Today is Wednesday, June 7th, the 158th day of the year. There are 207
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month,
National Candy Month, National Dairy Month, National Iced-Tea Month,
National Fishing Week, National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Nikki Giovanni, 80, author/poet/educator
L.A. Reid, 67, producer/songwriter
Kym Whitley, 62, actress
Terrell Buckley, 52, football player
Allen Iverson, 48, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Gwendolyn Brooks, 106, poet (d. 2000)
Prince, 65, singer/songwriter/producer/musician (d. 2016)
DEATHS
ON THIS DATE IN…
1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agree to
suppress the slave trade.
1892 – Black inventor, G.T. Sampson patents the clothes dryer.
1892 – Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his
seat in the “whites-only” car of a train; he lost the resulting
court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
1930 – The New York Times agrees to capitalize the “n” in Negro.
1946 – The U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel.
1953 – Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington, D.C.
restaurants.
1968 – Sirhan Sirhan indicted for the Bobby Kennedy assassination.
1968 – The body of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies in state at St. Patrick’s
Cathedral in New York.
1979 – Singer, Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion.
1990 – Michael Jackson is hospitalized for chest pains.
1990 – Universal Studios Florida opens in Orlando.
1993 – Prince celebrates his birthday by changing his name to a symbol.
1998 – James Byrd, Jr. is dragged to death in Jasper, Texas in a racially-
motivated hate crime.
HOROSCOPE
Mercury is the dominant planetary influence in your sign, but because you are born in the second Decan, or part, of the Gemini you are also influenced by Venus. Mercury provides the influence of the mind, knowledge and intellect. Venus complements these qualities well with a focus on sociability, cooperation and harmony. The influence of these two planets have combined to innate charm. Your ability to influence others is particularly strong, but you must be careful to not abuse your social powers.