Today is Sunday, June 25th, the 176th day of the year. There are 189
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 Catfish Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
James Meredith, 90, Civil Rights activist
Eddie Floyd, 88, singer
Jimmie Walker, 76, actor
Brenda Sykes, 74, actress
Kene Holiday, 74, actor
Dell Curry, 59, basketball player
Dikembe Mutombo, 57, basketball player
La La Anthony, 44, TV host/actress
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Harold Melvin, 87, singer (The Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
Willis Reed, 81, basketball legend (d. 2023)
George Michael, 60, singer (d. 2016)
DEATHS
Thomas Peters, 1972, Back to Africa leader
Jerome Brown, 1992, football player (b. 1965)
Michael Jackson, 2009, The King of Pop (b. 1958)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1876 – Isaiah Dorman, Black, is the 1st to die in the Indian-
U.S. battle.
1935 – Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium.
1938 – “A Tisket A tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald w/Chick Webb
hits #1.
1941 – Pres. Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802
forbidding discrimination.
1949 – Bugs Bunny makes his debut in theaters in the “Long-
Haired Hare”.
1951 – The 1st color TV broadcast on CBS (Arthur Godfrey Show).
1964 – Prince A. Taylor becomes 1st Black Methodist bishop.
1967 – Muhammad Ali is sentenced to 5 years in prison.
1984 – Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America.
1990 – Nelson Mandela meets with Pres. George Bush at the
White House.
HOROSCOPE
As a Cancer born on June 25th, you are creative, sensitive and in-tune with emotions. While you witness other people struggle with empathy and compassion, those abilities are actually your greatest strengths. You find great fulfillment in tending to the emotional needs of others, which makes you extremely generous. These qualities make you an indispensable friend.
