms to bring an “end to poverty and racial
injustice” in America.
1966 – Bill Cosby becomes the 1st Black to win an Emmy Award for
his starring role in “I Spy”.
1980 – Namco releases the highly influential arcade game, Pac-Man.
2002 – A Birmingham jury convicts former Ku Klux Klan member
Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the bombing
of the 16th Baptist Church.
HOROSCOPE
It may help you in life to find an issue or problem that you feel passionate about. Like Harvey Milk, who was also born on May 22nd, your gift with words and communication could unite others and create change. If you don’t feel your gifts are best suited for oration, maybe your gifts would be better used on the page, which was the path of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, who was also born on your birthday. Similarly, your quick mind could lead to success in more traditional fields, such as business, writing, education or management.
