Today is Sunday, June 18th, the 169th day of the year. There are 196
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Black Music Month, Gay Pride Month,
National Dairy Month, National Candy Month, National Iced Tea Month, Go
Fishing Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Chuck Smith, 95, religious leader
Paul McCartney, 81, legendary singer/songwriter
Jerome Smith, 70, guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band)
Angela Johnson, 62, author/poet
Bruce Smith, 60, Hall of Fame football player
Nathan Morris, 51, singer (Boyz II Men)
Bumper Robinson, 49, actor (Webster, Night Court)
Antonio Gates, 43, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Avon Long, 113, Broadway actor (d. 1984)
Barack Obama, Sr., 86, Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
Lou Brock, 84, baseball player (d. 2020)
DEATHS
Larry Doby, 2003, baseball player/manager (b. 1923)
Clarence Clemons, 2011, saxophonist/actor (E Street Band) (b. 1942
ON THIS DATE IN…
1822 – Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested
in South Carolina.
1863-The 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry attacks Fort Wagner
in South Carolina. William H. Carney earned highest Army medal.
1879 – W H Richardson, a Black inventor, patents the children’s carriage.
1941 – Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title.
1942 – Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st Black ensign in US Navy.
1963 – 3,000 Blacks boycott Boston Public Schools.
1968 – Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing.
1972 – US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case,
upholding baseball’s exemption from antitrust laws.
1977- Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation.
1981 – The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in
San Francisco, California.
1982 – Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote.
2000 – 100th US Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 272 at Pebble Beach, California.
HOROSCOPE
While Mercury is the clear ruler of your sign, because you are born in the third Decan, or part, of the Gemini, you also receive the influence of Uranus. Uranus’s powers focus on deviation from the norm and a mission towards genuine originality. Your pursuits of unique interests is paired nicely with Mercury’s influence of mental agility. These two planets help create your optimistic and original outlook. Your intellectual freedom is certainly one of your strengths, but it can become detrimental if you spread your attention too thin.
