Today is Monday, June 26th, the 177th day of the year. There are 188
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 Beautician’s Day, National Forgiveness Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Billy Davis Jr., 85, singer (Fifth Dimension)
Jean Knight, 78, singer
Shannon Sharpe, 55, football player
Derek Jeter, 49, baseball all star
Michael Vick, 43, football player
Raymond Felton, 39, basketball player
Deron Williams, 39, basketball player
Andrew Bachelor, 35, web video star
Iman Shumpert, 33, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Jerome Kersey, 61, basketball player (d. 2015)
DEATHS
James Weldon Johnson, 1938, poet/lawyer (b. 1871)
Roy Campanella, 1993, baseball legend (b. 1921)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1740 – A combined force of free Blacks, Spanish and allied Native
Americans defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near
St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal
holiday in the United States.
1934 – W.E.B. DuBois resigns his position at the NAACP.
1964 – Blacks & Whites riot over racial segregation in St.
Augustine.
1970 – Frank Robinson hits two grand slams as the Orioles beat
the Senators 12-2.
1991 – The Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, the
NBA’s #1 draft pick.
HOROSCOPE
Water is the paired element of your sign and as a Cancer, you actually have the most fundamental connection with water of all the zodiac signs. While emotions seem to terrorize others as an untamed, unpredictable body of water, you have the ability to ride waves of emotion. You witness even the slightest ripple of distress in others and go to great lengths to tend to their needs. The positive emotional qualities of water will take you far in life, as long as you stay vigilant in guarding yourself from moodiness.
