Today is Monday, June 12th, the 163rd day of the year. There are 202
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 E-mail Week, National Red Rose Day, Loving Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Maurice Jackson, 79, singer (The Independents)
Roger Aaron, 74, actor
Grace Jones, 70, singer/model
Rory Sparrow, 65, basketball player
Eamonn Walker, 60, actor
Lee Mayberry, 53, basketball player
Mark Henry, 51, wrestler
Finesse Mitchell, 50, comedian
Kerry Kittles, 49, basketball player
Antawn Jamison, 47, basketball player
Lil’ Duval, 45, comedian
Earl Watson, 44, basketball player
Jrue Holiday, 32, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Lyn Collins, 75, singer (d. 2005)
DEATHS
Medgar Evers, 1963, civil rights leader (1925)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1963 – Civil Rights leader, Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home
in Jackson, Miss. by Ku Klux Klan member, Byron De La Beckwith.
1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader, Nelson Mandela is
sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
1967 – The U.S. Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all states
laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
1972 – The fast food restaurant chain “Popeyes” is founded in Arabi,
Louisiana.
1981 – Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 rounds for the WBC
heavyweight boxing title.
1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered
outside her home in Los Angeles. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted
of the killings, but is held liable in a wrongful death civil suit.
1994 – Cab Calloway suffered a massive stroke at his home in
White Plaines, New York.
HOROSCOPE
Air is your paired element and as a Gemini, you have the most fluid connection with air out of any of the zodiac signs. You often witness curiosity pushing through you like a constant breeze and once you find something that truly interests you, your will seems to push with purpose. The qualities of fluid air are key to your intellectual fulfillment. Be weary of the qualities of still air, which may take you into an unemotional state.
