Today is Thursday, June 15th, the 166th day of the year. There are 199
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Black Music Month,
Gay Pride Month, Aquarium Month, Dairy Month, National
Adopt a Cat Month, National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Month, Rose Month, Turkey Loves Month, Fishing Week,
Email Week, Smile Power Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Ruby Nash Custis, 89, singer (Ruby & The Romantics)
Ward Connerly, 84, political figure
Judy Pace, 77, actress
Dusty Baker, 74, baseball player/manager
Tree Rollins, 68, basketball player
Ice Cube, 54, rapper/actor
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Josiah Henson, (b. 1789), American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
Erroll Garner, 98, jazz pianist (d. 1977)
DEATHS
Wes Montgomery, 1968, jazz guitarist (b. 1920)
Ella Fitzgerald, 1996, singer, (b. 1918)
Casey Kasem, 2014, American Top 40/ voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo (b. 1932)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1864 – U.S. Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers.
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate
from West Point Military Academy.
1921 – Bessie Coleman reaches France as US 1st black pilot.
1943 – Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) forms.
1951 – Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory.
1971 – Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban
League.
1984 – Thomas Hearns KOs Roberto Duran
1987 – Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1992 – Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton
NJ, elementary student to spell “potato,” “potatoe” during spelling bee
1997 – British model Naomi Campbell hospitalized due to drug overdose.
2014 – San Antonio Spurs defeat the Miami Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals.
HOROSCOPE
As a Gemini born on June 15th, the world around you is by far your greatest passion. You take on a large variety of interests in order to interact with the outside world in many different ways. Socially, you have great communication skills. While others are impressed by your quick whit and insight, you simply view these abilities as natural. There are many who find your charms irresistible, but your warm and positive demeanor prevent you from exploiting these advantages.
