Today is Saturday, June 24th, the 175th day of the year. There are 190
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
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Sam Jones, 90, basketball player
Tom Lister, 64, actor
Levi Roots, 64, singer
Siedah Garrett, 63, singer/pianist
Taj Gibson, 37, basketball player
Solange Knowles, 37, singer
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
Sissieretta Joyner Jones, 1933, singer (“Black Patti”) (b. 1869)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1877 – Clinto Freaves, army soldier, cited for valor.
1884 – John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican
convention.
1885 – Samuel David Ferguson becomes 1st US black bishop.
1896 – Booker T. Washington is the first Afro American to
receive an honorary M.A. from Harvard.
1936 – Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs
in National Youth Administration.
1947 – Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his
career.
1964 – Carl T. Rowan appointed director of the United States
Information Agency.
1968 – Joe Frazier TKOs Manuel Ramos in 2 for heavyweight
boxing title.
1972 – Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in
Dem convention.
1979 – Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st
base.
HOROSCOPE
Your strong tie with emotions makes finding a career where you interact with others an important priority. You may find happiness as a councilor or advisor, but a creative outlet could be just as fulfilling. If music is your passion, look to the pioneering work of Mick Fleetwood, who was also born on June 24th, for inspiration. It may be possible to turn your need to make others happy into an entrepreneurial opportunity, which was the path of Roy Oliver Disney, another of your birthday twins.
