Today is Tuesday, June 13th, the 164th day of the year. There are 201
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month,
National Candy Month, National Iced Tea Month, National Dairy Month,
E-mail Week, Blame Someone Else Day, Sewing Machine Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Eleanor Holmes Norton, 86, politician
Sam Adams, 49, football player
Coko, 48, singer (SWV)
Raz-B, 38, singer/actor (B2K)
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Percy Rodriguez, 101, actor (d. 2007)
DEATHS
Clyde McPhatter, 1972, singer (The Drifters) (b. 1932)
Ralph Wiley, 2004, journalist/author (b. 1952)
Erica Kennedy, 2012, journalist/author (b. 1970)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1774 – Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain’s North American
colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
1865 – Pres. Johnson proclaims “Reconstruction” in Confederate states.
1868 – Oscar J. Dunn is elected first Black Lt. Governor of Louisiana.
1967 – Pres. Lyndon Johnson nominates Solicitor-General, Thurgood
Marshall to become the first Black justice on the Supreme Court.
1974 – Henry Aaron addresses the House of Representatives.
1977 – Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is
recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1980 – U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson
Mandela.
1990 – Wash. D.C. mayor, Marion Barry announces he will not seek
a 4th term.
2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits Michael Jackson
of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
HOROSCOPE
You are born in the third Decan, or part, of the Gemini sign, which means you inherit the planetary influences of both Mercury and Uranus. The power of Mercury lies in mental agility, which is complemented well with Uranus’s influence on deviation and originality. Your active and unique mind allow you to think in extraordinary ways. This relationship is also key to the positive and optimistic way that you deal with the world. This positive nature may lead you to try to pursue too many interests at one time. Remember that too much mental freedom can actually become counterproductive.
